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Chilaquiles Recipe with Marinated Skirt Steak

Chilaquiles Recipe with Grilled Marinated Skirt Steak! #mexicanChilaquiles Recipe with Marinated Skirt Steak: A zesty chilaquiles recipe with underlying smoky heat from habanero peppers, served with juicy grilled skirt steak. This easy gluten free dinner is a sure knock-out!

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Recently, I spent a day cooking with a latina friend of mine.

My friend Adriana is a funny little bird. She has told me on several occasions that I’m not a real cook because I don’t make my own tortillas. She has also informed me that Americans are fat because we always choose wheat tortillas and Mexicans are thin because they always choose corn tortillas. Hmmm.

She is emphatic that wheat makes people fat, while corn, even fried corn, is a health food.

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Listening to her dogmatic opinions on life and food always gives me a good chuckle.

On my birthday, she came to my house with grocery bags in tow. Little did I know, I’d be spending the day learning to “properly” make her Chilaquiles Recipe with Marinated Skirt Steak.

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We teased each other as we went through the painstaking process of making, then frying tortillas, just to crumble for the chilaquiles. She threw out half the tortillas I fried, because the color was a quarter-shade too light or too dark.

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She showed me how to make the tomato puree for the chilaquiles recipe, with fresh jalapenos and onions.

Then acutely critiqued my onion cooking abilities.

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Finally, when the dish was finished we sat down to taste.

Chilaquiles Recipe with Marinated Skirt Steak is Mexican comfort food at it’s best.

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But I have to tell you, although I appreciate her thorough instruction, I won’t continue making chilaquiles the “proper” way.

Personally, I HATE to fry foods. It’s the lingering smell of hot oil in my house, and the fact that I always get a splatter burn.

Plus, I like shortcuts, as long as they don’t effect flavor, texture, or visual appeal.

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So I took my friend’s chilaquiles recipe and revamped it. …Please don’t tell on me, I’ll get another rigid scolding.

How to Make Chilaquiles Recipe with Marinated Skirt Steak

1. Instead of making and frying tortillas, I bought good tostadas and broke them up. (Don’t use tortilla chips, they’re too thin.)

2. Then I added a habanero pepper, garlic, and stock to the tomato puree to give it a deeper flavor. Habaneros have a sweet smoky heat that hits the back of your throat, then builds over time. A little goes a long way.

3. Finally, I added marinated skirt steak. Skirt steak is a classic beef cut in Mexican cooking, that stands up to spicy dry rubs and marinades. The key in grilling marinated skirt steak is to not overcook it. Then slice it thin, against the grain.

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This Chilaquiles Recipe with Marinated Skirt Steak is bold and comforting, and it’s gluten free!

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I absolutely love this Chilaquiles Recipe with Marinated Skirt Steak for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, even though it is a tad off the classic preparation.

Chilaquiles can also be served with hard boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, shredded chicken or pork, the sky is the limit.

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Chilaquiles Recipe with Marinated Skirt Steak

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Amazing and easy Chilaquiles Recipe with Marinated Skirt Steak! This authentic chilaquiles recipes offers shortcuts to make the process much faster.
Servings: 8

Ingredients

For the Chilaquiles:

  • 14 ounces thick tostadas
  • 6 cups stock, any variety
  • 3 large tomatoes, cored
  • 1 onion, peeled and quartered
  • 4-5 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 habanero chile, halved and seeded
  • Salt

For the Marinated Skirt Steak:

Possible Garnishes:

  • Chopped red onion
  • Green onions
  • Cilantro
  • Sliced avocado
  • Crumbled queso fresco
  • Sour cream
  • Sliced hard boiled eggs

Instructions

  • For the marinated skirt steak: Mix all the spices, oil and vinegar in a small bowl. Then rub over the entire skirt steak and let the steak rest for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the grill to high heat. Grill for 2 minutes per side, for medium-rare. Rest the steak under foil for at least 5 minutes. Then cut into 4 equal pieces. Turn each section and sliced thinly against the grain.
  • For the chilaquiles recipe: Break the tostadas into pieces and place them in a 9x13-inch baking dish.
  • Set a large sauce pan over high heat and add the stock, onions, garlic, tomatoes, habanero and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
  • Remove the habanero pieces and carefully pour the veggies and liquid into the blender. Open the vent on the lid a little and cover with a dish towel. Puree until smooth. *Be careful! Hot liquid in the blender can be dangerous.
  • Once pureed, taste for salt and heat. It may need 1/2 to 1 teaspoon more salt. If you really like spicy food, you could always puree half or all of the cooked habanero.
  • For slightly crispy chilaquiles, pour half the puree over the tostadas. For soft chilaquiles (like a casserole) pour all the puree over the tostadas. Allow the tostadas to sit and soak up the liquid. *For soft chilaquiles with a crispy top, bake the chilaquiles in the oven at 400 degrees, for 20-30 minutes. Garnish and serve warm with steak.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup, Calories: 429kcal, Carbohydrates: 39g, Protein: 22g, Fat: 21g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Cholesterol: 53mg, Sodium: 1689mg, Potassium: 534mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 1085IU, Vitamin C: 9.6mg, Calcium: 68mg, Iron: 3.2mg
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Author: Sommer Collier

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38 comments on “Chilaquiles Recipe with Marinated Skirt Steak”

  1. This is as close as the original recipe as you’ll get.

  2. What a great recipe!!!! I would love a huge serving of this right now! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. This makes me already miss those long warm summer evenings! Pinned this and I WILL be making it. of course, I’ll buy the pre-made tostadas, so your secret is safe with me.

  5. I love Mexican food & now that I’m eating steak again [after 10 years], THIS sounds delicious!!

  6. AWESOME post! What a great story. And the photo of that slab of steak on the grill…want! I’m a chilaquiles fan, but haven’t attempted making it at home. You’ve given me my place to start, thanks!

  7. Glad your up and running again~ Oh the ultimate comfort food chilaquiles. My 7yr old could live off these. Thanks for sharing. Oh and your lo mein recipe is happening soon at our house~ my daughter bookmarked it,LOL!!

  8. Wow, this looks to die for!!

  9. I love Latin food almost as much as Italian, can’t wait to try this recipe!

  10. I have a skirt steak sitting at home just waiting to get dressed up in that marinade! I have a feeling this will be a night of diner perfection.

  11. looks great! why isn’t it time for me to make dinner yet?!?

  12. I think I like the easier version too as I don’t fry anything. Looks delish!

  13. What an awesome day of learning in the kitchen with your friend!! I love to learn from others…but I’m with you on the frying. I’m terrible about all that oil. It’s just not my thing. Not that I don’t love eating the fried stuff…just not the actual act of frying :)

    This looks AMAZING. I can just smell that sauce, the steak, all of it, from here.

  14. We don’t eat steak, but how delicious does this recipe looks!!!

  15. Love skirt steak, we had the last bit of summer here this weekend, maybe a few more days of the grill so need to get a skirt steak on it, this just looks so good.

  16. I’m always looking for grilling recipes. This skirt steak looks wonderful! Thank you

  17. Yum! I love skirt and flank steak. So much flavor and its to marination so well! Yum!

  18. The food always looks so delicious! I love this post and the photos!

  19. seriously, everything i see on your blog i want to eat immediately. EVERY.SINGLE.DAY!

  20. I love ancho chiles – they’re sweet and smoky. The steak looks WICKED good.

  21. Okay, I’m starving and this is NOT helping. All of my favorite flavors!

  22. The flavors are outstanding in this one Sommer. Perfect to say goodbye to summer!

  23. I want this more than I’ve ever wanted anything… I’m starving and this looks amazing Sommer!

  24. I’ve done a similar thing before (minus the steak) and loaded it with veggies and topped with quac. Ok, now i’m hungry. Time to make some lunch!

  25. Sounds like you got an authentic cooking lesson, and shhh, I won’t tell about the store bought tostadoes! I love learning how to make all different ethnic cuisine – thanks for sharing your friend’s recipe.

  26. I was wondering what you had cookin when you posted the picture of the tomatoes and onion stewing in the dutch oven and I’m so pleasantly surprised! I love Mexican food and I’ve actually never heard of chilaquiles but it looks fabulous and I’m definitely wanting to give it a try! Looks like you cooked the steak to absolute perfection and all the ingredients in this meal look very appealing! Hope you had a great weekend!

  27. this is right up my alley! Bookmarked!

  28. These look great, can’t wait to give them a try!

  29. I fry everything! I do love corn tortillas and this looks great!

  30. I like your way better too. I have tried frying exactly once and that was all I needed to know that I do not like frying. Do not!

  31. I’d be interested in your friend’s authentic recipe.

    • Hey Melissa, she used jalapenos instead of habaneros, no garlic, and water instead of stock for the sauce. Her Corn Tortillas were equal parts masa and water, then pressed and deep fried. She crumbled about 25 tortillas into the baking dish.

  32. Wow, love that tomato broth! Your friend should do a guest post? ;)

  33. She DOES sound like a hoot! This looks amazing…..I can almost taste the spiciness!

  34. Skirt steak is one of our favorites! Love this!

  35. Looks delicious! She may be on to something about wheat….