Chorizo Quesadilla's




The Quesadilla is always a great standby. Everyone inevitably has one of those "before the market" type evenings, where you try to mix and match all the bits of food you have left. I can usually scrounge up tortillas in the freezer and some leftover cheese. From that point you can make "garbage quesadillas" filling the bad-boy with crazy leftovers or you can do something like this... (this might take a little more planning because I'm sure not all of you have chorizo in your freezer-I'm just a dried sausage freak)

Ingredients:
(Serves 4)
4 large (burrito size) tortillas
2 cups of shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 6in sausage of dried chorizo (give or take as much as you like)
2 cloves minced garlic or 1 tea garlic powder
1 medium onion, sliced
2 cups frozen 3 pepper medley (I find this way cheaper than buying individual peppers. Trader Joe's for US, Tesco for UK)
1 cup frozen corn
salt to taste

Directions:

In a skillet add 1 Tbs oil and sauté chorizo, garlic, onion, pepper medley over hot/med-hot.

When sauté is beginning to brown, add corn. (I find that if you add corn with peppers/onion the corn dries out) Once peppers, onion, corn, etc.. are browned put the sauté to the side.

Put 1 tortilla on the hot skillet and add 1/2 cup cheese. Fill half side of the tortilla with the the sauté and fold tortilla over (like you would a taco).

Pan fry until cheese melts inside. Repeat with the other 3 tortillas.

The chorizo adds a nice surprise to these quesadillas and a little goes a long way with all the flavor chorizo has packed in side. We like to smother this dish with sour cream and salsa. The picture is pre-smother, obviously.

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