How To Make Sweet Corn and Goat Cheese Quesadillas
Cook a quick and satisfying 30-minute meal with these goat cheese quesadillas that comes with zucchini, corn, and basil wrapped in a warm tortilla.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3cupscorn kernels,fresh, frozen, or canned
- 1tbspbutter
- 1tspkosher salt,divided
- ½tspfreshly cracked black pepper
- 2tbspolive oil
- 2cupszucchini,diced no more than ½ inch thick
- 3scallions,chopped, green parts included
- 4ozgoat cheese,slightly softened
- ½cuplarge basil leaves,packed loosely
- 4flour tortillas,(8-inch or eight 6-inch tortillas), corn tortillas
Instructions
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Cook the corn over medium heat in a dry pan for 6 to 7 minutes until it starts to brown and smell a bit like popcorn.
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Transfer to a small bowl and toss with butter, ½ teaspoon of salt, and ¼ teaspoon of freshly cracked black pepper to combine.
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Still on medium heat, add olive oil to the pan, along with the zucchini, ½ teaspoon of salt, and ¼ teaspoon of black pepper. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until the zucchini softens a little bit.
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Add the chopped scallions and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes until they soften, too. Turn off the heat and add the corn back into the pan. Stir to combine.
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Heat a grill pan or cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add 1 teaspoon or so of olive oil and add the tortilla once the oil starts to shimmer a bit. Alternately, remove the vegetables to a bowl and then cook the quesadillas in the same skillet.
To Assemble:
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Spread about 1 tablespoon or 2 of softened goat cheese on half of the tortilla. Add the zucchini, corn, and scallion mix evenly on top of the goat cheese. Top with a few basil leaves, then fold the tortilla over.
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Cook for 2 minutes and then, using a spatula, gently flip it to the other side. Repeat the process with the remaining tortillas.
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Slice into thirds and serve. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Quesadillas are best eaten immediately while hot. Serve with fresh pico de gallo, chopped avocado, or other accompaniments of choice.
Nutrition
- Calories: 229.97kcal
- Fat: 10.54g
- Saturated Fat: 3.85g
- Trans Fat: 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.61g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.29g
- Carbohydrates: 27.29g
- Fiber: 2.49g
- Sugar: 3.34g
- Protein: 7.07g
- Cholesterol: 10.34mg
- Sodium: 314.83mg
- Calcium: 76.05mg
- Potassium: 287.05mg
- Iron: 1.58mg
- Vitamin A: 70.22µg
- Vitamin C: 6.94mg
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