Scout's Black Bean Quesadillas
"Yes, you could bake these, and they would be lower in fat. But I think you would be missing something. If you want to lower the fat amount, but still have the right taste, use a nonstick skillet and nonstick spray instead of butter or margarine. There's not really any "passive" cooking time, since while one is cooking, you're getting the next one ready, so the Prep time is my estimate for the whole amount of time. Makes 4 main dish servings."
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- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup salsa
- 1 cup shredded cheese (your choice, my fave is a cheddar, monterey jack, colby, and pepper jack blend)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 8 (8 inch) flour tortillas
- 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
directions
- Mash black beans in a medium bowl slightly. You want some chunks left in it. Mix in salsa, cheese, and salt.
- Heat skillet over medium heat. Spread 1/2 T. butter on one side of 2 tortillas.
- When skillet is hot, lay one tortilla in it, buttered side down. Spoon one quarter of bean mixture onto tortilla and spread evenly to edges. Lay second tortilla on top, butter side up.
- When bottom tortilla is brown and crisp, flip. When second tortilla is brown and crisp, remove from pan and allow to cool before cutting into wedges.
- Repeat for three more quesadillas.
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Reviews
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This is now one of our family favorites. In an effort to lower the fat we use half the cheese. We also cook it on a griddle with cooking spray instead of butter and it still comes out crispy. We also add a half cup to a cup of corn after the beans are mashed for texture and sweetness. Thanks for sharing this one! -
Made for ZWT5! This was a fantastic meal and was so easy to make.It didn't require lots of time in the kitchen chopping and I already had all of the ingredients at home. I put lots of cheese and butter and made it a very feel good meal for winter :) I will SO be making these again.Thank you for the recipe. -
These made a fast and fabulous lunch for me. The recipe is easy to scale down for one person and putting the salsa inside the quesadilla makes for a neat-to-eat meal. I opted for the cooking spray, used nearly-nonfat tortillas and was careful about how cheesy I made it, so it was not a fatty meal. Thanks for posting, Scout!
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This is now one of our family favorites. In an effort to lower the fat we use half the cheese. We also cook it on a griddle with cooking spray instead of butter and it still comes out crispy. We also add a half cup to a cup of corn after the beans are mashed for texture and sweetness. Thanks for sharing this one!
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I'm a stay at home mom with two lovely children, a wonderful husband, and 2 hungry roommates. I'm an artist by avocation, and am working to being one by vocation as well. * grins *
Just to let everyone know, after a half hour discussion about it, the boys (DH and Roommate) have settled on ratings meanings. I reserve the right to bump up or down a half star a recipe based on the actual recipe and how easy it was, etc. etc.
I have to admit, it's been a couple of years since I updated this text and in the meantime, my picky picky DD has flowered into a girl who enjoys California rolls, will give almost everything a try, and in general much less picky than the average 7 year old in this area.
DS, at 2 and a half, asks for salad for lunch and then demolishes it. He's a weirdo. :)
We try to be very honest and very descriptive with our reviews. And I fully appreciate the same from people reviewing my recipes. Not every family will like every recipe, and sometimes what you didn't like about a recipe, another family will love! :) I also try to be as nice and polite as possible in my reviews. I don't believe there is any reason not to. The only thing that really upsets me enough to be mean is when a poorly written recipe forces me to have to clean my kitchen.
***** - "Scout is not allowed to make this very often because it is highly addictive and will be inhaled on sight!" Dump Cakes, Sweet Salsa Chicken and Wasabi Peanuts are in this category.
**** - "This is wonderful and we want to see it again fairly often, a new family favorite."
*** - "This is good. We woud eat it again without any changes, but it's not our favorite."
** - "We did not like this very much, but we would eat it again if served it. It would be good if some changes were made. This was really not to our taste."
* - "We would eat this again only with a lot of condiments to mask the taste."
no stars - Means that I want to say something, but don't wish to post stars. This does not mean it is worse than a one star recipe!! :)
I will only post public recipes that I have in fact cooked, and that my family has enjoyed - at least 3 stars on the above scale.
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