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Roast Beef Quesadillas

[heart_this] · Nov 8, 2009 · 18 Comments

Roast Beef Quesadillas

While I was enjoying some of the leftover roast beef in the grilled roast beef and cheese sandwich I thought that all of the ingredients in the sandwich would make for a great quesadilla and I just had to try it. You can’t really go wrong when you start with nice and tender roast beef and I often use sauteed peppers and onions as quesadilla fillings so it was perfect match. In my opinion quesadillas need to incorporate some kind of heat and with horseradish going well with the beef it wasn’t even a decision to use it. Of course the glue that holds a quesadilla together is the cheese and I went with some swiss that I had leftover from the sandwich and since I also had some of the coffee gravy from the roast beef leftover I added a tablespoon of that to the quesadilla as well. The roast beef quesadilla turned out great! The tortillas were grilled until lightly golden brown and slightly crispy and good! The cheese melted nicely and went well with the roast beef, peppers, onions, horseradish and gravy flavour combo. I served the roast beef quesadillas with some coffee gravy for dipping.

Roast Beef Quesadillas

Roast Beef Quesadillas

Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 1
ingredients
  • 1/2 tablespoon oil
  • 1/2 onion, sliced
  • 1/2 green pepper, sliced
  • 1/4 cup roast beef (oven roast or pot roast), sliced or shredded
  • 1 tablespoon horseradish
  • 1 tablespoon gravy (optional)
  • 2 tortillas
  • 2 handfuls cheese such as cheddar, swiss or provolone etc., shredded/grated
directions
  1. Heat the oil in a pan.
  2. Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
  3. Add the green pepper and saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
  4. Melt a touch of butter in a pan.
  5. Place a tortilla into the pan, swirl it around in the butter and repeat with the second tortilla.
  6. Sprinkle some cheese on the tortilla followed by the beef, onions, pepper, horseradish and gravy and top with more cheese and finally the other tortilla.
  7. Cook until the quesadilla is golden brown on both sides and the cheese is melted.
Tip: Place a plate onto the quesadilla and flipped it from the pan to the plate and then slide it back into the pan to flip the quesadilla.
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Comments

  1. meeso says

    November 8, 2009 at 1:34 am

    Oooohhhh, I just had Taco Bell and it was awful… I wish I could have just made these!

    Reply
  2. Christina says

    November 8, 2009 at 1:51 am

    Mmm these look delicious! Great job working through these leftovers. A problem of mine is that I get sick of the same food too often, so leftovers don't get used or are frozen for later. You've really moved the flavor around each meal that I don't think I'd even notice I was eating roast beef each time!

    Reply
  3. Pam says

    November 8, 2009 at 2:41 am

    Oh man, why do I never think to do something like this when I have leftover roast beef!

    Reply
  4. Anncoo says

    November 8, 2009 at 2:44 am

    Mmmm…can't wait to eat this.

    Reply
  5. ♥peachkins♥ says

    November 8, 2009 at 3:45 am

    yumyum!

    Reply
  6. Joanne says

    November 8, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    Yum! I love the idea of coffee gravy as a dip. Your filling sounds so delicious.

    Reply
  7. Cucinista says

    November 8, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    Great recipe — quick, easy, tasty.

    Reply
  8. Ter says

    November 8, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    I have just come across your blog and I realize I should not food-blog-hop when I'm hungry, but I can't resist.

    I'm now following your blog. How do I decide what to cook first?!

    Reply
  9. jessica says

    November 9, 2009 at 2:13 am

    The quesadillas look delicious!

    Reply
  10. Justin says

    November 9, 2009 at 4:48 am

    these look addictive

    Reply
  11. Pam says

    November 9, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    I think I need to make a roast beef. The quesadilla looks delicious Kevin.

    Reply
  12. ashley says

    November 9, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    yum these look good!

    Reply
  13. Chris says

    November 9, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    Great photo. I really like how you included just a bit of gravy too!

    Reply
  14. Evie says

    November 9, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    What a creative way to preserve leftovers!

    Reply
  15. Jeanne says

    November 9, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    Yum – love quesadillas! And I love dishes like this that makes good use of leftovers 🙂

    Reply
  16. Spryte says

    November 10, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    YUM! I love throwing anything and everything into a quesadilla! Looks great as usual!!

    Reply
  17. Kelly says

    November 10, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    Yum. Those look like perfect comfort food for a wintery November night.

    Reply
  18. Todd F says

    November 10, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    In the words of 30 Rock's Liz Lemon, "I want to go to there."

    These look amazing! Can't wait to try the recipe.

    Reply

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