Cheese Quesadillas
Mexico's quick griddle snack — flour tortillas folded over melting cheese, sweet pepper and spring onion and toasted in a dry pan until crisp and golden outside and stringy within.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 4 flour tortillas (20 cm)
- 220 g melting cheese (Monterey Jack or mozzarella), grated
- 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
- 2 spring onions, sliced
- 2 tbsp pickled jalapeños, chopped
- 2 tbsp coriander, chopped
- 1 tsp sunflower oil
- 100 ml soured cream, to serve
- 150 g fresh tomato salsa, to serve
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1994 kcal · P 77.5g · C 148g · F 124.1g
Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat and cook the pepper for 4–5 minutes until soft and lightly charred. Tip it out and wipe the pan.
- 2Lay out the tortillas and scatter cheese over one half of each, then the pepper, spring onions, jalapeños and coriander. Finish with a little more cheese on top so the filling glues together.
- 3Fold each tortilla over the filling and press down lightly.
- 4Toast two at a time in the dry pan over medium-low heat for 2–3 minutes a side, pressing with a spatula, until golden and the cheese has melted. Too hot a pan scorches the tortilla before the cheese melts.
- 5Rest for 1 minute on a board, then cut each quesadilla into 3 wedges.
- 6Serve hot with the soured cream and salsa.
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Questions and answers
How long does Cheese Quesadillas take to make?
About 25 minutes: 10 min prep and 15 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Cheese Quesadillas?
9 ingredients: flour tortillas, melting cheese, red pepper, spring onions, pickled jalapeños, coriander, sunflower oil, soured cream, fresh tomato salsa.
How many servings does this Cheese Quesadillas recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Cheese Quesadillas?
About 498 kcal, with 19.4 g protein, 37 g carbohydrate and 31 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Cheese Quesadillas recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Cheese Quesadillas?
Cheese Quesadillas comes from Mexican cuisine.
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