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Quesadillas

Crispy quesadillas filled with Buffalo chickpeas and creamy cashew cheese sauce.

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Quesadillas

Ingredients

Mexican cheese sauce

Buffalo chickpea filling

For serving

Method

Mexican cheese sauce

  1. 1

    Drain and dry the cashews. Blend with the remaining sauce ingredients until thick and smooth. Cook over medium-low heat for a few minutes if a thicker sauce is desired.

Buffalo chickpea filling

  1. 2

    Melt the butter. Add Buffalo sauce, garlic powder, salt, and sugar. Whisk until fully combined.

  2. 3

    Roughly mash the drained chickpeas, leaving some whole.

  3. 4

    Heat the oil over medium heat. Cook the yellow onion for 4–5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute.

  4. 5

    Add the Buffalo butter sauce and chickpeas. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 2 minutes. Stir in the Bali onions.

Assembly

  1. 6

    Spread ¼–⅓ cup cheese sauce on one tortilla. Add about ½ cup filling and cover with another tortilla.

Cooking

  1. 7

    Lightly oil the skillet over medium heat. Add the quesadilla and press with a smaller skillet or panini press.

  2. 8

    Cook 3 minutes, flip, then cook 2–3 minutes until crisp and browned. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.

Serving notes

The source calls for 8 tortillas. “Bali onions” is preserved from the family source; its Indonesian text describes small leeks, while the local term can also refer to shallots.