Simple Cheese Quesadilla Recipe
This simple Cheese Quesadilla recipe is an excellent lunchbox recipe that my kids take to school. As it takes about 15 minutes to prepare, it can also serve as a quick dinner option on busy nights.
On a busy night or weekend, this is one of the menus that I go to. The recipe I have today is for a basic cheese quesadilla, but one can let their imagination run wild and add any filling along with cheese to make this a meal. I made a basic salsa to go with the quesadilla.
This is my son's favorite lunchbox menu, and it is so easy to make in the mornings. This is also a quick and easy recipe that requires very minimal ingredients and can be made in under 30 minutes. There are fancy quesadilla makers in the market, but I find the cast iron pan to do the job just fine.
I have the salsa recipe here!
Preparation time - 10 mins plus the time taken to make the salsa
Cooking time - 15 mins
Difficulty level - easy
Ingredients to make Cheese Quesadilla - To make 4 quesadillas
- Tortilla (flour or corn) - 4 (I used the burrito size)
- Cheese (Mexican blend) - 1 cup (¼ cup for each quesadilla)
- Nonstick oil spray
Procedure -
- Prepare the salsa as per the recipe and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Heat the pan and spray some oil. Now place a tortilla on the pan and heat it until light brown spots appear.
- Now flip the tortilla and fill one half of it with ¼th cup of cheese.
- Fold the tortilla over (making a semi-circle) and then press it down with a spatula. You will notice that the cheese starts to melt.
- Flip the tortilla over and cook on the other side too.
- Now, using a pizza cutter, cut the quesadilla into 4 strips. Repeat the same with the rest of the tortillas.
- Serve with salsa!
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Recipe
Simple Cheese Quesadilla Recipe
Equipment
- pan
Ingredients
- 4 Tortilla flour or corn(I used the burrito size)
- 1 cup Cheese Mexican blend (¼ cup for each quesadilla)
- Non stick oil spray
Instructions
- Prepare the salsa as per the recipe and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Heat the pan and spray some oil. Now place a tortilla on the pan and heat it until light brown spots appear.
- Now flip the tortilla and fill one half of it with ¼th cup of cheese.
- Fold the tortilla over (makes a semi circle) and then press it down with a spatula. You will notice that the cheese starts to melt.
- Flip the tortilla over and cook on the other side too.
- Now using a pizza cutter cut the quesadilla into 4 strips. Repeat the same with the rest of the tortillas.
- Serve with salsa!
I love all your recipes, I love salsa and rice balls.
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nice idea . thanks for linking my event
Wow this is yum yum yum. Thanks for linking it to the event.
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Thanks Archana ! Lovely event. Will link more recipes 🙂
Have always thought of trying to make quesedillas...love your recipe and clicks 🙂
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Thanks Rosh ! Give it a shot and let me know if you liked them.
Sandhya
love these quesedilla!!! yummy and drool worthy pictures!!
Sowmya
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Looks yum and well explained...Thank you so much for sharing this:)
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Thanks Malar !
yummy...Interesting Recipe....
Thanks Gayathri ! Was going through your cilantro lime rice. Will be a good combination with this 🙂
Sandhya
yes you are right Sandhya..both are good combination....
Yummy!!!for me,this is a good idea for breakfast.....
Thanks Amy ! Would be perfect for breakfast with tons of protein from the cheese:)
Sandhya