Quesabirria tacos = cheese and shredded meat stuffed tacos. When it comes to taco night this one is an amazing recipe! It starts with my birria recipe and then dunks tortillas in the rich broth before frying them filled with cheese and shredded beef! It's messy, delicious, and may level up your taco night forever.
2cupsbroth from birria recipeor 3 cups beef consomme
1tbspoil
24Corn tortilla
24ozOaxaca cheeseshredded
For the onion topping:
½onionminced
1jalapenostemmed, seeds removed, minced
4tbsp Cilantro
1tspSalt
Chipotle Crema
2tbsppaste from chipotle chilies in adobo sauce
¼cupcrema
1lime
Garnish
4Limessliced into wedges
Instructions
Make the Chipotle crema:
Whisk together the ingredients in a bowl.
2 tbsp paste from chipotle chilies in adobo sauce, ¼ cup crema
Add the juice of one lime.
1 lime
Cover until ready to use
Make the onion topping:
Whisk the chopped onion, jalapeno, and cilantro together in a bowl.
½ onion, 1 jalapeno, 4 tbsp Cilantro
Season with a pinch of salt.
1 tsp Salt
Set aside until ready to use.
Make the quesabirria tacos:
Reheat the birria in a microwave safe bowl or in a small oan on the stove.
1 Recipe Birria
Meanwhile, reheat the beef broth in a small pot on the stove over medium-low heat.
2 cups broth from birria recipe
Preheat a cast iron skillet or large griddle over medium-high heat. Brush oil over the surface.
1 tbsp oil
Working one at a time dunk a tortilla into the broth.
24 Corn tortilla, 2 cups broth from birria recipe
Place onto the skillet and fill half with a layer of cheese and meat. Fold over to close.
24 oz Oaxaca cheese, 1 Recipe Birria
Fry the taco until crisp and just starting to brown on one side.
Flip and fry the other side. Its ok if cheese melts out a bit.
Repeat as needed to assemble all of your tacos, filling the skillet or griddle as you go to work in batches.
Serve
Serve the tacos hot from the griddle.
Divide the remaining broth into small ramikins with the onion mixure on the side for everyone to dip their tacos into the broth and top with the onions and lime wedges.
4 Limes
Video
Notes
To keep this keto, we used homemade tortillas made from scratch at home with psyllium husk. They did not hold up as well to the dunking in broth and frying as the corn did, but they get the job done.
Monterey jack cheese works great if you can’t find Oaxaca.