Week nights are generally busy for my family and me. So I needed a recipe that was quick, easy, and something they would like.

I wasn’t sure what I would make, but I took some ground beef out the freezer, not having any idea what I would make.

So this is completely on the fly, but it turned out good.

You already have the ingredients at home, I pretty sure.

Easy Ground Beef Quesadillas

thedifferentmomblog

Easy weeknight quesadillas with only 5 ingredients. Your family is sure to love them.

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Servings 6 people

Calories 265 kcal

Ingredients

1 lb Ground beef
1 cup Pace Picante Sauce
Shredded Mexican Blend Cheese
Butter
6 Tortilla Shells

Instructions

Brown your meat in a large skillet on medium heat
Once it's brown, strain the extra grease out
Reduce heat to low, and return the beef to the skillet
Add in your Picante sauce
Just cook for about 1 extra minute, to make sure the Picante Sauce is well incorporated
Put meat in a bowl to the side
Clean out your skillet
Put in about a tablespoon of butter in the skillet with the stove on medium heat again
Put one tortilla shell in the pan
Sprinkle some cheese on half of the tortilla shell
Add a spoonful of the ground beef mixture
Then sprinkle some more cheese on top
Fold the other half of the tortilla shell over to form a moon shape. Press the edges down a little to keep the ingredients from falling out when you flip the quesadilla.
Flip the quesadilla over to cook on the other side until golden brown on both sides
Use a knife (or pizza cutter is easier) to cut the quesadilla into 3 triangles
Serve with your favorite queso, salsa, both, or neither

Notes

Be careful not to overfill the one side of the shell, so it won’t all spill out when you flip it. Nutrition information is just an estimate based on the packaging and the amounts used.

I have a few confessions. #1 I always forget to take pictures when cooking. I think I get so excited about what’s about to get in my mouth. That’s why the pictures aren’t always the greatest.

I try my hardest for you guys to take a picture of every step so you can picture it, but it just doesn’t happen.

Confession #2 I hate tomatoes, so the look of the chunk of tomato from the Picante Sauce does NOT appeal to me.