Zucchini Quesadilla with Corn and Rooster

Candy onions, recent zucchini, and grilled corn together with a little bit of hen and loads of melting cheese made these a number of the finest vegetable quesadillas that I’ve made lately.

Zucchini Quesadilla

Gooey cheese quesadillas have been a traditional dinner merchandise in our home for years now, however I’m at all times on the lookout for methods to vary issues up.

These quesadillas mix the flavorful pop of recent zucchini, candy onions, hearty grilled corn, and (if desired) hen to create a game-changing mixture of flavors.

Vegetable Quesadilla

With only some minutes of effort, these quesadillas come collectively simply. All you’ll must cook dinner this straightforward dinner recipe is a skillet, a spatula, and some minutes on the range.

As a result of the time required to prep and cook dinner these quesadillas is so brief, it is a nice recipe to make in bulk. Leftover quesadillas are a straightforward (and customary!) meal choice in my home, and we at all times preserve the components at hand in case we’d like a final minute dinner plan.

Vegetable Quesadilla Recipe

• Mild flavored olive oil
• Small yellow onion
• Corn kernels (recent, frozen, or canned)
• Small zucchini
• Cooked hen, chopped small (OPTIONAL)
• Butter
• Flour tortillas
• Monterey jack or pepper jack cheese

Begin by warming the oil in a big non-stick or forged iron pan over medium warmth. Add the onion and saute for a few minutes, simply till it begins to melt. Whereas the onion is cooking, calmly butter one facet of every tortilla and put aside.

Add the zucchini and corn to the skillet, and proceed cooking for a minute or two, simply till the zucchini is sort of tender (virtually tender; the zucchini ought to nonetheless be crisp).

Add the hen, if desired, and stir to combine all through earlier than transferring the combination to a bowl.

Return the pan to the range over medium warmth, and place a tortilla within the empty skillet butter facet down.

Layer cheese on high, then the vegetable combination, after which the remaining cheese. Prime with the second tortilla, and let the vegetable quesadilla cook dinner for a couple of minutes.

Press down on the highest tortilla with a spatula earlier than rigorously flipping the quesadilla. Prepare dinner for a pair extra minutes, till the cheese has melted and the tortillas are crisped and barely browned.

When the quesadilla has completed cooking, switch it to a chopping board. Enable the quesadilla to chill for a minute or two earlier than slicing and serving.

Corn Quesadilla

I’ve been on an enormous quesadilla kick and that, together with all of those leftovers from the fridge, made for a scrumptious lunch this week. And what’s to not love a few perfectly crisp, cheese-filled quesadilla?

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initially revealed 8/26/11 – recipe notes and photographs up to date 6/19/23