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red wicker plate holding 4 slices (1 portion) of Leftover Pork Quesadillas with a small bowl of Tomato Mango Salsa alongside

Leftover Pork Chop Quesadillas

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4.9 from 8 reviews

Quesadillas are an excellent way to use up leftovers – like these scrumptious Leftover Pork Quesadillas. Cooked pork is combined with sausage, peppers, onion, seasonings and lots of cheese then stuffed inside flour tortillas and sautéed. Crispy on the outside, full of flavor on the inside. You can use just about any leftovers – pork, steak, chicken, shrimp, even chopped vegetables!

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 2 servings (can easily be doubled or tripled) 1x

Ingredients

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  • 3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil, divided use
  • 1/3 large yellow or red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 green, red or orange bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • Mexican seasoning
  • 2 cooked pork loin chops (around 1/2-inch thick), chopped
  • 2 cooked small breakfast turkey sausages (like Jimmy Dean), chopped
  • 2 8-inch flour tortillas
  • 1/2 to 3/4 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, divided use
  • Tomato-Mango Salsa  (or purchased salsa), for garnish
  • Additional optional garnishes: sour cream, nonfat yogurt, chopped avocado, chopped cilantro

Instructions

  1. In a large, flat bottomed skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat.
  2. Add  sliced onion and bell pepper; sprinkle with a coating of Mexican seasoning and cook, stirring frequently, until soft. overhead shot of cooking onions and peppers in a skillet
  3. Stir in chopped cooked pork and turkey sausage and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until warmed through. Season to taste with salt and pepper. overhead shot of cooking onions, peppers, pork and sausage in a skillet
  4. Place tortillas side by side on a cutting board. Sprinkle 1/4 of cheese on half of each tortilla. Overhead shot of two flour tortillas, open, with grated cheese on half of each
  5. Spoon pork filling on top of cheese, dividing evenly between the 2 tortillas. two tortillas, open, with pork-onion mixture on half of each
  6. Sprinkle remaining Cheddar cheese on top of filling. two tortillas, open, with pork-onion mixture and grated cheese on half of each
  7. Fold tortillas in half around filling, and brush one side of tortillas with oil. two stuffed tortillas, folded over, cooking in a skillet side by side
  8. Reheat the same large skillet (no need to clean it out) over medium heat. Add stuffed tortillas, oiled side down and side-by-side in the pan. Cook until until lightly browned on the bottom, around 3 to 4 minutes. Flip tortillas over and continue  cooking until lightly browned on the other side, around another 3 to 4 minutes..
  9. Cut each quesadilla into wedges (3 or 4 wedges per quesadilla) and serve with any or all of the recommended garnishes.
  • Author: Lee Clayton Roper
  • Category: main dish, leftovers, quick and easy
  • Method: Sauté
  • Cuisine: Southwestern

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 quesadilla (excl. toppings)
  • Calories: 680
  • Sugar: 2.6 g
  • Sodium: 1071.9 mg
  • Fat: 41.7 g
  • Saturated Fat: 11.7 g
  • Carbohydrates: 34.8 g
  • Fiber: 1.3 g
  • Protein: 40.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 113.7 mg

Find it online: https://www.seasonedkitchen.com/leftover-pork-quesadillas