Chorizo Quesadillas & Steak Fajitas

Last night was Friday night and there is nothing I like more than a nice steak. I fancied it spicy so I made Steak Fajitas. I used to buy the spice mix years ago, but its just so easy to throw together the spice mix for it, that I worked on how to re-create it myself.

The quesadillas were added to the meal as the steak had a bit too much fat on it for my liking (as occasionally happens) and having trimmed the fat off, there seemed a bit too little steak for a meal for two. I would normally use corn tortillas for the quesadillas, but I only had the flour ones in this instance which works nearly as well. Perfect Friday night in meal for two. Considerably cheaper than a takeaway!

For the quesadillas:

6 flour or corn tortillas
1 small cooking chorizo (about 80g)
1 1/2 cups grated cheese (mix of cheddar and gruyere is good)
20g fresh coriander, chopped
4-5 spring onions (scallions), chopped
olive oil for frying.

In a dry frying pan, crumble the chorizo and fry until crispy. Place onto kitchen paper to drain excess oil.

Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and add one tortilla. As it is heating up, top with a third of the chorizo, cheese, spring onion and coriander. Press another tortilla on the top and cook for a few minutes to crisp the tortilla and melt the cheese so that the top tortilla sticks to it. Flip over as carefully as you can and cook the other side. Keep warm in a low oven as you do the other two. Slice into four and serve hot!
 

 

For the fajitas:

1 tbsp. chili powder
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
 
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 steaks, cut into strips
1 red pepper, sliced
1 large (or 2 small) onions. sliced
pack of flour tortillas

Mix all the spice mix ingredients together in a bowl and add the steak. Leave to marinade for 30 mins. Stir fry the peppers and onions in 1 tbsp. oil until soft and then add the steak and the other tbsp. oil. Cook for a couple of minutes until the steak is cooked.

Serve with guacamole and warm flour tortillas.

 

Eat and enjoy!