Bacon And Cream Cheese Quesadillas Recipes

BACON QUESADILLAS RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Place tortillas in single layer on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
• Top half of each tortilla with 1/4 each of the remaining ingredients; fold in half. Press lightly to secure.
• Bake 8 to 10 min. or until edges are lightly browned.

BACON QUESADILLA

Steps:

• Butter one side of one tortilla; place in a small skillet, buttered side down. Top with cheese, bacon and salsa. Butter remaining tortilla; place on top, buttered side up., Cook over low heat for 1-2 minutes on each side or until cheese is melted. Cut into wedges. Serve with sour cream, guacamole and additional salsa if desired.

BACON AND CREAM CHEESE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Cook bacon to desired level of crispiness. Drain and allow to cool slightly.
• Spread one side of each tortilla with cream cheese.
• Crumble cooked bacon slices on one tortilla. Top with the other. Press edges to seal.
• I cook mine in my handy-dandy quesadilla maker until it is golden brown -- but if you don't have one of those, you can use a large nonstick pan on medium heat. Cook, turning once, until golden brown on both sides. This should only take about 1-2 minutes per side.
• Cut into 6-8 wedges and serve warm, topped with salsa.

BACON JACK AND JALAPENO QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Guacamole: Coarsely mash the avocado in a large bowl. Add the tomato, scallions, lime juice, cilantro, jalapeno, and garlic until blended. Cover and chill until ready to serve.
• Quesadillas: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Spray a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Lightly spray a medium nonstick skillet with cooking spray and set over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, turning occasionally, until browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer the bacon to paper towels to drain. Crumble and set aside.
• To the same skillet, add the scallions, jalapeno, garlic, cumin, and coriander. Cook, stirring often, over medium heat, until the scallions are soft, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Place the tortillas on the baking sheet; sprinkle 1/3 of the cheese, 1/3 of the scallion mixture, and 1/3 of the bacon over half of each tortilla. Fold the unfilled half of each tortilla over the filling. Lightly spray the quesadillas with cooking spray. Bake until lightly browned and crisp, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Cut each quesadilla into 4 wedges and serve with the guacamole and sour cream, if using. Garnish with cilantro.

BACON, JACK AND JALAPENO QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Mash the avocado with the garlic, lemon juice and salt and pepper, to taste. Reserve covered in the refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cook the bacon in a medium saute pan until browned and crisp and transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Crumble and reserve.
• Pour off and reserve all the bacon fat. Saute the onion, garlic, and jalapeno seasoned with the cumin, coriander and salt and pepper, to taste, in a couple tablespoons bacon grease. On 2 tortillas sprinkle half of the grated cheese. Then layer equal amounts of the onion mixture, crumbled bacon, and the remaining grated cheese. Top with the other 2 tortillas.
• Fry quesadillas in bacon grease turning until cheese is fully melted and the tortillas are crisp, about 5 minutes.
• Cut into wedges and serve with the guacamole, sour cream and cilantro on top.

BACON-JALAPENO QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Lightly coat a medium skillet with olive oil or nonstick cooking spray and heat over high heat. Place 1 tortilla on a work surface and sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheese. Top with 1/4 of the bacon and 1 tablespoon jalapenos; top with a second tortilla.
• Carefully transfer to skillet and cook until bottom tortilla is browned and cheese is melted, about 2 minutes. Turn and continue cooking until browned and filling is hot, about 2 minutes more. Transfer quesadilla to a cutting board and repeat process with remaining tortilla, cheese, bacon, and jalapenos.
• Cut quesadillas into wedges and serve immediately with sour cream.

BACON QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Place tortillas in single layer on baking sheet. Top half of each tortilla with 1/4 cup cheese, 1 Tbsp. bacon bits and 1/4 of the onions; fold in half to enclose filling.
• Brush with butter.
• Bake 8 to 10 min. or until cheese is melted and quesadillas are lightly browned.

CHEESY BACON-BEAN QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Top half of each tortilla with beans, cheese, bacon and scallions. Fold tortilla over filling; press down with back of pancake turner. Lightly brush melted butter on both sides of each filled tortilla.
• Heat 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook 2 filled tortillas at a time 3 to 4 minutes, turning once, until golden brown and heated through. Cut into wedges. Serve with sour cream and salsa.

BACON, EGG AND CHEESE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Scramble eggs until desired doneness is reached.
• While eggs are cooking, heat tortillas in microwave for about 15 seconds or until softened.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of salsa on bottom half of tortilla.
• Place half the eggs over the salsa.
• Top eggs evenly with 1/4 cup of cheese.
• Place half of the bacon over the eggs and fold the top half of the tortilla over.
• Repeat steps 3, 4, 5 and 6 for remaining tortilla.
• Place both tortillas in a 10-inch skillet sprayed with cooking spray.
• Cook until lightly browned over medium heat on both sides, about 6 to 8 minutes.
• Cut each quesadilla in half; eat and enjoy.

BACON AND TOMATO QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Layer on half of each tortilla: 1/4 cup cheese, 2 tablespoons diced tomatoes. 1 tablespoon bacon and 1 tablespoon basil. Fold each tortilla in half to form a half circle.
• Lightly coat a large nonstick skillet or griddle with oil. Cook each quesadilla, over medium-high heat for 1 1/2 minutes on each side until cheese is melted and tortilla is lightly browned.
• Cut the quesadilla into 4 wedges and serve with sour cream.

BEST BREAKFAST QUESADILLA

Steps:

• Crack eggs into a small bowl. Add crumbled bacon and whisk until well combined.
• Spray a large skillet with cooking spray; warm over medium-high heat. Pour egg mixture into the skillet; cook and stir until eggs are set, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Lightly butter one side of each tortilla.
• Warm a separate, dry skillet over medium-low heat.
• Place one tortilla into the warm skillet with the buttered side facing down. Spoon 1/2 of the scrambled egg mixture over one half of the tortilla. Sprinkle 1/4 cup Colby-Jack cheese over the egg mixture and fold the tortilla over top. Cook, turning as needed, until tortilla is toasted and crispy and cheese is melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat to make second quesadilla.

BACON-TOMATO QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the tomatoes, bacon and cheese., Spray cooking spray over one side of each tortilla. Place tortillas, sprayed side down, on a griddle. Spoon tomato mixture over half of each tortilla. Fold over and cook over low heat for 1-2 minutes on each side or until cheese is melted. Cut each quesadilla into three wedges.

CHILE, CHEESE AND BACON QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat closed medium-size contact grill for 5 minutes. Place bacon crosswise on grill. Close grill. Grill 5 to 6 minutes or until crisp. Remove from grill; drain on paper towels. Scrape drippings from grill. Coarsely chop bacon.
• Sprinkle 4 tortillas with cheese. Top each with bacon, chiles, sliced olives, onion and remaining tortillas; press lightly.
• Place 1 quesadilla at a time on grill. Close grill. Grill 2 to 4 minutes or until light golden brown and cheese is melted. Cut each quesadilla into 4 wedges. Attach tomato or whole olive to top of each wedge with decorative toothpick.