Tender steak, gooey cheese, with a spicy warmth
Looking to mix up your weekly midweek meal repertoire, then whip up some tasty steak quesadillas.
- Serves: 4
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cooking Time: 10 mins
- Difficulty: easy
- Ideal for: casual family/friends meal, midweek meal
- Budget: £
Steak quesadillas – what cut to use
Flank, skirt, bavette steak (grass-fed if you can)
The difference between corn and flour tortilla’s
Corn tortillas
Corn tortillas have been a staple of Mexican cuisine for thousands of years.
In Mexico, corn tortillas are the go-to option to cook with.
So, if you want to make an authentic Mexican dish, the corn is the one.
They’re been using corn for more than 1000 years.
Corn tortillas are made of masa harina, a special corn flour.
They’re usually thicker and smaller than the flour tortilla and have a firmer texture.
The taste is more earthy and has a slight sweetness about it.
And if you have celiac disease, like my nephew, then these are gluten-free to perfect for him.
Flour tortillas
Are made of wheat flour.
That’s a shocker! Lol.
They are thinner than corn tortillas and softer and often bigger.
What to use in your cooking
We’ve ended up back at tortillas and tacos.
Corn tortillas are great for Mexican dishes like tacos, enchiladas, and tamales. They are also perfect for use in tostadas, and quesadillas.
Flour tortillas are often used in burritos, quesadillas, fajitas, and chimichangas.
If none of this has cleared things up, don’t worry.
Just use whatever is easiest and available.
But if you want a more authentic Mexican vibe, then it’s corn (soft, not hard shells) tortillas all the way.
Good luck and enjoy this simple beef tacos with red kidney beans and watercress.
For more midweek Mexican-style recipes, visit here.
Steak quesadillas
Ingredients
- 250 g (grass fed) steak – flank, skirt, ribeye – cut into strips or diced
- 4 tortillas
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- 1 onion, diced
- 200 g grated cheese
- 100 g mayonnaise
- 1 -2 tsp chipotle sauce or other spicy sauce (optional)
- salt and pepper for seasoning
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix the the mayo and chipotle. Set aside.
- Chop your vegetables up and grate the cheese to have ready.
- In a non-stick pan, on medium heat, add a little oil and cook your vegetables, and chopped steak. Set everything to the side.
- Add a little oil to the pan, place there tortilla, then spread the chilli mayo onto half of the tortilla, and add some steak, vegetables and grated cheese on top.After approx 1min, fold over the other half of the tortilla, gently press and remove from the heat. The tortilla should be golden brown and the cheese nice and melted.Repeat.Save with sour cream and some lime.