Cheesy Quesadillas With Avocado For Cinco De Mayo Food

CHEESY QUESADILLAS WITH AVOCADO FOR CINCO DE MAYO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Line your baking pan with parchment paper.
• In a medium skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Cook ground beef for 3 to 5 minutes. Make sure to break up the meat with a wooden spoon. When no longer pink, remove excess fat and add the taco seasoning and green chiles. Mix well to combine, turn off heat, and set aside.
• Assemble the tortillas by arranging it on the prepared baking sheet. Top it with refried beans, ground beef, avocado slices, and mozzarella. Place another tortilla on top.
• Cook the assembled tortillas for 8 to 10 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
• Garnish with cilantro and serve with your favorite dip.

AVOCADO QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together the tomatoes, avocado, onion, lemon juice and Tabasco.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• In another small bowl, mix together sour cream, coriander, salt and pepper to taste.
• Put tortillas on a baking sheet and brush tops with oil.
• Broil tortillas 2 to 4 inches from heat until pale golden.
• Sprinkle tortillas evenly with cheese and broil until cheese is melted.
• Spread avocado mixture evenly over 2 tortillas and top each with 1 of remaining tortillas, cheese side down to make 2 quesadillas.
• Transfer quesadillas to a cutting board and cut into 4 wedges.
• Top each wedge with a dollop of sour cream mixture and serve warm.

CHEESY GUACAMOLE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Pit avocado and mash in a small mixing bowl with the lime juice. Add garlic, green onion, tomato, yellow onion, bell pepper, salt and chili powder. Mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Heat oil over medium heat in a medium skillet. Place tortilla in skillet and top with 1/3 cup cheese. When cheese has melted and tortilla is slightly browned, spoon on some guacamole and top with another tortilla. Flip, and allow the second tortilla to brown.
• Remove from heat and cut into wedges. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

TUNA QUESADILLA

Steps:

• Combine tuna, mayo and salsa.
• Spread 3 tortillas with the tuna mixture, top with cheese and cover with remaining tortillas.
• Lightly grease a non stick skillet, add the quesadillas, one at a time and cook until lightly browned.
• Turn and cook until cheese has melted.

CHEESY CHICKEN QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Beat the egg white, trim and slice the spring onions, peel and crush the garlic, shred the chicken, crumble the cheese into a bowl; add the spring onions, garlic, coriander, chicken, chilli sauce and lime juice and toss together.
• Spoon equal quantities of chicken mixture onto the tortillas, brush the edges of each tortilla with egg white, fold in half and press to seal.
• Brush a large non-stick pan with half the oil and gently fry half the tortillas for 5 minutes on each side, until browned. Keep warm and repeat with the remaining oil and tortillas. Garnish the quesadillas with coriander and lime wedges and serve.