United States and Mexico
Breakfast quesadilla
Scrambled eggs, peppers and melted cheese folded into a crisp tortilla. Breakfast you can hold in one hand.
25 minTime
23 gProtein each
mildSpice
Cheese in a tortilla2 chapters · 1 min readMake it your way
Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original493kcal
23 gprotein
4 gfibre
25minutes
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.
Ingredients
Method
5 steps- 1Mix the tomato, coriander, jalapeno and a pinch of salt for a quick salsa.
- 2Melt half the butter in a pan on medium and cook the onion and capsicum 4 minutes until soft.
- 3Beat the eggs with salt and pepper, pour into the pan and stir gently on low until softly set, about 2 minutes. Take off the heat.
- 4Lay a tortilla on a tawa on medium. Scatter cheese over half, add a quarter of the eggs, more cheese, then fold.
- 5Cook 2 minutes a side with a little butter, pressing gently, until crisp and golden. Repeat and serve with salsa.
Serve it like this
Cut each quesadilla into three wedges and fan them on a plate with a bowl of salsa and a spoon of sour cream.
