Mushroom quesadillas

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5 from 1 vote

These mushroom quesadillas are really easy to make, full of flavor and are perfect as a snack or light lunch.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings: approx

Calories: 251kcal

Author: Caroline's Cooking

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Ingredients

½ onion
5 oz mushrooms 150g, approx 1 large portobello or a few crimini
1 oz spinach 30g, around 1 cup, semi-packed
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 tablespoon black beans ¼ cup
¼ teaspoon cumin
¼ teaspoon paprika
1 cup grated cheese 90g - traditionally oaxaca/chihuahua but can use Monterey jack/cheddar. Blend also works
4 tortillas corn or wheat (or 6 if smaller)

Instructions

Dice the onion into a small dice and dice the mushrooms (I often cut in roughly ¼in slices then cut from there). Remove any tough stems from the spinach and break up larger leaves.
Warm the oil in a small-medium skillet over a medium heat and fry the onion until it softens, a couple minutes. Add the mushrooms, turning up the heat if needed so any liquid evaporates as they cook.
Once the mushrooms have softened, add the spinach, black beans, cumin and paprika. Cook, stirring, a minute until the spinach wilts. Remove everything from the pan onto a plate/to a bowl.
Warm one tortilla at a time in the pan, turn over after a minute then sprinkle over approx ¼ cup of cheese. Put a layer of the mushroom mixture on one half of the tortilla, fold it over and cook briefly to get a slight crisp on the outside, or at least just to have the cheese fully softened. Repeat with the rest of the tortillas and filing.

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Notes

Note - ¼ cup cheese and ¼ of filling is about right for 8 inch tortillas, but you can use smaller or larger, as you have/prefer. Some of the photos above show using 6 inch tortillas which use a little less filling so you will fill around 6.

If using corn tortillas, as I had here, make sure they are either soft corn or, better yet, traditional-style ones (that you find in the fridge section) as they are less likely to break as you warm and have a better flavor.

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