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Steak Quesadillas With Melted Chile Cheese

A simple Mexican snack food. A basic quesadilla is an uncooked tortilla folded over with a variety of fillings like cheese or even meats, beans or potatoes. The folded tortilla is heated on a hot comal (griddle) or fried.

Submitted By: Chef Joseph Cacace

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Ingredients

8 6-inch flour tortillas
4 tablespoons vegetable oil

Filling
1 16 oz rib eye steak, grilled to medium rare, rested and sliced as thinly as possible
2 poblano chilies, roasted, peeled, seeded and cut into strips
2 oz Drunken Goat Cheese, grated
10 oz Chihuahua cheese, grated
1 Spanish onion, sliced and sautéed in butter until tender and brown

Melted chile cheese
3 oz Cotija cheese, grated
1 oz Ancho chili powder

Instructions

Combine all the filling ingredients in a bowl; add salt and pepper to taste. Lay 4 of the 8 tortillas on a flat surface and distribute the filling evenly. Cover each with another tortilla, forming a sandwich.

For melted chile cheese
Mix the chili powder and the cheese together. Sprinkle on top of each quesadilla while it’s still hot, and serve.

To cook the quesadillas
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a nonstick sauté pan on medium heat for 2 minutes, or until the oil ‘shimmers’. Place a quesadilla gently into the pan. When it has browned on one side, gently flip with a spatula. By the time the other side is brown, the quesadilla will be heated through and the cheese will have begun to melt around the edges.

Repeat for all 4 quesadillas.

Posted: 1/8/2010 5:00:56 PM