Baked Bean Quesadillas

These baked bean quesadillas are a speedy, satisfying twist on a Tex-Mex favorite, combining tinned baked beans, inexperienced peppers, purple onion, cheddar cheese and smoked paprika in crisp, golden tortillas.

They’re fast to organize, endlessly adaptable, and very best for busy lunches, final minute dinners, or late-night snacks.

The filling begins with baked beans, a easy, hearty ingredient that provides a barely candy, smoky tomato flavour over commonplace beans, while not having further sauce.

You need to use traditional Heinz or low-cost grocery store varieties – all of them work.

Mixed with finely chopped purple onion and inexperienced pepper, you will have an ideal begin to your quesadilla filling with a smooth chew and a little bit of crunch.

Smoked paprika brings heat and depth, mixing completely with the creamy, tangy mature cheddar.

The cheese melts into the beans as they warmth, binding every thing collectively and serving to the filling keep put if you reduce into the quesadilla.

Cooking the quesadillas in a lidded frying pan or protecting with a plate permits the filling to warmth via shortly whereas the surface crisps as much as a golden end.

Including just a bit butter to the pan offers the tortillas a wealthy, toasty flavour and golden color.

You may see that I’ve added a tip under recommending retaining them heat and crisp in a low oven when you work via the batch.

As soon as cooked, the quesadillas are straightforward to slice and serve, making them nice for sharing.

They’re good on their very own however finest loved with crunchy tortilla chips and a facet of guacamole, bitter cream, and salsa for dipping.

Ever since I first made these baked bean quesadillas, they have been our go to fast meal after we need one thing heat and tacky on the desk in quarter-hour.

Learn on for the complete recipe with detailed directions and a useful {photograph} for each step. And you probably have any questions, simply go away me a remark. Get pleasure from!

Directions

Warmth the oven to 200C (180C fan) and place a baking sheet on the center shelf.

Put the baked beans, onion, inexperienced pepper, smoked paprika and grated cheddar in a bowl.

Combine properly.

Share the combination between the 4 tortillas, spreading on one facet of every tortilla.

Fold every tortilla in half, sandwiching the filling inside and creating the traditional quesadilla form.

Soften ½ tsp of butter in a frying pan over a medium-high warmth.

Place two quesadilla within the pan.

Place the lid or a plate on high.

Fry for about 60 seconds, then take away the lid, flip, change the lid and fry for an extra 30-60 seconds till the tortilla is golden on either side, and the cheese is melted.

Slide the quesadillas onto the sheet within the oven to maintain them heat and crisp.

Repeat the frying course of for the 2 remaining quesadillas.

Minimize every quesadilla into three wedges, stack on the plates and serve.

Subsequent time you make them, you may strive some tweaks on the filling to fit your style.

Add a number of chopped jalapeños for warmth, add sweetcorn or leftover cooked veg, or swap the cheddar for mozzarella, manchego, or a spicy cheese mix.

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