Spicy Pork Quesadillas

A quick, easy, packed-full-of-flavor entree like these Spicy Pork Quesadillas, is certain to thrill the whole family. You won’t even break a sweat getting dinner on the table. 

Once you learn How to Make Quesadillas, they’ll be on your menu frequently. They can be served for any meal of the day, and often made with leftover ingredients in your refrigerator!

Why You’ll love these Pork Quesadillas

We are huge pork fans at our house, but I’d yet to make a quesadilla featuring pork. Quesadillas are such an easy meal, and always a hit.

• Pile on your favorite Tex-Mex ingredients like pickled jalapenos, Monterrey Jack cheese, sautéed onions, and bell peppers, fresh cilantro as well as sliced or shredded leftover pork.
• Cook on a grill pan and your spicy pork quesadillas dinner is ready in a matter of minutes!
• They’re easy to customize with ingredients already in your refrigerator. Swap out the cheese or meat with what you have on hand.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to Make Quesadillas

1. Prep your filling ingredients.
2. Add a touch of oil or butter to your  skillet and heat the pan.
3. Place a tortilla in the skillet.
4. Add your filling ingredients to the tortilla. The amount will vary depending on whether you fold the single tortilla in half or top with a second tortilla. Use less if planning to fold.
5. When the cheese starts to melt, either fold your tortilla in half or add another tortilla to the top and flip.
6. Continue cooking until the quesadilla is lightly browned and the filling is hot.
7. Cut into wedges and serve.
8. Repeat after wiping the pan as needed.

Easy Dinner Recipe

Quesadillas are easily adaptable. As long as you have tortillas and cheese, you can invent your own depending upon what is in your kitchen. Besides dinner, quesadilla wedges are great for snacks and appetizers. They’re also wonderful on game day when the family is parked in front of the TV.

Tex Mex recipes make some of the quickest dinner recipes. My family loves tacos and fajitas. If you are a chicken lover, these Cheesy Chipotle Chicken Quesadillas are marvelous, too!

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The Recipe:

Spicy Pork Quesadillas

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Yield 6 servings

An easy quesadilla recipe using grilled pork, Monterey Jack, onions, and peppers.

Ingredients

• 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, cored and thinly sliced
• 2-3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• Kosher salt, to taste
• 8 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, grated
• 1-2 fresh jalapeno peppers, thinly sliced or pickled jalapenos
• 1.5-2 pounds seasoned pork tenderloins.
• 12 flour tortillas

Instructions

1. Grill, or roast, your pork to 150º. Allow to rest, then slice into very thin, bite-sized pieces. You will use only about half the loin. Set aside.
2. Place 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet. Add onion and bell pepper, and sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Cook until tender. Set aside.
3. To make quesadillas, brush the skillet or grill pan with olive oil. Heat the pan, then add one tortilla, ¼ cup of cheese, some of the onions and peppers, a few slices of jalapeno, and slices of the grilled pork.
4. Top with another tortilla and cook till the bottom is browned and the cheese is melted. Flip and cook until the second side is browned.
5. Cut quesadillas into quarters and serve.

Notes

May use any leftover griled or roasted pork, too.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1 quesadilla
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 675Total Fat: 32gSaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 889mgCarbohydrates: 57gFiber: 4gSugar: 2gProtein: 38g

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