Grammy's Kitchen · Quesadillas · Nopales de Quesadillas en Chile Rojo
One of 80 quesadillas recipes we measured
from www.isabeleats.com
It ranks #1 of 80 for juiciness among the quesadillas recipes we compared. 3 cooks on www.isabeleats.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 80.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 7% | 2% |
| salt | 5% | 0% |
| aromatics | 13% | 6% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 6% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 pound cactus paddles, (trimmed, cleaned, and diced) |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic, (divided) |
| 18 g | 1 tablespoon kosher salt + 1 teaspoon, (plus more as needed) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon Mexican oregano, (divided) |
| Water, (as needed) | |
| 40 g | 6 guajillo chiles, (rinsed, stemmed, and seeded (about 1.4oz)) |
| 4 g | 2 árbol chiles, (optional, rinsed and stemmed) |
| 1 Roma tomato | |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 38 g | 1/4 medium white onion, (thinly sliced) |
| 5 large flour tortillas | |
| 396 g | 3 1/2 cups V&V Supremo Shredded Chihuahua® Brand Quesadilla Cheese |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.isabeleats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.