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Quesadillas

Quesadillas are a food that countless people fall in love with when they visit Mexico. It consists of a tortilla filled with cheese and folded over to be cooked over a pan. It may sound simple enough. However, with a quality masa and cheese, it serves as one of the most delectable snacks, and even meals, that you could think of. 
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • Tortillas
  • Cheese the best is Oaxaca style but you can use ant¡y cheese that melts
  • Oil

Equipment

  • Plate
  • Frypan

Method
 

  1. Add oil to a frypan. It needs to cover all the area of the frypan which needs to be just wet.
  2. Heat the tortillas in the frypan. Lay one by the other. They just need to be warm, you're not cooking the tortillas.
  3. Place bits and pieces of the cheese on the tortillas. You can add as much cheese as you like. However, keep in mind that you need to fold the tortilla and you don't want the cheese to pour on the frypan.
  4. Fold the tortillas making a perfect semi-circle.
  5. You need to cook the quesadilla on one side and then flip it on the other so that it gets cooked on both sides. It´s up to you how crispy you'd prefer your quesadilla and, accordingly, how much time you'll keep it in the frypan.
  6. You can serve the quesadillas with fried frijoles, guacamole or pico de Gallo. If you like spicy food, you can add a salsa of Chile.

Notes

Quesadilla Facts 

If you do end up making your own quesadilla, you can have a great deal of fun choosing different ingredients to personalize its flavor. In many restaurants, it is quite common to use a number of cheeses in order. Thus, quesadillas achieve a savory taste and a texture that reaches that perfect level of juiciness.