Grilled steak and spinach quesadillas
Living in Arizona has some definite perks and one of them is that we are a border state to Mexico and have aaaahmazing Mexican markets here that carry yummy authentic, handmade tortillas. These, in our opinion, are way better than the regular ‘ol tortillas carried at chain grocers because they have a salted, grilled flavor and can even be enjoyed plain! If you don’t have access to these yummy markets you can make your plain tortillas taste with way with a few tricks, like we made with our Grilled Steak and Spinach Quesadillas:
Our grandmother, a resident of Mexico until she attended college here in the US, made us the best green chili & cheese quesadillas every time we went to her house and we learned this trick from her. Our grilled quesadillas come out crispy and flavorful each time!
Want to know to make them?
Steak and Spinach Quesadillas
Ingredients
FILLING
- 1 lb. cooked/seasoned steak sliced fajita-style
- 3 c. spinach
- 1.5 c. grated monterey jack cheese
- 5-6 large flour tortillas
TOPPING
- 1 avocado diced
- 1/2 c. diced tomatoes or pico de gallo
Instructions
- Set grill to medium heat.
- Brush tortillas LIGHTLY with butter or olive oil, (over wax paper.)
- LIGHTLY sprinkle salt over tortillas.
- Layer cheese, spinach and steak strips on half of the seasoned tortilla.
- Fold over.
- Grill the quesadillas until the cheese has melted and the tortillas are starting to brown and crisp, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
- Top with avocado and salsa.
Notes
Top with fresh tomatoes or pico de gallo, sliced avocados, sour cream or even eat as it. Either way, they are deeelish!
You can see our other recipes here or check out our latest grilling creations, all made on our fab STOK grill using their sweet inserts!
Grilled pork chops with pineapple mango salsa | Grilled pineapple | Chipotle lime chicken skewers | Perfectly grilled corn on the cob | Fruit Pizza
Quick question, did you cook the steak first? Or does it just cook in the quesadilla?
Hi Ashlee, great question thank you! We’ve update the recipe to read that yes, precook the steak and cut into strips (fajita style.) The precooked type rocks for this recipe and there’s no need to heat before grilling as it will heat thoroughly in the set time. Otherwise, just grill your steak before assembling the quesadillas then add back into the recipe. 🙂 Enjoy!
<3 thanks a ton! can't wait to make this!
Oh my goodness! Cafe Lolly Jane, I wanna come!! I flippin LOVE quesadillas (and we border mexico with great tortillas, too) but whenever I make them, they aren’t that good! I want to try this!
LOL!! We are huge tortilla snobs, haha!
Yummy! I’ve never thought of putting steak and spinach together, and it looks so tasty. Thanks for linking up to Motivational Monday!
These look great! I am sure the happy hubby will love these. We both love Quesadillas and these look like they would make a super fast dinner this week! Do you have a good recipe for black bean salsa by chance?
Hi Amanda! They are a breeze to whip up- especially if you buy the pre-seasoned steak strips (our cheat when we’re feeling extra lazy! Haha!) We don’t have a recipe for that but have tried this one and it is yummy! Happy cooking! (:
http://www.armelleblog.com/2012/03/black-bean-salsa.html
That looks amazing, just pinned! love your pics;)
Thank you, friend!! Hope you try it! XO
Mexican is one of my favorite kinds of food!! Yummy!!!
Yesss! Our very fav!!
Those look amazing! I love the idea of adding pepperjack too! What’s your favorite local Mexican market? I love Mexican food so I’m always on the lookout for a good tortilla.
Hey Sam! Our fav is Del Sol on Frye/AZ Ave. YUM!
I LOVE quesadillas!! Those look soooo good!!! I’m definitely going to have to try them! XOXO