Potato Quesadillas

At a Glance

• Feeds: 2 people
• Difficulty: Easy/Medium
• Time: 15-20 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups frozen cubed hash browns (or freshly cubed (1/2 inch cubes) potatos, or leftover mashed potatoes)
• 4 medium sized flour tortillas
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp season-all
  
• 1 tsp chili seasoning (not chili powder)
• 1 tbsp ketchup
• 1 bag grated Mexican Cheese Blend. You can vary how much you need depending on how many quesadillas, and how thick you are making them.
  
• Non-stick spray
• 2 tbsp tomato salsa (mild, medium or hot...your choice)
• OPTIONAL Side Items: Sour cream, Guacamole
  
• OPTIONAL ingredients: 1 tbsp Red Pepper Flakes (for more spice)
  
• OPTIONAL ingredients: 1/2 cup chopped onions (if you like onions)

Method

• For smooth quesadillas: Heat potatoes in microwave until defrosted. If using fresh potatoes, microwave them until they are just barely cooked and slightly mashable. If you're using leftover mashed potatos, you dont have to cook them before adding to the quesadilla.
  
• For crispy quesadillas (preferred method) you'll want to defrost or slightly cook the hash brown cubes a little and then put them into a hot frying pan with just a little oil to crisp them up just a little. When they are crispy (but not burned at all), remove from heat.
• Add hash browns to a big mixing bowl
• Add cumin, season-all, ketchup, chili seasoning, onions, red pepper flakes to bowl and mix well, coating each cube with some flavor. Be careful not to mix too vigourously if you are going for the crispy method.
  
• Warm Frying pan to medium-low heat, spray with non-stick spray.
• Put flour tortilla unfolded into pan, put a little bed of cheese down on one side, add potato mixture to same side, and then top with a little more cheese.
• When the cheese begins to melt, fold the tortilla over. It should seal itself with the cheese as its glue.
• Flip the folded tortilla one more time so the top half gets another round on the bottom.
• Remove from pan, repeat for as many quesadillas as you want to make.
• Serve with some sour cream, guacamole, or even some ketchup, if you like it that way.