Roast Quesadillas Au Jus
You’ve never had roast like this! Change it up & try these delicious quesadillas.
Roasts are a huge cut of meat! Unless you’re having a big dinner party, you’re almost guaranteed to have leftovers. We like a classic roast & veggies, but you can only eat the same meal so many times a week! So we tried a new recipe using our leftovers for quesadillas & we think we found our new favorite way to eat roast!
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This recipe will work with any size roast, we’ve used both the Hickok Hamburger “Strong Arm Roast” and the “Chuck Wagon Roast”, but you will have to change the cook time according to the weight of your meat!
You should know at the beginning of this recipe that we use an Instant Pot to pressure cook our roast! This is a great kitchen appliance we highly recommend! You can check out our model here on Amazon. Other pressure cookers will work just fine, but our directions will use Instant Pot buttons!
Before cooking this recipe, please allow plenty of time for thawing your beef! We recommend thawing 1 of 2 ways. Beef thaws best in the refrigerator! For a roast, we suggest at least 12 hours of defrost time. Second best option would be thawing in cold water. If your beef is vacuum sealed (Hickok Hamburger always is ;), you are probably safe to soak the package straight in the water. Otherwise, place your frozen beef in a sealed Ziploc bag for its defrost bath! Change the water out every 20-30 minutes until the meat is fully thawed.
First, we prep the roast & onions. Cover the roast completely in a thin layer of salt, pepper & flour (seasonings first). Next, heat a large skillet over medium/high heat, add olive oil, then sear the roast on all sides until lightly browned (this shouldn’t take more than 3-4 minutes). Either dice your onion, or chop it into strings, however you like it! We prefer strings.
Put your seared roast in the Instant Pot (pressure cooker) with ½ inch of water (or beef broth) & the cut onions. Close the seal on the Instant Pot & click the “Beef/Stew” button. (most pressure cookers will have a similar “beef” button you may be able to use). The cooker will pressurize & the cook for approximately 35 minutes. When it is finished, pressure cook the roast an additional 10 minutes on high. Once complete, release the seal carefully (hot steam will shoot out). Remove your lid and remove the meat onto a cutting board. The meat should be falling apart! Pull the roast apart so it’s shredded. Pour the juice from the pot into a bowl (it will all be used!) and set it aside. Try to separate the onions from the juice as best you can and add them in with the meat to be used inside the quesadillas.
Finally, we make the quesadillas! Start by heating a medium-sized skillet at medium heat. First, melt a handful of cheese in a circle at the center of the skillet. Wait a few seconds until it starts to bubble. While waiting on the cheese, soak your corn tortilla in the juice from cooking the roast. Once the cheese is bubbling, place the soaked tortilla on top of the cheese. Put a thin layer of cheese over the tortilla, then fill one half with the roast & onion mixture. Fold the tortilla over in half & flip it a few times while waiting for the cheese to melt and bind the quesadilla. Repeat this for as many quesadillas as you’d like!
Serve the quesadillas alongside potatoes for a side and extra juice for dipping! ENJOY!
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We hope you enjoy this hearty home cooked recipe in the comfort of your own home! Bring the restaurant quality food to your kitchen table, then amplify it even more with Hickok Hamburger's “Strong Arm Roast” or “Chuck Wagon Roast”. You WILL taste the difference!
Roast Quesadillas Au Jus
Defrost Time: ~12 hours in refrigerator
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Pressure Cook Time: 45 minutes - 1 hour
Cook Time (quesadillas): ~5 mins / quesadilla
Servings: 8-10
NOTICE: This is an Instant Pot Recipe! (other pressure cookers work as well)
Ingredients:
- ~2lb Hickok Hamburger Roast (larger roasts will work with recipe, just adjust cook time accordingly)
- ~2 TBSP flour
- Salt & Pepper (to cover roast)
- Olive Oil
- 1 large onion
- Beef Broth (optional)
- Corn tortillas (as many tortillas as you want quesadillas - 1 tortilla/quesadilla)
- 8oz shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Instructions:
- DEFROST MEAT - please make sure you leave enough time to defrost your roast completely before starting - preferably in the refrigerator for ~12 hrs.
- Cover the roast in salt & pepper, then a thin layer of flour.
- In a large skillet over medium/high heat, in olive oil, sear the roast on all sides.
- Dice the onion or cut into strings.
- Put the roast in the Instant Pot with ½ inch of water (or beef broth) & the onions.
- Close the seal on the Instant Pot & click the “Meat/Stew” button. This will pressurize and cook for approximately 35 minutes. When it’s finished, pressure cook an additional 10 minutes on high.
- Once the pressure cooking is complete, release the pressure (carefully, hot steam will shoot out)
- Remove the roast from the pot (it should be falling apart) & shred it.
- Remove the juice from the pot and hold it aside (you will use it all).
- Try to separate the onions from the juice as best you can and add them in with the meat.
- QUESADILLAS: Heat a medium skillet over medium heat.
- Place a handful of shredded cheese in a circle in the center of the skillet.
- While the cheese is melting, soak a corn tortilla in the juice from the roast. Once the cheese is bubbling, place the tortilla in the center of the cheese. Cover the tortilla with a thin layer of shredded cheese, then fill one half of the tortilla with the roast and onion mixture. Fold your quesadilla in half and flip while cooking until the cheese has melted and binded your quesadilla together. Repeat this step for as many quesadillas as you’d like.
- Serve the quesadillas alongside potatoes for a side and extra juice for dipping.
- ENJOY!
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