Sweet Potato & Black Bean Quesadillas
Team: Pawtastic Chefs
Host School: SATEC
Age Group: Middle School
Ingredients
Quesadillas:
2 sweet potatoes
2T & ¼ c olive oil & ½ c oil
½ c water
15oz can of Black Beans
2 C fresh spinach chopped
5C shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
1 t chili pepper
½ t cumin
1T fresh grated turmeric
1C green pepper diced
1C onion diced
1 ½ C frozen corn
½ t salt
1 t pepper
2 pkg Tortillas
Salsa:
3 ripe avocados (pitted and diced)
3 fresh tomatoes chopped
1 15 oz can of tomatoes
¼ c onion diced
¼ c cilantro chopped
¼ c parsley chopped
2T lime juice
2T olive oil
Juice from 1 lemon
Preparation Instructions
Quesadillas:
- Peel sweet potatoes and cut into ¼” cubes
- Heat 2 T olive oil in the skillet until warm
- Sauté sweet potatoes, onions and peppers until almost soft- then add chili pepper, cumin, salt, pepper
- Add ¼ c water and cook for 20 minutes
- Add drained and rinsed black beans & 1 c spinach- cook until spinach is wilted- take off burner
- Heat skillet with ½ c oil. Warm tortilla on one side then flip and do 30 seconds on the other side
- Cut tortilla in half
- Put ⅓ c cheese and ½ c bean mixture in each ½ piece and close then add another ⅓ c cheese on top
- Brush top of tortilla with a light coating of oil. Cook for 2 minutes. Flip & brush the bottom with oil and cook 2 more minutes.
- Transfer to cutting board. Let sit for a minute. Cut into 2 wedges
Salsa:
- Peel and dice the avocados
- Dice the tomatoes and let them sit for a moment to drain
- Combine the rest of the ingredients for the salsa letting it sit for 2 minutes
- Add to the quesadilla wedges