Add something spicy to your family's Southwestern dinner! Serve steak and cheese over buns for this hearty sandwich - a delicious meal.
Southwestern Steak Sandwiches
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 3 hr 45 min
- Ingredients 13
- Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb. boneless beef sirloin steak (about 1 inch thick), trimmed of fat, cut into thin bite-sized strips
- 1 medium onion, halved crosswise, sliced
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 2 tablespoons tequila, if desired
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
- 6 sandwich buns (onion, kaiser or wheat), split
- 6 (3/4-oz.) slices hot pepper Monterey Jack cheese, halved
Instructions
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Step1Place steak and onion in resealable food storage plastic bag. In small bowl, combine lime juice, tequila, oil, garlic, chili powder, cumin and salt; mix well. Pour over steak and onion in bag. Seal bag; turn bag to distribute marinade. Refrigerate 3 hours, turning occasionally.
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Step2Heat 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until hot. Add steak, onion and all of marinade. Add bell peppers; cook and stir until beef is no longer pink, bell peppers and onion are crisp-tender and most of liquid has evaporated.
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Step3Place bun halves, cut side up, on ungreased cookie sheet; broil 4 to 6 inches from heat for 1 to 2 minutes or until toasted. Spoon beef and vegetables onto bottom halves of buns. Top each with 2 pices of cheese; return to broiler for 1 minute to melt cheese. Cover with tops of buns. If desired, top with salsa, sour cream or guacamole.
Nutrition
420
Calories
21g
Total Fat
29g
Protein
27g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Sandwich
- Calories
- 420
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 21g
- 32%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 40%
- Cholesterol
- 80mg
- 27%
- Sodium
- 620mg
- 26%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 27g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 29g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 25%
- 25%
- Vitamin C
- 45%
- 45%
- Calcium
- 25%
- 25%
- Iron
- 25%
- 25%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 2 Fat;Tips from the
Pillsbury Kitchens
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