Black Bean Quesadillas with Avocado Salsa
Crisp flour tortillas filled with spiced black beans and melted cheddar, served with a fresh avocado, tomato, and lime salsa.
Ingredients
Quantities are for one portion.
- 2large flour tortillas
- 1 tbsplime juice
- 40 gcheddar cheese, grated
- 15 mlolive oil
- 120 gcanned black beans, drained
- 10 gfresh coriander, chopped
- 0.5red onion, finely chopped
- 50 gavocado, diced
- 1 tspground cumin
- 50 gtomato, diced
Method
- Warm the black beans in a small pot with the ground cumin, then roughly mash about half of them to create a thick, spreadable mixture.
- In a bowl, gently combine the diced avocado, tomato, half of the red onion, the lime juice, and the coriander to make the salsa.
- Spread the mashed beans over one half of each flour tortilla, scatter the grated cheddar and remaining red onion on top, then fold the tortillas in half.
- Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat and cook each quesadilla until golden and crisp on both sides and the cheese has melted.
- Cut the quesadillas into wedges.
- Serve the hot quesadillas alongside the fresh avocado salsa.