Chipotle beef quesadillas
Serves: 4
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Ant Duncan
Chipotle beef quesadillas
Smoky and spicy chipotle paste adds a kick to this Mexican-inspired midweek meal
Serves: 4
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
572Kcal
Fat
20gr
Saturates
8gr
Carbs
51gr
Sugars
10gr
Fibre
2gr
Protein
45gr
Salt
1.6gr
Sarah Akhurst
Our Food Director Sarah is a food obsessive, and spends most of her time scoping out the latest food trends, experimenting in her own kitchen, or making her family wait to eat while she photographs every dinner she makes for the 'gram! A complete Middle Eastern food junkie, she is never far from a good shawarma marinade, a pinch of Aleppo chilli or a sprig of dill
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Sarah Akhurst
Our Food Director Sarah is a food obsessive, and spends most of her time scoping out the latest food trends, experimenting in her own kitchen, or making her family wait to eat while she photographs every dinner she makes for the 'gram! A complete Middle Eastern food junkie, she is never far from a good shawarma marinade, a pinch of Aleppo chilli or a sprig of dill
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large red onion, finely chopped
- 1 large red pepper, finely chopped
- 1 x 500g pack 5% fat beef mince
- 1 tbsp chipotle paste
- 120g lighter mature cheese, grated
- 1 x 320g pack 8 flour tortillas
- juice of 1 lime
- handful coriander, roughly chopped
- 150g low-fat natural yogurt
Step by step
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan; fry the onion and red pepper for 5 minutes, or until starting to soften. Add the mince and cook for a further 4-5 minutes, stirring to break it up, until the mince has browned all over. Add the chipotle paste and cook for another 2-3 minutes until the vegetables are soft and the meat is cooked through. Season then tip into a bowl and set aside; wipe out the pan with kitchen paper.
- Divide half of the cheese between 4 of the tortillas and then top each with a quarter of the beef mix. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top of each and sandwich with another tortilla. Heat the frying pan over a medium heat and then cook 1 quesadilla for 2-3 minutes on each side, until crisp and golden and the cheese is melted inside. Keep warm while you cook the remainder.
- Stir the lime juice, coriander and a pinch of salt through the yogurt. Cut each quesadilla into quarters and serve with the sauce to dip.
