Medium

Cheese 'n Rice Quesadillas

Total Time
1h 14m
15m prep · 59m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

Serve cheese and rice in quesadillas at your next party for a surefire hit. Green chiles and Mexican rice add spice to this out-of-this-world appetizer. Serve with guacamole, sour cream, and chopped fresh cilantro.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups water
  • 1 , 5.4 ounce
  • 1 , 4 ounce
  • 1 tablespoon I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread
  • 10 , 6 inch
  • 1.25 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven's broiler.

  2. 2

    Bring water, rice, chiles, and spread to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, until rice is tender, about 10 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes.

  3. 3

    Place 5 tortillas on a baking sheet. Top each with rice mixture, sprinkle with cheese, and cover with another tortilla.

  4. 4

    Cook under the preheated broiler until tortillas are lightly toasted and cheese is melted, turning once.

  5. 5

    Cut each quesadilla into 4 wedges to serve.

Nutrition Facts

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