Cheese Quesadillas
The ingredients list doesn't get much shorter than this and the preparation is easy. This make a wonderful addition to any mexican dish. Originally served as part of: Cheese Quesadillas and Leftover Black Bean Soup.
- Baked Cheese Quesadillas (December 8, 2003)
Ingredients
- 4 fajita-size flour tortillas
- 2 ounces monterey jack with jalapeno peppers cheese (grated)
- 3 tablespoons divided vegetable oil
- for garnish sour cream
- for garnish parsley
Instructions
We preheat the oven to 275 degrees. We heat a pan with half the oil over medium heat. We place half of the cheese on one tortilla and cover with another tortilla. We place in the heated pan and cook for a few minutes until browned on one side. Then we flip and continue cooking until cheese is melted and both sides are crispy. When done, we keep it warm in the oven on a cookie sheet while we repeat for the remaining quesadilla.
Ingredients
- 4 fajita-size flour tortillas
- 2 oz Monterey Jack with jalapeños (grated)
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil (divided)
- sour cream
- parsley
Instructions
What's a kid job?
A Kid job is a step kids can help with, with a grown-up nearby, not one they do on their own. Every kid is different, so go by what your child can do rather than by age. Roughly:
- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
Steps with a knife, microplane, skewers, stove, oven, grill or hot oil, or with raw meat, poultry or seafood, are marked Grown-up. Kids can still watch those, from a safe distance.
Grown-up
Heat the oven to 275°F.
Kid job
Sprinkle half the cheese on a tortilla and top with another. Make the second one.
Grown-up
Heat half the oil in a pan over medium heat and cook a quesadilla a few minutes, until browned. Flip and cook until the cheese melts and both sides are crisp. Keep warm in the oven on a cookie sheet and cook the other.
Cut into wedges and serve with sour cream and parsley.