Mexican-Style Milanesa with Smoky Corn Relish

Milanesa is a South American dish featuring a thin slice of breaded meat. This dish uses crushed tortilla chips as the crunchy coating and a chipotle spiced corn as the finishing touch.

  • 30
    min
  • 4
    SERVINGS
  • 420
    Cal
  • 31 g
    Protein

Ingredients & Cooking

Ingredients:

  • 4 beef Cubed Steaks (about 4 ounces each)
  • 1 canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, minced, plus 1 tablespoon adobo sauce
  • 1 can (11 ounces) Mexican-style or regular corn, drained
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup finely crushed tortilla chips
  • 4 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided

Cooking:

  1. Combine corn, chipotle pepper and 1/4 teaspoon salt in medium bowl. Set aside.
  2. Beat egg, 1 tablespoon water and adobo sauce in shallow dish until blended. Place tortilla chips in second shallow dish. Dip each beef steak into egg mixture, then into tortilla chips to coat both sides.
  3. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in large nonstick skillet over medium to medium-high heat until hot. Place 2 steaks in skillet; cook 5 to 6 minutes to medium (160°F) doneness, until not pink in center and juices show no pink color, turning once and adding another 1 teaspoon oil to skillet after turning steaks. Remove steaks; keep warm. Repeat with remaining 2 teaspoons oil and steaks. Top each steak evenly with Smoky Corn Relish.

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