Southwest Burgerdilla
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 1.5 pounds ground beef
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt (more to taste – cook a teeny-tiny patty in the pan and taste for seasoning)
- 12 small (soft taco size) tortillas
- Pepper jack cheese (you can either use sandwich slices and slice them into “shreds” or buy a block of pepper jack and shred it yourself) – the amount will depend on how much cheese you like on your burgerdillas
- Toppings:
- Homemade guacamole
- Shredded romaine lettuce
- Diced red onions
Instructions
- Combine the beef, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Combine with your hands
- Place a small 1-2 teaspoon sized patty in a hot skillet and cook to taste for seasoning (this won’t take more than 1 minute and it is my burger trick for perfectly seasoned meat!!)
- Once your seasoning is right, form about 1/2 cup sized patties and place them in a skillet over medium-high heat
- Using a spatula, flatten out the patties as much as you possibly can while the meat is still raw to get them about the size (a little bigger if possible) of your tortillas
- If you make them this flat before placing them in the pan, the won’t stay together
- When the burgers are done cooking, remove them from the skillet
- Place one tortilla down, the shredded pepper jack cheese (if you use sandwich slices, be sure to slice them up first. The whole slices don’t work as well), a burger patty, more pepper jack cheese, and the second tortilla
- Cook until golden brown, flip, and cook the other side until golden brown
- Remove from the pan and top with homemade guacamole, red onion, and shredded romaine lettuce
- *If you don’t like spicy food, I would substitute another type of cheese for the pepper jack. Any Mexican blend would work well!*
Find it online: https://www.thegarlicdiaries.com/southwest-burgerdilla/