Turkey Quesabirria

turkey

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner, while pork is often less expensive than turkey.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast is lower in fat, while processed cheese is often cheaper.

Soak pasilla and guajillo chiles in boiling water for 30 minutes, weighted down with a plate.

Drain the chiles and remove seeds and stems.

Blend soaked chiles with onion, garlic, and a teaspoon of salt, adding turkey stock or water to make a smooth paste.

Heat a pan and add vegetable oil, then char onion and garlic.

Add the blended chile paste to the pan and fry it until it sizzles.

Add the turkey thigh roast and its juices to the chile paste.

Stir in Mexican oregano, cumin, cinnamon sticks, whole bay leaf, and cloves.

Pour in turkey stock or water and stir to combine.

Simmer for 45 minutes to an hour to absorb flavors into the turkey.

Strain the turkey from the cooking liquid and shred it.

Heat corn tortillas on a flat griddle and add Oaxacan cheese until it melts.

Top with another tortilla and press down, then flip to cook the other side.

Add the shredded turkey to the tortillas and garnish before serving.

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