Smoked Bean and Mushroom Quesadillas

Name: Smoked Bean and Mushroom Quesadillas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Mexican, Latin American, American
Ingredients: 300g mushrooms chopped into small pieces; 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed; 2 x400g tin butter beans, drained; 2 Roasted red bell peppers, finely sliced; 1/2 tsp smoked paprika; handful of chopped parsley; 8 flour tortillas; 75g grated cheddar and mozzarella mixed cheese; salt and pepper; 75g mozzarella grated

5 steps

Prep:15minCook:10min

Quesadillas are the ultimate homemade fast food - they are wonderfully quick and easy to make using just a few ingredients. The basic idea behind the Mexican Quesadilla is to put some filling between a couple tortilla wraps and fr both sides in a pan. Having some cheese inside helps to stick together as it melts. however, rather than using too much cheese, I like to bulk them out with mashed butter beans and fried mushrooms along with some other tasty ingredients to make the finished quesadilla utterly delicious, nutritious and thoroughly satisfying.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:02:39 GMT

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Ingredients

4 servings

300gmushrooms

chopped into small pieces

3 clovesgarlic

peeled and crushed

2 x 400gtin butter beans

drained

2red bell peppers

Roasted, finely sliced

½ tspsmoked paprika

75gcheddar

75gmozzarella

Instructions

Step 1

Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat and add a glug of olive oil. When the oil is hot, throw in the mushrooms and fry until they are golden and soft. Stir in the garlic and season with salt and pepper. Cook for a further minute or so, then remove from the heat.

Step 2

roughly mash the butter beans with red pepper, smoked paprika, parsley, a splash of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Sit four tortillas flat on the surface and divide the beans between them. Spread out to the edges. Spoon over the mushrooms, then scatter the cheese on top. Top with the final four tortillas and flatten with the palm of your hand.

Step 4

Wipe the frying pan with kitchen paper and set over a low heat. Add a drizzle of oil and cook the quesadillas one at a time, for a couple of minutes on each side until golden, carefully turning over with a spatula. If you find it easier, flip it over on a plate before tipping back into the pan to cook on the other side.

Step 5

Cut into wedges and serve hot.