Beef And Green Chile Quesadillas Recipes

STEAK AND GREEN CHILE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Marinate the fajita flap meat in Eric's Chicken & Steak Fajita Marinade (or your favorite) for 2 hours.
• Fire your grill.
• Grill the meat over direct heat for 2 minutes per side (or to your desired doneness). Remove to a plate and tent with foil. Allow to rest about 10 minutes.
• On a cutting board, slice the meat against the grain into strips. Then cut it into bite sized pieces. Set aside.
• Brush 1 side of each tortilla with olive oil.
• Heat a flat griddle over medium heat.
• Place a tortilla oil side down. Top with cheese, meat, onions, peppers, tomatoes, cilantro, and more cheese. Top with a second tortilla.
• Grill on each side until browned and the cheese is melted. Remove to a cutting board.
• Cut the quesadilla into 4 pieces using a pizza cutter.
• Plate the quesadilla and top with sour cream and chopped tomato.
• Garnish with cilantro.
• Enjoy!

CHILI BEEF QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, cook beef and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, cook and stir the mushrooms, zucchini, carrot, garlic, chili powder, salt and pepper sauce until vegetables are tender. Stir in the tomatoes, cilantro and beef mixture., Spritz one side of each tortilla with cooking spray; place plain side up in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Spoon beef mixture over half of each tortilla; sprinkle with cheese. Fold tortillas over filling., Bake at 400° for 5 minutes. Carefully turn over; bake 5-6 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Cut into wedges.

GRILLED GREEN CHILI QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat a grill pan over high heat. Place whole chiles on grill and char all over. about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and split chiles. Scrape away seeds with a spoon and slice.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet or griddle over medium high heat. Char the tortilla and blister it on 1 side, 20 seconds, then flip tortilla. Cover half of the tortilla with cheese and chilies, then fold over. Press down gently with spatula. Cook quesadilla 15 seconds more on each side, transfer to a cutting board. Repeat. Pile up 2 completed quesadillas at a time and cut into 3 generous wedges. The yield will be 12 pieces from 4 quesadillas. Serve slices on a large platter with small dishes of salsa verde and sour cream for topping. Garnish the platter and toppings with chopped cilantro.

BEEF AND GREEN CHILE ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook ground beef and onion over medium-high heat until beef is thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently. Drain. Add corn; cook and stir about 3 minutes or until corn is thawed. Stir in sour cream, green chiles and 1 cup of the cheese.
• Spread about 1/4 cup of the enchilada sauce in 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Spread about 2 teaspoons enchilada sauce on each tortilla. Top each with 2/3 cup beef mixture. Roll up tortillas; place seam side down over enchilada sauce in baking dish.
• Drizzle remaining enchilada sauce evenly over filled tortillas. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheese. Spray sheet of foil with cooking spray; place sprayed side down on baking dish and seal tightly.
• Bake at 350°F. for 45 to 50 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Serve garnished with lettuce, tomato and additional sour cream.

GREEN CHILE AND CHICKEN QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat large skillet over medium heat.
• Top half of a tortilla with cheese, chicken, onion, chiles, and peppers.
• Fold tortilla in half and press down.
• Lightly brush melted butter on both sides of tortilla and place on skillet, cooking 1-2 minutes on each side.
• Repeat with remaining ingredients.
• Serve with salsa and guacamole.

GREEN CHILE BREAKFAST QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Put butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, season lightly with salt and cook, stirring, until softened but not browned, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Sprinkle in flour and stir to coat.
• Add broth a little at a time, whisking constantly until thickened, about 2 minutes. Add chopped chile, cumin, oregano and about 1/2 teaspoon salt. Lower heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15 to 20 minutes. You should have about 3 cups medium-thick sauce. (May be prepared in advance and refrigerated for up to 5 days.) Keep sauce warm.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Set a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Warm tortillas on both sides, one at a time, without allowing them to crisp or brown much. Place tortillas on a baking sheet (you may need 2) and sprinkle each with 2 ounces of the grated cheese. Put in oven to melt cheese.
• Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add potatoes if using, heat them through and let lightly brown. Season eggs with salt and pepper, pour over potatoes and quickly stir mixture until eggs are soft-scrambled. Remove tortillas from oven and place 1/4 of the cooked egg mixture at the center of each. Fold tortillas in half and transfer to 4 warm plates. Spoon 1/4 cup warm green chile sauce over each quesadilla. Sprinkle with queso fresco and top with cilantro sprigs and avocado slices. Garnish with whole or halved radishes if desired. Serve immediately.

PICADILLO GROUND BEEF QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Place diced potato in a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add cooked potato and brown on all sides for about 3 minutes. Remove from the skillet and set aside.
• Add ground beef to the skillet; cook and stir until browned, crumbly, and no longer pink in the center, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in bell pepper, onion, and garlic; cook until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain as much fat from the pan as possible.
• Stir in tomato sauce, water, olive brine, oregano, salt, and pepper until well combined. Add olives, raisins, and reserved potatoes; stir well. Reduce heat to low and simmer picadillo for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat and spray with cooking spray. Place a tortilla in the hot skillet and cook until browned, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
• Spread about 1/4 cup hot picadillo on one half of the hot tortilla. Top with Mexican cheese, then fold tortilla in half, pressing down with a spatula. Cook until cheese is melted, about 1 more minute. Repeat to cook remaining quesadillas.
• Cut each quesadilla into 3 triangles to serve.

GREEN CHILE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Combine cheese, chilies,corn and onions in a bowl.
• Spread 1/3 cup cheese mixture onto ONE HALF of each tortilla.
• Fold tortilla in half.
• Spray large skillet with cooking spray.
• Place 2 Quesadillas in skillet.
• Cook each side over medium-high heat until golden brown and cheese is melted.
• Repeat with remaining ingredients.
• Serve with salsa and cilantro.

BEEF QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the beans, chilies, oregano, cumin and salt. Cook over medium-low heat for 3-4 minutes or until heated through. , Brush one side of each tortilla with butter. Spoon 1/2 cup of the meat mixture over half of unbuttered side. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup cheese; fold in half. , Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 475° for 10 minutes or until crisp and golden brown. Cut into wedges.

GREEN CHILI AND MONTEREY JACK QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add chilies. Cover and cook until chilies are soft, adding water by tablespoonfuls if chilies become too dark, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Uncover. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Transfer to medium bowl. Stir in cilantro. Season chili mixture to taste with salt and pepper.
• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in each of 2 heavy large skillets over medium-high heat. Add 1 tortilla to each skillet. Top each with 1/4 of cheese and 1/4 of chili mixture, then 2 tablespoons salsa. Top each with 1 tortilla. Cook until bottoms are golden brown, about 3 minutes. Turn quesadillas over. Cook until bottoms are golden brown and cheese melts, about 3 minutes. Transfer to cutting board. Cut each quesadilla into 6 wedges. Transfer to platter. Repeat with remaining oil, tortillas, cheese, chili mixture, and salsa. Serve hot.
• *Fresh green chilies, often called pasillas; available at Latin American markets and some supermarkets.

BEEF-AND-GREEN CHILE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450*.
• In large skillet,brown ground beef and onion over medium heat, breaking up beef until crumbly, 8 to 10 minutes, or until beef is no longer pink. Pour off drippings.
• Season beef mixture with salt. Add salsa and chiles,stir in cheese. Spoon about 1/4°C beef mixture on one half of each tortilla;fold tortilla to close.
• Arrange tortillas on two baking sheets that have been sprayed with cooking spray. Lightly spray tops of tortillas with cooking spray.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes,or until tortillas are lightly browned. For more even browning,switch baking sheets halfway through baking.With pizza cutter, slice quesadillas into wedges to serve.