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: