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Beef & Pepper Quesadilla

20 min total 1 serving easy
beefquickmexicancheese
Prep 10 min · Cook 10 min

Hungry? Try this beef and pepper quesadilla, a quick pan filling, a mix of grated cheeses, a homemade flour tortilla, and a little dipping sauce on the side. Rule of the house: always double the cheese.

Ingredients

For the dipping sauce
  • a few spoonfuls sour cream
  • a pinch garlic powder
  • a pinch salt
For the quesadilla
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • a portion beef
  • a good handful a few different cheeses, grated
  • 1 flour tortilla (homemade)
  • a glug olive oil, for the pan
  • 2 peppers, sliced
  • to taste salt and pepper

Method

  1. 1

    Mix the dipping sauce: sour cream, garlic powder, and salt.

  2. 2

    Slice the peppers and onion, and grate a few different cheeses.

  3. 3

    Heat olive oil in a pan, add the onion, and stir for one minute.

  4. 4

    Add the peppers and stir for another minute, then add a quarter of your cheese.

  5. 5

    Make room in the pan for the beef, add it, season with salt and pepper, cook it through, and set the filling aside.

  6. 6

    Put the pan back on the stove with some olive oil. Lay in the tortilla and put cheese on one side.

  7. 7

    Add the beef mixture and double the cheese, always double the cheese.

  8. 8

    Fold the quesadilla closed, press down, then flip. Serve with the dipping sauce.

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