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Dairy Free Birria Quesadilla 🇲🇽 Mexican
Crisp tortillas stuffed with chile-braised shredded beef and melted cheese, griddled in consomé fat and dipped in hot broth. This dairy free version swaps in cashews. Ready in about 3 hours 30 minutes.
Ingredients 🧅 Onion 1 🍅 Tomato 2 🧄 Garlic 6 cloves 🌾 Flour Tortillas 8 🫙 Cashews plant-based cheese or cashew cheese 🥩 Beef 1 kg chuck (or goat), in large pieces 🌶️ Dried Guajillo Chilies 6, seeded 🍗 Beef Broth 4 cups 🌶️ Cinnamon Stick 1 Optional extras 🌿 Fresh Cilantro 1/2 cup, chopped 🍋 Lime 2, in wedges Instructions 1 For this dairy free version, use cashews for monterey jack cheese wherever the steps mention them.
2 Toast and soak the guajillo chilies, then blend with tomato, half the onion, garlic and a cup of broth.
3 Brown the beef in a heavy pot, add the chile sauce, cinnamon and remaining broth, and simmer covered 2½–3 hours until the meat shreds easily.
4 Shred the meat and skim the red fat from the consomé.
5 Fill tortillas with meat and cheese, brush with the consomé fat and griddle until crisp and melted.
6 Cut and serve with consomé, onion, cilantro and lime.
Chef's tip
Make the chile-braised meat a day ahead; the flavour deepens and the fat is easy to skim.
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Dairy Free Birria Quesadilla
Time 210 min
Serves 6
Level Hard
Prep / cook 30 / 180 min Ingredients 🧅 Onion 1 🍅 Tomato 2 🧄 Garlic 6 cloves 🌾 Flour Tortillas 8 🫙 Cashews plant-based cheese or cashew cheese 🥩 Beef 1 kg chuck (or goat), in large pieces 🌶️ Dried Guajillo Chilies 6, seeded 🍗 Beef Broth 4 cups 🌶️ Cinnamon Stick 1 Optional 🌿 Fresh Cilantro 1/2 cup, chopped 🍋 Lime 2, in wedges Steps For this dairy free version, use cashews for monterey jack cheese wherever the steps mention them. Toast and soak the guajillo chilies, then blend with tomato, half the onion, garlic and a cup of broth. Brown the beef in a heavy pot, add the chile sauce, cinnamon and remaining broth, and simmer covered 2½–3 hours until the meat shreds easily. Shred the meat and skim the red fat from the consomé. Fill tortillas with meat and cheese, brush with the consomé fat and griddle until crisp and melted. Cut and serve with consomé, onion, cilantro and lime. 
