Decided to enter the BBQ Brethren Quesadilla Throwdown this week. Competition is steep so I had to come up with some just a little different in hopes of pulling off the win.
Here’s my entry:
Started with the usual ingredients:
Decided to use a little lemon juice, lime juice, cilantro and garlic for a marinade:
I recently bought a Foodsaver and thought I would seal the marinade inside and see what kind of fast process I could get in a five hours. The marinade was strong, and penetrated the meat really well.
I tossed the Sirloins and the Anaheim on the grill:
As the steak was resting I made a couple of cheese quesadillas:
When the quesadillas were nice and brown I cut rounds out of them using a small round mold. I placed one of the rounds inside the mold on the plate and then added the diced up steak and some diced avocado. On top of that I placed another quesadilla round. After unmolding I added a little sour cream, tomato and some friend corn tortilla strips. A dusting of chopped cilantro and some salsa and you have:
A couple more shots:
Fabulous! So….did you win?
Nope! I didn’t even come close.
Wow!!! Great Job. You killed it.
I have a Foodsaver (that I got from Sam’s). How does the fast marinade process work?
If you put the meat in the bag along with the marinade and vacuum seal it the idea is that it will suck the marinade into the meat. It seemed to work.
Wow!
Great blog Larry.
I haven’t been here is a while, but man oh man does your food look great.
Envy your closeness to some great vegetables in your big state, that we only seem to get once in a blue moon.
Love this quesadilla pic!!
Keep up the great work!
Thanks Bill. I appreciate the comment.