Baked Quesadillas with Zucchini Fingers
A flour tortilla wrapped around nutritious black beans and vegetables and baked in the oven. Served with breaded zucchini fingers.
How many servings?From kitchen to table in 30 minutes.
canned black beans
mayonnaise
red wine vinegar
pepper
shredded cheddar cheese
tomato
red onion
fresh cilantro
zucchini
Italian bread crumbs
olive oil
non-stick cooking spray
Directions
- Drain and rinse beans.
- In a mixing bowl, mash beans and add mayonnaise, vinegar and pepper. Stir until blended.
- Dice tomatoes, onion, and cilantro. Set aside with grated cheese.
- Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
- Lightly brush tortilla with water and place on the baking sheet.
- Turn oven on to 400 degrees.
- Spoon bean mixture over half of the tortilla. Top with cheese, tomatoes, onion, and cilantro. Fold the tortilla in half
- Place in hot oven.
- Slice zucchini into fingers and place in a shallow dish or pie pan.
- In a small bowl, beat egg well and then pour over zucchini slices. Turn to coat.
- Pour olive oil into a skillet and turn heat on to medium-high.
- Turn off oven, but leave quesadilla inside.
- Put Italian bread crumbs in a plastic bag. Place egg-coated zucchini slices into the plastic bag and shake to coat.
- Transfer the zucchini fingers to the hot oil in the skillet.
- Cook until one side is brown and then turn and brown other side.
- Serve with crispy quesadillas.