Southwestern Chorizo Quesadillas

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large flour tortillas
• 2 cups shredded monterey monterey jack pepper cheese or 2 cups smoked cheddar cheese
• 1/2 lb chorizo sausage or 1/2 lb andouille sausage, casing removed and finely chopped
• 2 scallions, chopped (green onions)
• 3 small plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• 1 jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
• coarse salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat a nonstick skillet or griddle pan to high heat; blister a flour tortilla for 20 seconds, flip.
• 2 cover half the tortilla surface with shredded cheese, bits of chorizo or andouille, and chopped scallions.
• 3 fold the tortilla in half and cook a minute longer, 30 seconds on each side, pressing down gently with a spatula.
• 4 cut quesadillas into 4 wedges and top with salsa.
• 5 for salsa, combine tomatoes, onion, cilantro and salt in a small bowl and spoon over wedges of quesadilla, as you snack.