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BBQ Ham, Bacon and Pineapple Quesadillas (aka BBQ Hawaiian Pizza Quesadillas)

[heart_this] · Jun 21, 2013 · 25 Comments

BBQ Ham, Bacon and Pineapple Quesadillas (aka BBQ Hawaiian Pizza Quesadillas)

Ham and pineapple quesadillas inspired by the flavours of a BBQ ‘Hawaiian’ pizza with bacon, jalapenos and plenty of melted cheese!

During the summer I naturally tend to eat a lot more fruit and I often like to try to use it in one of my food obsessions, dishes with plenty of hot melted ooey gooey cheese like grilled cheese sandwiches or quesadillas . I have been enjoying a lot of pineapple these last few days and that had me thinking about fun new ways to use it and the one idea that really stuck with me was to use it in another pizza quesadilla ! Hawaiian pizza is one of those pizzas where you either love it or hate it with its use of sweet and tangy pineapple on a pizza along with salty ham and smoky bacon and I am firmly in the love it category so Hawaiian pizza quesadillas were on the menu!
A Hawaiian pizza quesadilla recipe pretty much writes itself, I mean you just take the Hawaiian pizza ingredients, throw them into a tortilla and toast them up until all melty and good but that just wasn’t quite doing it for me… Although I do not hold to it all the time, I feel that a quesadilla should include some spicy heat and the basic Hawaiian pizza quesadilla was simply lacking in this regard! After some careful consideration I decided that the best way to add some heat to the quesadillas was take a note from the BBQ chicken pizza to replace the boring old pizza sauce with some sweet and spicy BBQ sauce and I also threw in some jalapeno peppers for good measure! The use of the BBQ sauce in the quesadillas put grilling on my mind so I grilled the pineapple to tenderize and caramelize it, bringing out its natural sweetness.
Isn’t summer great? Fresh fruit? Check! Plenty of ooey gooey melted cheese? Check! Mmm…

BBQ Ham, Bacon and Pineapple Quesadillas (aka BBQ Hawaiian Pizza Quesadillas)
I like to really stuff my quesadillas!

BBQ Ham, Bacon and Pineapple Quesadillas (aka BBQ Hawaiian Pizza Quesadillas)
BBQ Ham, Bacon and Pineapple Quesadillas (aka BBQ Hawaiian Pizza Quesadillas)
These quesadillas are almost a half an inch thick making for one nice and tall stack of ooey gooey dripping goodness!

BBQ Ham, Bacon and Pineapple Quesadillas (aka BBQ Hawaiian Pizza Quesadillas)

BBQ Ham, Bacon and Pineapple Quesadillas (aka BBQ Hawaiian Pizza Quesadillas)

BBQ Ham, Bacon and Pineapple Quesadillas (aka BBQ Hawaiian Pizza Quesadillas)

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes Servings: 1

Ham and pineapple quesadillas inspired by the flavours of a BBQ ‘Hawaiian’ pizza with bacon, jalapenos and plenty of melted cheese!

ingredients
  • 1 (10 inch) tortilla
  • 1/2 cup mozzarella or jack cheese, shredded
  • 1/4 cup ham, cooked and cut into small pieces
  • 2 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 1/4 cup pineapple, sliced and optionally grilled
  • 2 tablespoons BBQ sauce
  • 2 tablespoons jalapeno (pickled or fresh), sliced
  • cilantro to taste
directions
  1. Heat a pan over medium heat, place the tortilla in the pan, sprinkle half of the cheese over half of the tortilla, followed by the ham, bacon, pineapple, BBQ sauce, jalapeno, cilantro and the remaining cheese.
  2. Fold the tortilla in half coving the filling and cook until the quesadilla is golden brown on both sides and the cheese is melted, about 2-4 minutes per side.
Option: Use two smaller 6-8 inch tortillas instead of using the one large 10 inch tortilla and folding it.
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Comments

  1. Jillian Manesh says

    June 21, 2013 at 12:20 pm

    OMG yes. i have a pineapple obsession. this looks so good! PINNING now. xoxo jillian:: cornflake dreams

    Reply
  2. marla says

    June 21, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    A great flavor combo Kevin!

    Reply
  3. Maria says

    June 21, 2013 at 1:53 pm

    Josh makes a similar quesadilla. I know he will love this one too!

    Reply
  4. Sommer @ ASpicyPerspective says

    June 21, 2013 at 2:12 pm

    My family loves quesadillas! These look amazing!

    Reply
  5. Heather Christo says

    June 21, 2013 at 2:32 pm

    drool……

    Reply
  6. RecipeGirl says

    June 21, 2013 at 2:44 pm

    oh dear- these make me very happy!

    Reply
  7. Rocky Mountain Woman says

    June 21, 2013 at 5:27 pm

    not only looks delicious, it has the funky fun feeling about it that makes it perfect for kids.

    love it!

    Reply
  8. Marie Matter says

    June 21, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    Yes please!!!

    Reply
  9. Jackie @ The Beeroness says

    June 21, 2013 at 6:57 pm

    That's the best looking Quesadilla I've ever seen!

    Reply
  10. Trish says

    June 21, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    Kevin I have one big important question for you. You inspired me to make quesadillas, but I have trouble cutting them without the filling oozing out. Maybe my pizza cutter is too dull. I really love to make them to send with my husband for lunch. Any suggestions? anyone?

    Reply
  11. Comida Saboores says

    June 22, 2013 at 12:25 am

    Mexican, italian & Hawaiian fusion cousine to make these great looking quesadillas

    Reply
  12. Claire Mier says

    June 22, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    Oh wow, they must be super yum yum and crispy!

    Reply
  13. Gaby says

    June 22, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    dying for this!!

    Reply
  14. Marian (Sweetopia) says

    June 23, 2013 at 12:12 pm

    To die for!!

    Reply
  15. kevin says

    June 23, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    Trish: I normally use a chefs knife and cut by placing the knife on top and pressing down. This way the filling gets pushed into the quesadilla when you cut rather than squeezing out. (I usually have to press down on the center of the wedges to get the sides to open up and have some of the filling squeeze out for the photos.)

    Reply
  16. Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says

    June 24, 2013 at 7:22 am

    Stuffed quesadillas – that's the only way to eat them!

    Reply
  17. Aggie says

    June 24, 2013 at 11:21 am

    I like to stuff my quesadillas too! I've been on a Hawaiian kick lately, this looks delicious!

    Reply
  18. Julie @ Table for Two says

    June 25, 2013 at 1:40 am

    This looks wonderful!! I want some for dinner 🙂

    Reply
  19. Anonymous says

    June 27, 2013 at 6:26 am

    kevin, por que no pones con receta una foto, para imprimir?
    aurelia

    Reply
  20. Ashley says

    July 7, 2013 at 7:33 pm

    OMG. This is totally one of those "why didn't I think of that!?" moments. This looks ridiculously good. Wow!!

    Reply
  21. Peabody says

    July 10, 2013 at 3:48 am

    Loving this Kevin!

    Reply
  22. Lisa O says

    July 14, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    Great recipe…so good that I made a vegetarian version!

    Reply
  23. Glitter says

    July 16, 2014 at 12:18 am

    Just made this tonight and my son loved it. It is a great flavor combination. He asked me to make him another.

    Reply
  24. margaret says

    April 30, 2015 at 1:45 am

    Going to make this for my little granddaughter sometime – ham and pineapple is her favourite (only!) pizza. But she claims to not like bacon, go figure. Has anyone tried this with corn tortillas?

    Reply
  25. kevin says

    April 30, 2015 at 11:24 am

    margaret: I normally make quesadillas with flour tortillas but only because I can only find really small corn tortillas but corn tortillas would also work great!

    Reply

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