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Breakfast Quesadillas at Home

I come from the variety of folks that think breakfast is not only the most important meal of the day

  • Serves 2
  • Prep 5 minutes
  • Cook 15 minutes
  • Total 20 minutes
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Breakfast Quesadillas at Home

I’m also a rather big fan of re-making long-used lunch/ dinner dishes with a breakfast twist. Like putting eggs on pizza, and putting eggs on nachos, and…..putting eggs in a quesadilla. Basically, only put some eggs on it and it’s instantly breakfast:)

I have a note on my phone with a long list of various recipes that I want to try putting an egg on it. I’ll report my findings. So far, I’ve had nothing but success.

Fun/ truly random fact for the day: want to know how to make a chicken PARTICULARLY happy/ distract it? Give it a cucumber. My chickens LOVE cucumbers and eat them like their life depends on it.

Okay! Back to the Breakfast Quesadillas. These are basically only your average from-scratch quesadilla with a little chorizo and scrambled eggs thrown into the mix.

I had EVERY intention of adding black beans in as well….but then I forgot. So, I’m going to add them to the recipe because black beans in a quesadilla are A++. Only, don’t forget them or else you’ll have a sad can of black beans sitting in the cupboard.

You can also choose any meat for this dish or simply leave it out all together.

I go with the 2 tortilla method as opposed to the 1 tortilla folded over method.

1 tortilla is placed in a medium heat, greased pan and covered with a nice layer of cheese.

Pro tip: do NOT be careful when spreading the cheese out over the tortilla. Any cheese that spills out over the tortilla a bit only turns into fried bits of cheese on the side/ outside of the quesadilla. Fried bits of satisfying, tasty, crunchy, cheeeessssseeeee.

All the fixins are loaded on top, in whatever order you so desire, like so:

Then it’s all topped with a bit more cheese and the second tor-till-a. The whole thing is then PARTICULARLY carefully flipped over. I use 2 spatulas for this: one on top and one on bottom. To ensure proper flippage.

Voila: Breakfast Quesadilla!

So, what should I put some eggs on next???

The recipe

Breakfast Quesadillas from the Pantry

  • Serves 2
  • Prep 5 minutes
  • Cook 15 minutes
  • Total 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 medium round flour tortillas
  • 5 eggs
  • ½ of a bell pepper (finely chopped)
  • ¼ cup of red onion (finely chopped)
  • ⅔ cup of cheese (cheddar or other mixture)
  • ½ pound of chorizo (or other breakfast meat)
  • 1/4-1/2 cup of black beans (drained and rinsed)
  • optional for topping: avocado and salsa

Method

  1. 1

    Scramble your eggs and cook the chorizo and set aside.

  2. 2

    Place one tortilla in the bottom of a large, generously greased skillet over medium heat.

  3. 3

    Top the tortilla with 1/4 of the cheese and then sprinkle HALF of the pepper and onion over top. Top with HALF of the scrambled eggs and chorizo.

  4. 4

    Top all of that with an additional 1/4 of the cheese. Let cook for a couple minutes to let the cheese melt almost completely.

  5. 5

    Place a tortilla on top and then CAREFULLY flip the whole thing over.

  6. 6

    Let cook for an additional minute or two until the bottom tortilla has cooked down to be about the same size as the first tortilla.

  7. 7

    Serve immediately, preferably topped with with a bit of salsa and avocado!!

  8. 8

    Repeat this to make the 2nd quesadilla and ENJOY!!!