Sweet Potato Quesadillas Recipes

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until very tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl. Mash sweet potatoes and mix in cilantro, chili powder, and salt.
• Place corn in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high until warmed, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Spread 1/4 cup sweet potato mixture onto 1 tortilla; cover with 1/4 cup black beans and 1 tablespoon corn. Sprinkle 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese atop corn; cover with a tortilla. Repeat with remaining tortillas and fillings.
• Spray a frying pan with cooking spray and place over medium heat; cook 1 quesadilla in the hot pan until cheese is melted and beans are heated through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining quesadillas; slice into quarters.

Steps:

• Scrub sweet potatoes; pierce several times with a fork. Place on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave, uncovered, on high, turning once, until very tender, 7-9 minutes., When cool enough to handle, cut each potato lengthwise in half. Scoop out pulp. Spread onto half of each tortilla; top with beans and cheese. Fold other half of tortilla over filling., Heat a cast-iron skillet or griddle over medium heat. Cook quesadillas until golden brown and cheese is melted, 2-3 minutes on each side. Serve with salsa.

Steps:

• In large non-stick skillet, heat vegetable oil.
• Sauté onions and garlic until the onions are transparent.
• Add in the sweet potatoes, oregano, chili powder, cumin, and cayenne.
• Cover and cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent sticking.
• When the sweet potatoes are tender, remove the filling from the heat and add salt and pepper; stirring to mix.
• Evenly spread the sweet potato mixture onto the tortillas; sprinkle 2 tablespoons of cheese onto each tortilla.
• Fold tortilla in half over filling.
• Either clean out the skillet you just used or get another large non-stick skillet and add a little oil; heat on medium high heat.
• Place the quesadillas in a heated nonstick skillet and cook on each side for 2-3 minutes, until cheese is melted and the filling is hot.
• Add more oil to skillet as needed and cook in batches.
• Serve with salsa and sour cream.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Combine cubed sweet potatoes, olive oil, chili powder, cumin, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, and a generous amount of salt and cracked pepper in a bowl. Spread cubes out in a single layer on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes, stir, flip, and return to the oven to bake until tender, 10 to 12 more minutes. Taste and season with additional salt if required.
• Lay out one tortilla on a flat surface and place 1/2 cup Cheddar on one half of the tortilla. Top with a few scoops of roasted sweet potatoes and a generous scoop of black beans. Spoon over 2 tablespoons salsa and top with 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese. Fold tortilla over the filling and gently press it down.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat.
• Place quesadilla onto hot skillet without any oil and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Carefully flip quesadilla and continue cooking for 2 more minutes. Repeat with remaining ingredients until all 4 quesadillas are fried up.
• Slice them in half and serve each quesadilla with a couple dollops of sour cream, fresh cilantro, and additional salsa if desired.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Pierce the potatoes a few times each and put on a baking tray. Cook for 50 mins until really soft. Leave to cool slightly.
• Scoop the sweet potato flesh out of the skins into a bowl. Mash with the coriander, season and gently fold through the feta. This can be done earlier in the day - cover and keep in the fridge. Heat a large griddle pan.
• Spread the sweet potato mixture over half of each tortilla, top with chorizo slices and fold the other side over. Cook on the hot griddle pan for 3 mins each side until golden. Cut each tortilla in half and serve.

Steps:

• Saute the onions and garlic in oil until onions are translucent. Add the potatoes, oregano, chili, cumin and cayenne and cook, covered for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. When the potato is tender, add the salt and pepper to taste and take off the heat.
• Spread 1/4 of the filling and 1/4 of the cheese on half of each tortilla. Fold the tortilla in half to cover. Cook by lightly frying on each side until browned and cheese is melted.
• Serve immediately with salsa, avocado slices and sour cream.