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Oaxacalifornia burrito (California burrito in a quesadilla wrapper)

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Ingredients
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  • cilantro
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • cumin
  • brown sugar
  • kosher salt
  • pepper
  • 1 whole lime
  • neutral oil
  • soy sauce
Combine cilantro with stems, garlic, cumin, brown sugar, kosher salt, pepper, lime zest and juice, neutral oil and soy sauce; mix into a marinade.
The marinade
  • hanger steak
Butterfly the hanger steak open like a book and put it in a ziplock bag with the marinade.
  • tomato
  • onion
  • cilantro
  • pickled serranos
  • lime juice
  • kosher salt
  • pepper
  • neutral oil
For pico, chop tomato, onion, cilantro and pickled serranos; mix with lime juice, kosher salt, pepper and a squeeze of neutral oil.
  • avocado
  • lime juice
  • salt
  • pepper
  • cilantro stems and bits
  • pickled serrano juice
Mash avocado leaving it chunky; add lime juice, salt, pepper, cilantro, a little serrano can juice and a couple of chopped serranos.
  • 2 whole pickled serranos
Marinate the steak at least a couple of hours.
  • smoked Oaxaca cheese
Shred the Oaxaca cheese.
Grill the steak on a screaming hot grill a couple minutes a side, basting with extra marinade, to medium rare.
  • 2 whole blanket size flour tortillas
Warm both tortillas on both sides; cheese one, cover with the other warm side down to melt into a quesadilla; flip.
The quesadilla wrapper
  • mixed cheddar Monterey Jack cheese
  • french fries
Fill with carne asada, a handful of cheddar-jack, pico on one side, guacamole on the other, and fries; roll up.
Filling and the forgotten fries