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Pizza Quesadillas. When my husband and I needed a quick meal, I fixed this recipe using leftover ingredients. Unlike traditional Mexican quesadillas, it calls for Italian meats, cheeses and seasoning. I'm currently in the process of creating a "Lunch Ideas for Isaac" binder for the kitchen.

In this episode of In the Kitchen with Matt, I will show you how to make a pizza quesadilla. Make a pizza quesadilla, then flip it, and top it like a pizza. A crispy, cheese-stuffed quesadilla forms the base for a quick cast-iron-baked pizza. You can cook Pizza Quesadillas using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pizza Quesadillas

1. Prepare 4 of burrito size flour tortillas.
2. It's 2 tbs of butter.
3. You need 1 cup of shredded pizza blend cheese.
4. You need 1/2 cup of chopped pepperoni slices.
5. Prepare 4 tbs of pizza sauce - divided.
6. You need 4 oz of cream cheese - softened.
7. Prepare 2 tbs of chopped green onions.
8. It's 2 tsp of ranch dressing mix (optional).
9. You need of Optional additional fillings.
10. Prepare of chopped black olives.
11. You need of minced onion - lightly sautéed.
12. Prepare of minced bell pepper - lightly sautéed.
13. You need of chopped canadian bacon.
14. It's of cooked beef or Italian sausage.

Spread the pizza sauce over the top of the quesadilla followed by the mozzarella, pepperoni and olives. If you like pizza, you are going to LOVE this simple, easy-to-make Pizza Quesadilla recipe. This is one of our family favorite lunch recipes. I feel like we always have the same old boring lunches at our house.

Pizza Quesadillas step by step

1. In a small bowl combine cream cheese, green onions, and ranch mix until well blended. Heat a large skillet over medium heat..
2. While skillet heats spread 1 oz of cream cheese mixture on one half of a flour tortilla. Spread pizza sauce over other half..
3. Add 1/2 tbs butter to skillet. Swirl to coat as it melts. Place tortilla in skillet cream cheese/sauce side up..
4. Sprinkle 1/4 cup shredded cheese over sauce side. Top cheese with 2 tbs pepperoni and any other desired fillings..
5. Fold cream cheese side of tortilla over fillings. Gently press together with spatula..
6. Cook until bottom is golden brown. Carefully flip and cook until second side looks the same. Transfer to plate. Let rest a few minutes before cutting..
7. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 4 yummy quesadillas. Serve with additional pizza sauce if desired. Enjoy!.

These pizza quesadillas are an easy way to get TWO layers of cheese and veggies into your pizza! Jump to Recipe Pin Recipe Rate this Recipe. These Pizza Quesadillas are a quick weeknight dinner perfect for busy families needing that pizza kick! I'd never had quesadillas that weren't Mexican-inspired, so I decided to make them one night. I made these Pizza Quesadillas for my kids and I don't think we'll ever do regular quesadillas again.