Spinach Bacon Quesadilla

Spinach Bacon Quesadilla takes roughly 10 minutes from beginning to end. One serving contains 235 calories, 10g of protein, and 14g of fat. This recipe serves 4. For 60 cents per serving, this recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 23 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It is brought to you by A Few Short Cuts. If you have cheddar cheese, spinach, cream cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a side dish. This recipe is typical of Mexican cuisine. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 41%. This score is good. Try Spinach-pie Quesadilla, Bacon Quesadilla, and Bacon Jam and Guacamole Quesadilla with Fried Egg with Bacon Jam Vinaigrette Drizzle for similar recipes.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

 

Ingredients:

½ cup grated cheddar cheese

4 slices bacon, cooked crisp

2oz cream cheese

4 flour tortillas

1 cup fresh spinach

Equipment:

paper towels

frying pan

microwave

bowl

griddle

Cooking instruction summary:

In a frying pan over medium heat, cook your bacon until crisp, drain on paper towel and set aside.Mix together the cream cheese and cheddar cheese in a small bowl. Microwave on low in 10 second increments until the cheese mixture is smooth.In a small pan, add about a couple teaspoons of water. Place the spinach in the pan and cook over medium heat just until the spinach starts to wilt. Remove spinach and set aside.Take a tortilla and spread half of it with the cream cheese spread. Layer some spinach and a slice of bacon (broken into pieces) over the cheese spread. Sprinkle additional grated cheddar cheese on top, fold the tortilla in half and place in a hot frying pan or on a hot griddle. Cook each side about 10-15 seconds, or until it starts to get crispy and slightly blackened. Be careful, it will burn easily.Serve with your favorite dipping sauce or salsa.

 

Step by step:


1. In a frying pan over medium heat, cook your bacon until crisp, drain on paper towel and set aside.

2. Mix together the cream cheese and cheddar cheese in a small bowl. Microwave on low in 10 second increments until the cheese mixture is smooth.In a small pan, add about a couple teaspoons of water.

3. Place the spinach in the pan and cook over medium heat just until the spinach starts to wilt.

4. Remove spinach and set aside.Take a tortilla and spread half of it with the cream cheese spread. Layer some spinach and a slice of bacon (broken into pieces) over the cheese spread. Sprinkle additional grated cheddar cheese on top, fold the tortilla in half and place in a hot frying pan or on a hot griddle. Cook each side about 10-15 seconds, or until it starts to get crispy and slightly blackened. Be careful, it will burn easily.

5. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce or salsa.


Nutrition Information:

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235k Calories
9g Protein
14g Total Fat
16g Carbs
4% Health Score
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Calories
235k
12%

Fat
14g
22%

  Saturated Fat
7g
45%

Carbohydrates
16g
6%

  Sugar
1g
2%

Cholesterol
38mg
13%

Sodium
482mg
21%

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Protein
9g
19%

Vitamin K
38µg
36%

Vitamin A
1038IU
21%

Selenium
13µg
19%

Phosphorus
177mg
18%

Calcium
155mg
16%

Folate
55µg
14%

Vitamin B1
0.21mg
14%

Manganese
0.22mg
11%

Vitamin B3
2mg
10%

Vitamin B2
0.14mg
8%

Iron
1mg
8%

Zinc
0.96mg
6%

Magnesium
19mg
5%

Potassium
161mg
5%

Vitamin B6
0.09mg
4%

Vitamin B12
0.25µg
4%

Fiber
0.86g
3%

Copper
0.06mg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.28mg
3%

Vitamin C
2mg
3%

Vitamin E
0.32mg
2%

Vitamin D
0.2µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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