Spicy Cheese Mushroom Quesadillas Food

SPICY CHEESE & MUSHROOM QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add onion; cook 3 minutes.
• Add mushrooms, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper; cook 5 to 7 minutes or until liquid evaporates.
• Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter; brush half of butter over one side of 4 tortillas.
• Arrange tortillas, buttered side down, on large baking sheet; top with 3/4 cup cheese.
• Arrange mushroom mixture over cheese; top with 3/4 cup cheese.
• Place remaining 4 tortillas over cheese; press lightly. Brush remaining butter over tops of tortillas.
• Bake at 450 F for 5 to 6 minutes or until top tortillas are golden brown.
• Turn quesadillas over; continue to bake 4 minutes.
• Sprinkle quesadillas with remaining 1/2 cup cheese; continue to bake 1 minute or until quesadillas are golden brown and cheese is melted.
• Cut into wedges; serve with toppings as desired.

SPINACH, MUSHROOM AND MONTEREY JACK CHEESE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of the butter in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the mushrooms, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are dry, about 4 minutes. Transfer the mushrooms to a small bowl.
• To the same skillet, add the oil. Add the shallots and cook over medium heat until they brown and soften, about 3 minutes. Add the spinach with whatever water clings to the leaves and season with salt and pepper. Increase the heat to high and stir, incorporating any browned bits from the bottom of the pan; cover and cook until the spinach is wilted, about 1 minute.
• Lay a tortilla on a work surface and top evenly with 1/2 cup of the Monterey Jack. Add one-quarter of the mushrooms, one-quarter of the spinach mixture and a few dashes of hot sauce, depending on how spicy you like it. Fold the tortilla in half to enclose the fillings. Repeat with the remaining tortillas and ingredients.
• Melt 1/2 tablespoon of the remaining butter in a large nonstick or cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Cook a quesadilla, flipping once, until the cheese is melted and it is golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board and repeat with the remaining butter and quesadillas.
• Cut into triangles and serve topped with sour cream, chopped scallions, guacamole and salsa.

QUESADILLAS WITH JACK AND SPICY SAUTE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 500 degrees F and arrange 1 rack in top and a second rack in middle.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. When it shimmers, add onions, garlic, and jalapenos, season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper, and cook until softened, about 3 minutes. Add poblanos and stir to coat. Add broth and cook until the liquid reduces enough to just coat the vegetables, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
• When pepper mixture is cool enough to handle, top 1 tortilla with 1/2 cup cheese and 1/6 of the pepper mixture, close with a second tortilla. Repeat to make 6 quesadillas.
• Arrange quesadillas on 2 baking sheets and place 1 sheet on top rack and another on middle rack. Bake until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. Switch baking sheets and continue to cook until tortillas are golden-brown and crisp, about 5 more minutes.

CHICKEN MUSHROOM & SPINACH QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over a medium heat. Add the onions and mushrooms and cook until the mushroom water is evaporated and they begin to brown, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Add chicken, cumin, chili powder and oregano and stir until all spices are incorporated. Add spinach, salt and pepper and cook until spinach is wilted, about 2 minutes.
• Mix ranch dressing with hot sauce.
• Lay 1 tortilla on a flat work surface, spread 2 tablespoons of hot ranch sauce on each tortilla, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup shredded cheese.
• Spoon 1/2 chicken and vegetable mixture on top of cheese, then top with an additional 1/4 cup cheese. Top with another flour tortilla.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray over medium heat. Carefully place 1 quesadilla in pan and cook 3 minutes. Using a large spatula, gently flip quesadilla and cook an additional 3 minutes until lightly browned and cheese is melted. Repeat with second quesadilla.
• Slice each quesadilla into quarters. Serve with sour cream and salsa for dipping.

MUSHROOM QUESADILLA

Steps:

• Wrap the tortillas in foil and warm them in a 350F oven while you are cooking the mushrooms.
• Saute the mushrooms and garlic until most of the water from the mushrooms has evaporated.
• Season with salt & pepper.
• Divide the mushrooms & cheese between the four tortillas, fold in half.
• Serve with salsa, quacamole & sour cream (Optional).

SPICY QUESADILLA

Steps:

• In a large skillet heat oil.
• Cook peppers, onions, garlic, jalapeno, chili powder, cumin and cayenne, stirring often until peppers and onions are limp, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add olives.
• Arrange 3 tortillas in single layer on baking sheets.
• Divide onion and pepper mixture evenly over tortillas, spread to 1/2 inch off edges.
• Top with shredded cheese, spread evenly between 3 tortillas.
• Place remaining 3 tortillas on top, press down lightly.
• Bake at 450 degrees until tortillas are lightly browned.
• 8 to 10 minutes.
• Cut into 4 to 6 wedges.
• Arrange on platter and serve with sour cream, if desired.