🇲🇽 Mexican Vegetarian

Cheese Quesadilla

Name: Cheese Quesadilla
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Butter; 1.5 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese; 1/2 cup Salsa; 2 large Flour Tortillas

🇲🇽 Mexican

Crispy tortilla sealed around a molten cheddar stretch — the five-minute snack that somehow always hits.

Prep 5 min Cook 10 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Butter1 tbsp
Cheddar Cheese1.5 cups shredded
Salsa1/2 cup
Flour Tortillas2 large

Optional extras

Saltpinch
Sour Cream1/4 cup
Jalapeño1, sliced
Chili Powder1/4 tsp

Instructions

1
Warm a skillet over medium heat.
2
Lay a flour tortilla down; cover half with shredded cheddar and a pinch of chili powder.
3
Fold, press, and cook 2–3 minutes per side until deep gold and cheese melts.
4
Rest 30 seconds, then slice into wedges.
5
Serve with salsa, sour cream and jalapeño.

Chef's tip

Medium heat only — too hot burns the tortilla before the cheese melts.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Best Cheese Quesadilla · on YouTube