Cheeseburger Quesadillas are crispy flour tortillas filled with ground beef, melted cheese, onion, pickles, and easy homemade burger sauce! Easy weeknight dinner recipe!
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I love quesadillas for easy weeknight dinners. They take just minutes to assemble – this one is ready in less than 30 minutes and that includes cooking the meat!
These Cheeseburger Quesadillas are not only quick and easy to make, they’re also so delicious. All of my kids said they reminded them of a Big Mac! Probably because my homemade burger sauce is so good.
If you love burgers and you love quesadillas, these are a must make!
Ingredients
- Mayo – this is the base of the burger sauce.
- Ketchup – ketchup adds the color and a sweet tangy flavor to the burger sauce.
- Pickle relish – go for dill pickle relish, not sweet.
- Sugar – just a tiny bit of sugar to give the burger sauce a hint of sweetness.
- White vinegar – this adds a bit of acid to the burger sauce.
- Black pepper – you will be using black pepper in both the burger sauce and the meat mixture.
- Olive oil – just a little bit to cook the meat in.
- Ground beef – you can use ground turkey or chicken if you want to make it lighter.
- Garlic powder
- Salt
- Worcestershire sauce – this really deepens the flavor of the meat.
- Flour tortillas – make sure to get the big burrito sized tortillas.
- Cheese slices – I used cheddar for these quesadillas but if you prefer another cheese on your burgers, go for it!
- Red onion – these are super customizable so if you don’t like onion, leave it off. I used red onion but you can use any color that you like.
- Pickles – I recommend hamburger dill pickle slices for these quesadillas.
How To Make Cheeseburger Quesadillas
- Make burger sauce. Whisk together mayo, ketchup, pickle relish, sugar, white vinegar, and black pepper. Refrigerate.
- Make meat mixture. Cook ground beef with garlic powder, salt, pepper, and worcestershire sauce.
- Assemble quesadillas. On half of a flour tortilla, layer cheese slices, ground beef mixture, diced onion, pickles, and a drizzle of burger sauce. Fold tortilla over.
- Cook quesadillas. Cook quesadillas over medium heat until golden brown. Flip and cook the other side until golden brown and the cheese inside has melted.
- Serve. Serve with extra burger sauce on the side for dipping.
Can You Make Them Ahead?
If you want to make these ahead, I recommend prepping all the components ahead of time and freshly cooking up the quesadillas.
You can make the meat mixture and burger sauce ahead and store them in airtight containers in the fridge for up to 3 days. You could also dice the onion so that it’s ready to go.
How Long Are They Good For?
I think quesadillas are best served fresh when the tortillas are crispy but these cheeseburger quesadillas will be good for up to 3 days after you make them. Store them in an airtight container.
Reheating in a hot skillet will help to crisp them back up or you can reheat in the microwave.
Can You Freeze Them?
Yes, you can freeze these quesadillas for up to 2 months. I recommend laying the cooled quesadillas flat on a baking sheet until frozen and then you can transfer them to a freezer ziploc bag.
When you are ready to serve them, you can reheat in the microwave. Or let them defrost in the fridge overnight and heat them in a hot skillet.
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Cheeseburger Quesadillas
Cheeseburger Quesadillas are crispy flour tortillas filled with ground beef, melted cheese, onion, pickles, and easy homemade burger sauce! Easy weeknight dinner recipe!
Ingredients
For the burger sauce:
- ½ cup mayo
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon pickle relish
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
For the quesadillas:
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
- 4 burrito-size flour tortillas
- 12 slices cheddar cheese
- ¼ cup diced red onion
- ½ cup dill pickle slices
Instructions
- To make the burger sauce: whisk together mayo, ketchup, pickle relish, sugar, white vinegar, and black pepper. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Cook, breaking up the meat until no pink remains. Drain if necessary. Return to pan and add worcersthire sauce. Stir to combine. Remove from heat.
- To assemble the quesadillas, lay a flour tortilla on a flat surface. On one side of the tortilla, put 1 ½ slices of cheese. Top with ground beef, 1 tablespoon diced red onion, a few pickle slices, and a drizzle of burger sauce. Top with 1 ½ more slices of cheese and fold the tortilla over.
- Heat a clean skillet over medium heat. Add the quesadilla to the hot skillet and cook for just a few minutes, until the tortilla is golden brown. Flip and cook another few minutes, until that side is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
- Repeat with remaining ingredients.
- Serve with extra burger sauce for dipping.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1356Total Fat: 87gSaturated Fat: 33gTrans Fat: 2gUnsaturated Fat: 45gCholesterol: 225mgSodium: 2833mgCarbohydrates: 75gFiber: 10gSugar: 12gProtein: 69g
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