In our house, quesadillas are the ultimate quick comfort food.
I am the quesadilla queen!
Want to make your own tortillas?
Elise Bauer
Black beans are good, as are onions, chicken, tomatoes, mushrooms, or summer squash.
All can be layered in with the cheese.
Add as much chile as you want for heat and flavor.
Elise Bauer
Hint: do not skip the butter.
Place one tortilla on the bottom of the pie dish.
Sprinkle some shredded cheese over the tortilla.
Elise Bauer
At this point, you will begin to add your chosen filling ingredients, and layering the tortillas.
Just double-check each layer has a generous sprinkling of cheese.
In the pictured example, I used cheese, black beans, and onion greens on the first layer.
Elise Bauer
I also sprinkled a little cumin and chili powder on this layer.
I added another tortilla and put more shredded cheese, more black beans, tomatoes and onions.
Top off your layers with one last flour tortilla.
Elise Bauer
Spread a little butter over the surface of this tortilla.
Cover the dish with aluminum foil.
Put in oven for 30 minutes on 350F.
Elise Bauer
Then remove the foil and increase the heat to 400F.
Cook for another 15-20 minutes, until the top is lightly browned and cheese is bubbly.
Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Serve with chopped avocados, shredded lettuce, cilantro, salsa, and/or sour cream.
