Turkey Quesabirria

Directions

  1. Warm the corn tortillas on a griddle. Top with a handful of cheese. Place a warm tortilla on top and proceed like making quesadillas.
  2. Top each griddled quesadilla with shredded turkey, shredded cabbage, avocado, radishes and cilantro.
  3. Serve with hot sauce, lime wedges, and hot broth on the side for dipping.

Ingredients

  • as needed oil, vegetable, for greasing griddle
  • 48 - 64 ea Corn Tortillas, small
  • 20 oz ea cheese, mozzarella
  • 1 ea green cabbage, finely shredded
  • avocado, as needed
  • cilantro, fresh, as needed
  • lime wedges, as needed
  • hot sauce, as needed

Colorado Paste

Directions

  1. Bring a pot of water to a boil and submerge the chilies in the water, using a small plate to weigh them down. Let sit until completely soft (about 30 minutes) then drain.
  2. Put the onion, chiles, garlic, stock, and salt in a blender, and blend until completely smooth. Set aside.

Ingredients

  • 6 ea Chile guajillo
  • 6 ea Chile pasilla
  • 3 ea Chile de arbol
  • 1 onion
  • 2 ea garlic, clove(s)
  • 1 cup Turkey stock
  • 1 tsp salt

Birria

Directions

  1. In a deep pot, heat the vegetable oil until very hot. Add the onion and split garlic cloves, and char until almost black.
  2. Add the Butterball® Turkey Thigh Roast (separating the meat into large chunks) as well as all the liquid in the bag.
  3. Add the Colorado paste, turkey stock, and spices. Cover with a lid and simmer for 1 hour.
  4. Remove the meat, shredding with forks or by hand. Double strain the broth.

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp oil, vegetable
  • 16 oz ea onion, diced
  • 6 cups garlic, clove(s), split
  • 5 lbs Butterball® Fully Cooked Turkey Thigh Roast
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • 2 tsp cumin
  • 1 ea cinnamon, stick
  • 3 ea cloves, whole
  • 2 ea bay leaf