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cheese quesadillas
recipe
The perfect spur-of-the-moment snack—will you top yours with guacamole, salsa, or sour cream?
Prepare Ingredients
2 (8-inch)
flour tortillas
⅔ cup
shredded Monterey Jack cheese
4 teaspoons
vegetable oil
Gather Cooking Equipment
Cutting board
Pastry brush
10-inch nonstick skillet
Tongs
Chef's knife
1
2
(8-inch) flour tortillas
⅔ cup
shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Lay tortillas on cutting board. Sprinkle half of cheese over half of first tortilla. Fold tortilla in half, forming half-moon shape with cheese inside, and press to flatten. Repeat with second tortilla and remaining cheese.
2
4
teaspoons vegetable oil
Use pastry brush to brush top of each quesadilla with 1 teaspoon oil. Place quesadillas in 10-inch nonstick skillet, oiled sides down. Brush second side of each quesadilla with another 1 teaspoon oil.
Folding quesadillas before cooking means you can cook two at a time in one skillet. Just make sure to arrange folded edges in center of skillet, with curved parts following curves of skillet.
3
Heat skillet over medium heat and cook until bottoms of quesadillas are crisp and well browned, 2 to 3 minutes.
Food for Thought
Grilled Cheese, Mexican Style
Quesadillas might just be the perfect snack. You need just three ingredients—flour tortillas, cheese, and some vegetable oil—and the recipe comes together really quickly. To make this recipe extra simple, use shredded cheese. If you have a block of cheese in the fridge, just run it over the large holes of a box grater.
quesadilla fft step shot
If you want to make quesadillas for a crowd, transfer the first batch to a rimmed baking sheet and keep it warm in a 200-degree oven. Go ahead and use more tortillas, cheese, and oil to make a second batch. Let all four quesadillas cool, and then slice and enjoy. You can serve quesadillas as is (they are so good), but you can get fancy by serving quesadillas with a spoonful of sour cream, plain Greek yogurt, salsa, or guacamole.
