
Roast Beef Blue Cheese Arepa — Steakhouse Packed Lunch
Category: Lunchbox Ideas | Ready in 8 minutes | Serves 1 adult or 2 kids | Naturally gluten-free
What You Need
- 2 Zavor & Co gluten-free arepas
- 3 slices rare roast beef
- 2 tbsp crumbled blue cheese mashed with 1 tbsp cream cheese
- 1 shallot, thinly sliced and quick-pickled in 1 tbsp vinegar
- A few arugula leaves
How to Make It
- Quick-pickle the shallot in the vinegar with a pinch of salt, 5 minutes.
- Mash the blue cheese with the cream cheese into a spread.
- Warm the arepas in the toaster on high, 2-3 cycles.
- Spread the blue cheese on one arepa, layer the roast beef, drained shallot and arugula.
- Close, press, wrap in paper.
About This Recipe
Rare roast beef with blue cheese and sharp pickled shallot is a steakhouse flavor profile in sandwich form. The blue cheese spread binds it; the pickled shallot cuts the richness.
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