Black Bean, Roasted Corn and Goat Cheese Quesadillas

Submitted by Chef #1276724

"combination of March 2009 and June 2001 recipes from Cooking Light"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 8 quesadillas
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 cups corn kernels
• 2 (5 1/3 ounce) containers chavrie soft-type goat cheese
• 1⁄2 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced (think I did 3 or 4)
• 1 cup salsa
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 15 ounces canned black beans, undrained
• 16 small corn tortillas
• 1 cup salsa verde
• 1 cup nonfat sour cream

directions

1. Heat skillet over med-high heat. Add corn, saute 2 minutes or until browned. Place corn in small bowl, add goat cheese and cilantro; mix until well-blended and set aside.
2. In 1 tsp olive oil, saute onion and garlic for 3 minutes. Stir in 1 c salsa, cumin, and beans and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes or until thick. Mash the bean mixture slightly.
3. Remove from heat, stir in the corn/cilantro/goat cheese mixture.
4. Spread the mixture evenly over 8 tortillas, top each with 1 tortilla, pressing gently.
5. Cook each quesadilla in frying pan with cooking spray until golden - about 2 minutes a side.
6. Quarter each quesadilla, serve with salsa verde, sour cream and more salsa or green onions if desired.

Reviews

[Julie F]

This had a good flavor. I especially liked the fresh taste of cilantro. The thing I might change next time would be to not have the beans mashed up with the cheese. I didn't like the texture as much as I would have liked it if the ingredients stood alone a bit more. Next time I would try more of a dry goat cheese - crumbly. I would also rinse the beans and leave them whole. This would be good on flour tortillas as well. I use my panini grill to make quesadillas (it has a flat surface) and it works fabulously. These toritllas softened, but did not crisp up like the flour tortillas do. In spite of all the changes I might make, we did like this recipe as made. I just wanted to make sure I remember what I want to try next time.

 

[ames_817]

Yum! This is one of my favorites! I never liked corn tortillas before, but I guess I never prepared them correctly. Easily one of my most favorite!