Jalapeño popper quesadillas

Marihah

whnhangrstrikes

Jalapeño popper quesadillas

Serves

4

Cook

15 mins

Prep

5 mins

Difficulty

easy

A quickie for your recipe book, because who doesn’t love a 20 minute recipe? Especially when it’s a jalapeño popper inspired recipe. This quick quesadilla is stuffed with jalapeños, cream cheese and bacon to for a tasty lunch or snack ready in no time.

Ingredients

2 slices bacon

1/2 cup cream cheese softened

1 & 1/2 cups cheddar cheese grated

3 tbs pickled jalapeños minced

1 tsp vinegar from the pickled jalapeños

1 tsp garlic powder

salt and pepper to taste

8 medium flour tortillas

1 hyphen 2 tbs vegetable oil

cilantro for garnish

lime wedges for garnish

Instructions

Step 1

In a small frying pan, crisp the bacon oven medium heat. once crisp, remove the bacon and add it to a small mixing bowl. add the bacon grease to the oil and set aside.

Step 2

To the mixing bowl with the bacon, add the cream cheese, cheddar cheese, pickled jalapeños and vinegar, garlic powder, and salt and pepper. mix very well until fully combined.

Step 3

Divide the mixture evenly between 4 tortillas, spreading to cover the whole base. place another tortilla on top of each quesadilla.

Step 4

In the same frying pan used to crisp the bacon, add some of the reserved bacon grease/oil. heat over low. once hot, add a quesadilla, and brush the top side with more bacon grease/oil. cook on each side for 2-3 minutes, until cheese is melted and tortillas are golden. repeat until all quesadillas are cooked.

Step 5

Serve with cilantro and lime.