I love these quesadillas! The recipe was given to me by an Amish woman who lives in Kansas and her family got hooked on them.
🌮 The Amish Meet Taco Bell
Hispanic culinary culture has definitely influenced Amish cooking over the past couple of decades. The Hispanic population has grown extensively in rural America (which also happens to be where you find the Amish), so foods like homemade salsas, quesadillas, and burritos are now commonly found in Amish kitchens. All in the ingredients you need for a good homemade salsa are ones most Amish homemakers would cultivate in their garden anyway, so why not?
📋 Step-by-Step Kansas Quesadillas
This is a delicious dinner. Most of you - understandably so - will just grab tortillas at the store. But you can make your own and many Amish do using this easy recipe.
Otherwise, this recipe is super simple. You mix up for your favorite ingredients. The recipe as presented here: beef, Monterrey Jack cheese, and jalapeno is a wonderful combination. But you can do a veggie version of this or add some black beans and use whatever cheese variation you want!
Stuff the tortilla with your favorite fillings and sear on each side for about 1 minute on high in a cast iron skillet and you're good to go.
I like to serve it with sour cream and salsa on the side and it's perfect.. Enjoy!
🌯 More Amish Tex-Mex Recipes
Delicious Burritos - Give these a try!
Breakfast Burritos - Amazing!
Incredible Taco Rice - So good!
Taco Salad - Delicious!
🖨️ Full Recipe
Kansas Amish Quesadillas
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- ¼ cup finely chopped, seeded jalapeno peppers or two four ounce cans of diced green chillies, drained
- 8 - 12 ounce Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese (2 - 3 cups)
- 1 to 1 ½ cups beef, browned and seasoned
- 12 7 or 8" flour tortillas
- salsa and sour cream (optional)
Instructions
- In a bowl combine onion, peppers, cheese, and beef.
- Spray a large skillet with non-stick coating.
- Place over medium heat.
- Add 1 tortilla to skillet top with 2 /3 cup of cheese mixture.
- Top with another tortilla.
- Cook 1 minute or until tortilla is lightly browned and cheese begins to melt.
- Carefully flip tortilla and brown the other side.
- Reduce heat slightly, if necessary, to avoid overbrowning. Cut into wedges. Spoon salsa or sour cream atop.
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