Pizza Quesadillas. When my husband and I needed a quick meal, I fixed this recipe using leftover ingredients. Unlike traditional Mexican quesadillas, it calls for Italian meats, cheeses and seasoning. I’m currently in the process of creating a “Lunch Ideas for Isaac” binder for the kitchen.
Make a pizza quesadilla, then flip it, and top it like a pizza. A crispy, cheese-stuffed quesadilla forms the base for a quick cast-iron-baked pizza. A quesadilla recipe filled with classic pizza ingredients of pepperoni and mozzarella cheese for a delicious twist that will please your family. You can cook Pizza Quesadillas using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Pizza Quesadillas
- Prepare 4 of burrito size flour tortillas.
- It’s 2 tbs of butter.
- It’s 1 cup of shredded pizza blend cheese.
- It’s 1/2 cup of chopped pepperoni slices.
- It’s 4 tbs of pizza sauce - divided.
- Prepare 4 oz of cream cheese - softened.
- You need 2 tbs of chopped green onions.
- It’s 2 tsp of ranch dressing mix (optional).
- It’s of Optional additional fillings.
- You need of chopped black olives.
- Prepare of minced onion - lightly sautéed.
- Prepare of minced bell pepper - lightly sautéed.
- Prepare of chopped canadian bacon.
- It’s of cooked beef or Italian sausage.
If you like pizza, you are going to LOVE this simple, easy-to-make Pizza Quesadilla recipe. This is one of our family favorite lunch recipes. I feel like we always have the. Pizza and quesadillas are two meals that are widely enjoyed.
Pizza Quesadillas step by step
- In a small bowl combine cream cheese, green onions, and ranch mix until well blended. Heat a large skillet over medium heat..
- While skillet heats spread 1 oz of cream cheese mixture on one half of a flour tortilla. Spread pizza sauce over other half..
- Add 1/2 tbs butter to skillet. Swirl to coat as it melts. Place tortilla in skillet cream cheese/sauce side up..
- Sprinkle 1/4 cup shredded cheese over sauce side. Top cheese with 2 tbs pepperoni and any other desired fillings..
- Fold cream cheese side of tortilla over fillings. Gently press together with spatula..
- Cook until bottom is golden brown. Carefully flip and cook until second side looks the same. Transfer to plate. Let rest a few minutes before cutting..
- Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 4 yummy quesadillas. Serve with additional pizza sauce if desired. Enjoy!.
Putting those two popular meals together makes for an even tastier treat. All the deliciousness of Pepperoni and sauce tucked into gooey cheese, these Pepperoni Pizza Quesadillas are a. A quick meal the whole family will love! I made these Pizza Quesadillas for my kids and I don’t think we’ll ever do regular quesadillas again. They’re so simple but so good.