Roasted Corn And Black Bean Quesadillas - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 (16 ounce) bag supersweet frozen corn, thawed
    1 red pepper, diced
    4 garlic cloves, minced
    1 purple onion, diced
    1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and sliced into rings
    1 (16 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
    1 lime, juice of
    1 teaspoon salt
    4 tablespoons olive oil
    6 tortillas
    8 ounces monterey jack cheese, grated
    16 ounces salsa (can use less (or more)
    sour cream
    guacamole
    fresh cilantro, chopped
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
    In a large bowl, toss together corn, red pepper, garlic, onion, and jalapeno pepper with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil.
    Pour mixture onto a cookie sheet, roast for about 20-30 minutes, stirring occassionally.
    Remove when corn is carmelized.
    Add beans to the same large bowl. Add lime juice, salt, and corn mixture, stir.
    In a large saute pan, heat a teaspoon of olive oil. Place one tortilla onto the pan.
    Add 1 cup of the corn and bean mixture and spoon evenly on the tortilla.
    Add 2 oz of cheese.
    Place the second tortilla on top, cover and cook for about 1 minute.
    Flip the quesadilla carefully, cook for about 1 minute, or until golden brown.
    Remove from pan, cut into 6 wedges and serve with salsa, sour cream, guacamole, and fresh cilantro. Repeat two more times for a total of 18 wedges.

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