Thursday, May 27, 2010

Steak Quesadillas, Pico de Gallo, Guacamole


I am usually not a big quesadilla fan but today I just had a taste for them. So here it is, my version of a steak quesadilla, along with a few other delicious items!

Ingredients:
2 pounds of beef tenderloin or your favorite type of beef steak
garlic salt and pepper to taste
1 package of 12 inch tortilla wraps (I used a spinach tortilla)
2 pounds shredded cheese (i.e. quesadilla cheese, chedder, monterey jack)

Pico de Gallo Ingredients:
6 tomatoes seeded and diced (I used red, orange, and yellow tomatoes to get more color)
1 medium green bell pepper diced
1/2 juiced lime
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 onion diced
salt to taste

Guacamole Ingredients:
3 ripe avacados
3 garlic cloves minced
1/2 onion diced
1/2 juiced lemon
salt to taste

Directions
1) For the Pico de Gallo dice tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, chop cilantro, and juice the lime put everything into a bowl, add red pepper flakes and salt mix together well. The longer you let it sit the more flavorful it becomes.

2) For the guacamole, slice the avacados in half length wise, remove pits (save one pit) and then scoop out the flesh from the shell. Mash with a potato masher or fork, it doesn't have to be completely smooth unless that's how you like it.

3)Mince garlic, dice onion, juice lemon, and then add to the avacado mash. Season with salt and mix well. The pit that you saved put it in your guacamole and that will help prevent it from turning brown and gross.

4)The beef, season with garlic salt and pepper. Heat a skillet and lightly oil, when pan is hot place meat in pan and cook until rare/medium rare. You don't want to over cook your meat because you are going to heat it again when you cook the quesadilla. Let the meat rest for 10 minutes before you slice. Thinly slice meat after it has rested.

5)Assembling the quesadilla, preheat a flat iron pan or a skillet. Lightly butter one side of the tortilla, place tortilla butter side down in the pan and then layer with cheese, meat, pico de gallo, and cheese again, take another tortilla lightly butter one side and place this tortilla butter side up on top of the other.

6)When the tortilla is golden brown, flip and cook other side until golden brown. Serve with guacamole, sour cream, and extra pico de gallo.

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