Short-Order Kitchen
Sheet Pan Quesadilla
- Servings
- 4
- Prep
- 15 minutes
- Cook
- 15 minutes
- Method
- Sheet pan
- Heat
- 350°F
- Difficulty
- Easy
Part 15 of the thread Bowls, salads and wraps
- Eight 10-inch tortillas: four on the bottom, four on top.
- Cheese under and over the filling holds it together.
- 350°F for 15 minutes, until golden and melted.
- Cut it with a pizza cutter and serve with salsa and guac.
Ingredients
To serve
You'll need
- Large rimmed sheet pan
- Skillet, if the vegetables aren't cooked yet
- Pizza cutter or large knife
Directions
- Heat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease the sheet pan if you like.
- Lay four tortillas over the bottom of the pan, overlapping so they cover it completely. It's fine if they climb the sides a bit.
- Sprinkle half the cheese over the tortillas. Add the chicken, peppers and onions and cilantro, then the rest of the cheese.
- Cover with the other four tortillas, overlapping again.
- Bake 15 minutes, until the top is lightly golden and crisp and the cheese has melted.
- Slide it onto a cutting board, let it rest a minute, then cut into squares. Serve with salsa and guacamole.
wesellis.com/blog/sheet-pan-quesadilla/
Making quesadillas for a table of people usually means standing at the stove flipping them one at a time while everybody else eats. This puts all of it on one sheet pan in one go. Four tortillas on the bottom, the fillings, four on top, and fifteen minutes in the oven.
Cook the vegetables first
The oven doesn't have time to soften raw peppers and onions in fifteen minutes. They'll come out crunchy and watery. Sauté them first until they're tender and a little browned, and let any liquid cook off. Leftover fajita vegetables are ideal.
Tip
Overlap the tortillas generously, especially in the middle. Gaps let cheese leak out and burn on the pan.
Cheese on both sides
The filling is sandwiched between two layers of cheese, one under and one over, and that's what makes it hold together when you cut it. With cheese only on the bottom, the top tortillas slide right off. A pizza cutter makes clean squares, and a short rest before cutting helps keep everything inside.
The same feed-a-crowd approach works for the Four-Ingredient Enchilada Casserole and the High-Protein Nacho Platter. For one quesadilla at a time with a burger twist, there's the Cheeseburger Quesadillas.