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blooming quesadilla ring with salsa.
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Blooming Quesadilla Ring

Turn your next Taco Tuesday into a fun and festive fiesta with this blooming quesadilla ring! This delicious dish is easy to make and sure to impress your guests. Plus, it's a great appetizer for your next Cinco de Mayo or Feliz Navidad party!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Appetizers
Cuisine: Cinco de Mayo, Feliz Navidad, Mexican
Servings: 10
Calories: 332kcal
Author: Kelly Bloom
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Ingredients

  • 20 flour tortillas store or homemade
  • 2 chicken breast halves cooked, or use a rotisserie chicken
  • 1 red onion chopped
  • 6 green onions sliced
  • ½ yellow bell pepper or green
  • ½ red bell pepper
  • ½ large Hatch chili fresh, and optional
  • 1 medium tomato diced
  • ¼ cup cilantro chopped
  • ¼ cup salsa
  • 2 cups grated cheese blend, divided in half cheddar or Pepper Jack, half for topping

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 200° F. Prepare a round platter at least 13" diameter, or larger.
  • Using a food processor or cut by hand, mince up the red onion, green onion, tomato, some cilantro (if desired), and bell peppers. Dice up the chicken. Add it all to a bowl. Add a small portion of the salsa or pico de gallo and mix up the quesadilla filling.
    1 red onion, 6 green onions, ½ yellow bell pepper, ½ red bell pepper, ½ large Hatch chili, 1 medium tomato, ¼ cup cilantro, ¼ cup salsa, 2 chicken breast halves
  • Cut all the tortillas in half. Place a couple spoonfuls of the filling on one end of the tortilla. Add some of the grated cheese. Roll up into a cone shape and place on the place with the pointed end of the cone in the center of the plate.
    20 flour tortillas, 2 cups grated cheese blend, divided in half
  • Repeat filling and rolling into cones with all the tortillas. As you go around the outside of the plate, you will see the blooming flower effect. Gently fit as many of the quesadilla cones in place so they are firmly in place.
  • Spread grated cheese on the top of the quesadilla ring. Bake in the oven at 200 F for 15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the quesadilla ring is heated up. Garnish with some chopped cilantro, if desired.
  • After baking, place a small condiment bowl in the middle to hold the quesadilla ring in place. Fill the bowl with Pico de Gallo, Salsa, Mexican White Sauce, or even Guacamole.

Notes

  • You can mix the quesadilla filling a day ahead so that the flavors have more time to blend together.
  • Cilantro is optional.
Variations:
  • Birria Quesadilla Ring- Birria is traditionally a barbacoa type stewed goat, however at many restaurants it is also beef. Birria is a slow roasted meat stew that you use tongs to pull out the meat portion for tacos or quesadillas. It's delicious!
  • Barbacoa Quesadilla Ring - Barbacoa is a pot roast type of beef that has been marinated first. Just like with Birria, tongs are used to pull out super tender, juicy meat for quesadillas or tacos. Birria is a type of Barbacoa, but Barbacoa is not a Birria. Barbacoa is marinated first and always beef. Birria is goat or mutton (and occasionally beef), and just stewed.
  • Turkey Quesadillas - What a GREAT way to use some of the left over turkey, right? Turkey Quesadillas would make a magnificent New Years Eve appetizer!
  • Brisket Quesadilla - Save leftover brisket and make quesadillas, they will taste very similar to Barbacoa quesadillas. Did you ever wonder what the difference between brisket and corned beef is? Brisket is the cut of the beef, cooked fresh without being brined. Corned beef is the same brisket cut, but it is first brined before stewing or braising. Corned beef gets it's pink color from the brining.
  • Cheese Quesadillas - Perhaps you are vegetarian, well you can still have a great Blooming Quesadilla Ring! Choose a couple varieties of cheese and use one inside the quesadilla cones (petals of the blooming quesadilla), and another on the top before baking.
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Nutrition

Calories: 332kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.004g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 677mg | Potassium: 337mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 601IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 264mg | Iron: 3mg