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Baja Quesadillas

At a Glance

Prep
25 minutes
Cook
7 minutes
Total
32 minutes
Servings
6 serving(s)

Categories

  • Main Course
  • One Dish Meal
  • Sandwiches
  • Mexican-inspired
  • Bake or Skillet

Dietary

  • Vegetarian

Allergens

  • Milk
  • Wheat

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 6. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 629.3 per serving 3775.8 for selected servings
Fat 11.9g per serving 71.4g for selected servings
Sugar 5.8g per serving 34.8g for selected servings
Protein 23.6g per serving 141.6g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 107.6g per serving 645.6g for selected servings

I found this recipe on the Idaho Bean Commission web site, and it's a keeper. Next time I'll add some corn, but otherwise this is really tasty and you won't miss the meat. I didn't use cooking spray or the oven--just cooked on the stove in a little butter. I skipped the sour cream because I didn't think it needed it.

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Equipment

Large skillet, cookie sheet

Ingredients

  • vegetable oil cooking spray
  • 1 zucchini (medium, cut lengthwise in half, and sliced)
  • 1 cup onion, sliced
  • 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
  • 1 jalapeno chile, minced
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 15 ounces black beans (or 1 1/2 c cooked dry-packaged black beans, rinsed and drained)
  • 15 ounces pinto beans (or 1 1/2 c cooked dry-packaged pinto beans, rinsed and drained)
  • 1 cup tomatoes, chopped
  • 1/2 cup cilantro, finely chopped
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 12 tortillas (6 inch)
  • 1 c Mexican blend cheese
  • sour cream (as garnish)

Instructions

  1. Spray large skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat until hot.

  2. Saute zucchini, onion, garlic, jalapeno chili, and cumin until crisp-tender--about 5 minutes.

  3. Add beans to side of skillet and coarsely mash about half the beans.

  4. Mix beans, tomato, and cilantro into onion mixture and cook 1 to 2 minutes.

  5. Spoon 1/3 cup mixture on one side of each tortilla and sprinkle with 1 1/2 tablespoons cheese.

  6. Fold tortillas in half and spray both sides with cooking spray.

  7. bake on cookie sheet at 450 until browned and crisp, 5 to 7 minutes, or cook in large skillet over medium heat until browned, 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

  8. Garnish quesadillas with salsa and sour cream.

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Source: https://www.food.com/recipe/baja-quesadillas-508422

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