
How To Make Simple Breakfast Quesadillas
Munching on these breakfast quesadillas is a perfect way to start your day. Stuff it with eggs, beans, spices, and cheese and there you have it!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2eggs
- hot sauce,like Cholula
- pinchsalt
- ⅓cuppinto beans,or black beans, cooked, rinsed and drained
- 2tspbutter,or extra-virgin olive oil
- 1tbspgreen onion,chopped
- 1tbspcilantro,finely chopped
- 1tbsppickled jalapeño,chopped, optional
- 1whole grain tortilla,medium, about an 8-inch piece
- ½cupsharp cheddar cheese,packed, grated
- salsa,or additional hot sauce, for serving
Instructions
Eggs:
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In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the hot sauce and salt until they are well blended. Add the beans and set aside.
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Melt the butter in a medium-sized skillet (either well-seasoned cast-iron or nonstick) over medium heat until it’s bubbling.
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Pour in the egg mixture and cook, stirring often, for about 1 to 3 minutes, until the eggs are just set.
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Transfer the mixture to a bowl to pause the cooking process as the eggs will finish cooking in the quesadilla. Stir in the green onion, cilantro, and jalapeño.
Quesadilla:
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In a separate, large skillet, warm the tortilla over medium heat, flipping occasionally. Once the pan and tortilla are warm, sprinkle ½ of the cheese over ½ of the tortilla.
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Top the cheese with scrambled eggs, then top the scrambled eggs with the remaining cheese.
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Press the empty tortilla halve over the toppings. Let the quesadilla cook for about 1 to 2 minutes, reducing the heat if necessary to prevent burning the tortilla, until golden and crispy on the bottom.
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Flip it and cook until the second side is golden and crispy.
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Immediately remove the skillet from the heat and transfer the quesadilla to a cutting board. Let it cool for a few minutes to give it time to set, then slice each quesadilla into 2 slices with a very sharp knife.
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Serve immediately, with your favorite salsa and/or hot sauce on the side.
Recipe Notes
To make it dairy-free, substitute butter with olive oil, and omit the cheese.
Nutrition
- Calories: 738.09kcal
- Fat: 39.68g
- Saturated Fat: 20.60g
- Trans Fat: 1.12g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.02g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.49g
- Carbohydrates: 53.30g
- Fiber: 11.83g
- Sugar: 2.46g
- Protein: 42.08g
- Cholesterol: 407.58mg
- Sodium: 610.24mg
- Calcium: 593.76mg
- Potassium: 1147.64mg
- Iron: 5.29mg
- Vitamin A: 385.28µg
- Vitamin C: 12.12mg
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