Flaquitos

1 sm Onion; grated

1 ts Cooking oil

1/2 lb Ground beef, lean

1 ts Salt

1 ts Cumin

1 Garlic clove; minced

1/4 ts Hot sauce; to 1/2 ts.

18 Tortillas; fresh

2 c Cheese; shredded

Shortening; hot Cook onion in cooking oil in heavy skillet. When onion is wilted, add meat and cook until mixture turns white. Add salt, cumin, garlic, and hot sauce; cook about 5 minutes to allow flavors to blend. Put 2 or more tablespoons meat mixture on one edge of tortilla; add 2 to 3 tablespoons shredded cheese. Roll carefully; fasten edges with a toothpick. Place flaquitos in a wire basket; plunge into hot shortening and cook until crips. Do not overcook. SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, June, 1974. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman.