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Monday, April 6, 2015

Steak-and-blue Cheese Quesadilla Salad

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 3 tablespoons vinaigrette (i use dijon-lemon vinaigrette)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme (optional)
  • 1/2 lb boneless steak (tenderloin, etc.)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup red onion marmalade (such as red onion marmalade)
  • 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
  • 4 (8 inch) fat free tortillas
  • nonstick cooking spray
  • 10 cups torn red leaf lettuce
  • 1 cup vertically sliced red onion
  • 2 large tomatoes, each cut into 8 wedges
  • 1/2 cup chipotle chili mayonnaise (i use chipotle mayonnaise)
  • 1/2 cup pico de gallo (pico de gallo)

Recipe

  • 1 heat grill.
  • 2 to prepare vinaigrette:.
  • 3 combine first 5 ingredients; set aside.
  • 4 to prepare the quesadillas:.
  • 5 sprinkle steak with salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
  • 6 place the steak on grill rack coated with cooking spray, and cook 4 minutes on each side or until done.
  • 7 let stand 5 minutes.
  • 8 cut steak diagonally across grain into thin slices.
  • 9 sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese evenly over each of 2 tortillas.
  • 10 divide steak evenly over cheese; top with the remaining tortillas.
  • 11 heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat.
  • 12 cook quesadillas 4 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
  • 13 remove the quesadillas from pan, and cut each into 8 wedges.
  • 14 in a large bowl, pour the vinaigrette over lettuce, onion, and tomato; toss well. divide salad evenly among 4 plates; top each serving with 4 quesadilla wedges.

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