Birria Pizza
Serves 8
15 mins prep
130 mins cook
145 mins total
Birria Pizza is made of layers of flour tortillas, tender beef, and lots of melted cheese. Serve with consommé for dunking. It’s a must for any meat lover.
For the Chile Sauce:
For the Beef:
For the Pizza:
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For the Chile Sauce:
Remove the stems from the chiles.
Open the chiles lengthwise and remove seeds and veins.
Repeat until there are no more chiles left.
Place in a stock pot and cover with water.
Bring to a boil. Then, remove from heat.
Put a lid on the pot, and let rest for 5 minutes.
Throw away the water.
Add the rehydrated chiles, cinnamon, garlic, salt, pepper, thyme, cloves and oregano to a blender.
Add 2 cups water.
Blend until smooth.
Set aside until ready to use.
For the Beef:
Press the Saute button on the Instant Pot.
Add the olive oil.
Give it a minute to heat up.
Meanwhile, chop up beef into large pieces and season with salt and pepper.
Sear on all sides.
Remove the beef from the instant pot.
Place a strainer over the instant pot and strain the chile sauce.
Add the bay leaf, bouillon, and water.
Stir to combine and return the beef to the pot.
Place the lid on the instant pot.
Move the valve to Sealing.
Press the Pressure Cook button.
Set time to 45 minutes.
Once the cycle is complete, move the valve to Venting.
Remove the beef from the pot and chop.
For the Pizza:
Dip one of the flour tortillas in the broth.
Place on a hot skillet, dipped side down.
Add 1 cup of cheese all around.
Add chopped birria on top of the cheese.
Sprinkle the beef with diced onion and cilantro.
Cook for 2 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
Remove the birria quesadilla from the skillet.
Repeat with another flour tortilla.
Dip it in the consomme and place on a hot skillet.
Add the cheese, birria, onion, and cilantro.
Cook for 2 minutes, until cheese is melted.
Remove from skillet.
Cover the birria quesadilla with foil paper to keep warm.
Dip the last flour tortilla in the consomme.
Place on the hot skillet.
Top with only cheese and melt.
To Assemble Pizza:
Stack the two birria quesadillas on top of each other.
Flip the last flour tortilla with only cheese.
Place it cheese-side down over the birria quesadillas to create the top.
Slice.
Serve with consomme and toppings for broth.