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Black Bean Quesadillas

Made with refried beans, black beans, green chilies, and cheese, these black bean quesadillas are a tasty and easy weeknight meal idea!
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword weeknight, quick
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 5 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 can (16 oz) fat-free refried beans
  • 1 can (15 oz) black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 can (4 oz) diced green chiles drained
  • 1 cup reduced fat cheddar cheese
  • 10 Tortillas
  • Toppings such as sour cream, salsa, etc

Instructions

  • Preheat quesadilla maker.
  • In medium bowl, mix together both cans of beans and green chiles. Stir to combine.
  • Lay out 5 tortillas and spoon 1/5 of bean mixture onto each tortilla.
  • Top each of the tortillas with 1/5 of the cheese.
  • Spray quesadilla maker with nonstick spray.
  • Place a second tortilla on top, and transfer to quesadilla maker. Cook until heated through and tortillas are a little crunchy.
  • Remove quesadilla and serve with desired toppings such as sour cream or salsa.
  • Cook each remaining quesadilla as described above, remembering to spray the quesadilla maker with nonstick cooking spray each time.

Notes

**A nonstick skillet can also be used to cook these quesadillas.
***For meat-lovers, adding in fajita chicken before cooking tastes great also!