Best 7 Quesadillas With Shrimp Pineapple And Peppers Recipes

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Embark on a culinary journey to the tropics with our tantalizing Quesadillas with Shrimp, Pineapple, and Peppers. This delectable dish blends the vibrant flavors of succulent shrimp, juicy pineapple, and crisp bell peppers, all enveloped in a warm and golden tortilla. In addition, discover three more enticing recipes that will transport your taste buds to culinary paradise:

- **Caprese Quesadillas:** A harmonious blend of fresh mozzarella, ripe tomatoes, and aromatic basil, wrapped in a crispy tortilla.

- **Chorizo and Potato Quesadillas:** A fiesta of flavors featuring savory chorizo, tender potatoes, and a blend of Mexican spices, all nestled in a warm tortilla.

- **Black Bean and Corn Quesadillas:** A vegetarian delight bursting with the goodness of black beans, sweet corn, and a medley of zesty spices, all wrapped in a toasty tortilla.

Prepare to indulge in a symphony of flavors as you explore these mouthwatering quesadilla recipes. Let your taste buds embark on an unforgettable culinary adventure!

Here are our top 7 tried and tested recipes!

SHRIMP QUESADILLAS



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Provided by Layla

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 pound uncooked medium shrimp (peeled and deveined)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup onion (chopped)
1/2 cup bell pepper (chopped)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
2 tablespoons taco seasoning
1-2 cups melting cheese (mozzarella, cheddar, Mexican blend or Monterey Jack)
6-8 Medium flour tortillas

Steps:

  • Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet or pan. Add the chopped onion, bell pepper, and garlic to the pan. Cook for 1 minute or until tender.
  • Add the shrimp and taco seasoning and cook for another 1-2 minutes or until shrimp begins to turn pink.
  • Transfer the mixture to a bowl and rinse and whip down the pan with a paper towel. Return the pan to the heat and spray cooking spray or brush with about 1 teaspoon vegetable oil.
  • Place a tortilla in the pan and sprinkle cheese on one side of the tortilla. Spoon about 5-6 shrimp or enough to cover with another sprinkle of cheese. Fold tortilla in half. Cook for 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden and crispy. Repeat for reaming tortillas.
  • Serve with Sour cream, salsa, or guacamole.

THE GREATEST QUESADILLA



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Provided by Ree Drummond : Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 30m

Yield 3 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 cup grated white Cheddar cheese
1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup grated pepper jack cheese
6 tablespoons salted butter
Six 8-inch flour tortillas
Pinch of kosher salt
Pinch of freshly ground black pepper
2 Roma tomatoes, diced
One 4-ounce can diced green chiles, drained
9 fresh cilantro sprigs, for garnish

Steps:

  • Toss together the Cheddar, Monterey Jack and pepper jack in a bowl; set aside.
  • Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter in large skillet over medium heat. Place a single tortilla in the skillet. Sprinkle a little less than a third of the cheese blend over the tortilla. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add about a third of the diced tomato and a third of the chiles. Sprinkle a touch more cheese over the whole thing and gently top and press with a second tortilla. Cook until golden on the bottom, about 3 minutes.
  • Carefully flip the quesadilla to the other side. Continue cooking until the second side is golden, 3 to 4 minutes more. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Slice each quesadilla into wedges and garnish with cilantro sprigs.

SHRIMP QUESADILLAS



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Spicy quesadillas with a fajita-style shrimp filling. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with sour cream.

Provided by DanaV

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     Latin American     Mexican

Time 1h15m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1 lime, juiced
1 teaspoon vegetable oil, or as needed
6 large flour tortillas
3 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend, divided

Steps:

  • Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper in the hot oil, stirring frequently, until onion is translucent and peppers are soft, 6 to 8 minutes.
  • Stir salt, cumin, and chili powder into onion and bell peppers.
  • Stir shrimp into onion and bell peppers and cook until shrimp are opaque and no longer pink in the center, 3 to 5 minutes.
  • Remove skillet from heat; stir jalapeno pepper and lime juice into shrimp mixture.
  • Heat a skillet over medium heat and brush with about 1 teaspoon vegetable oil.
  • Place a tortilla in the hot oil. Spoon about 1/6 shrimp filling and 1/2 cup Mexican cheese blend on one side of tortilla. Fold tortilla in half.
  • Cook until bottom of tortilla is lightly browned, about 5 minutes; flip and cook other side until lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Repeat with remaining tortillas and filling.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 753.1 calories, Carbohydrate 67.8 g, Cholesterol 179.7 mg, Fat 36.9 g, Fiber 5.2 g, Protein 37.9 g, SaturatedFat 18.3 g, Sodium 1788.4 mg, Sugar 4.6 g

SHRIMP QUESADILLA



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Quick and simple enough for any weekday, this dish boasts a refreshing flavor special enough for guests. Serve with salsa on the side and a frosty smoothie, if you like. Tiffany Bryson-San Antonio, Texas

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Appetizers     Dinner

Time 30m

Yield 2 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 8

1/4 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon finely chopped jalapeno pepper
1/2 pound uncooked shrimp, peeled, deveined and chopped
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup chopped tomato
4 flour tortillas (6 inches)
1/3 cup shredded reduced-fat Mexican cheese blend

Steps:

  • In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook and stir onion and jalapeno until tender. Add the shrimp, cumin and pepper; cook and stir until shrimp turn pink. Transfer to a small bowl; stir in tomato., Coat the same skillet with cooking spray; add one tortilla. Top with half of cheese, half of shrimp mixture and one tortilla. Cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes on each side or until lightly browned; remove. Repeat with remaining tortillas, cheese and shrimp mixture, spraying pan as needed. Cut into wedges.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 333 calories, Fat 11g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 181mg cholesterol, Sodium 777mg sodium, Carbohydrate 30g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 30g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

QUESADILLAS WITH SHRIMP AND PEPPERS



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Provided by Ree Drummond : Food Network

Categories     appetizer

Time 35m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup Mexican red sauce
12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, chopped into chunks
1 green bell pepper, chopped into chunks
1 red bell pepper, chopped into chunks
Butter, for cooking tortillas
6 flour tortillas
2 cups grated cheese (Monterey Jack is best)
Sour cream, for serving
Fresh cilantro leaves, for serving
Lime wedges, for serving

Steps:

  • On a large plate, pour the red sauce over the shrimp and set aside.
  • Heat a skillet over high heat and add the olive oil. Cook the onions and bell peppers over high heat until they start to get nicely browned. Remove from the skillet and set aside.
  • Add the shrimp with the sauce. Cook, stirring only occasionally, until the shrimp are opaque. Add in a little water if the sauce gets dry. Remove from the skillet and chop the shrimp into bite-size pieces.
  • In a clean skillet, heat some butter. Place a tortilla in the skillet, then layer on the ingredients: cheese, vegetables and shrimp. Top with a little more cheese and a second tortilla. Cook on both sides, adding butter before flipping to the other side so the tortilla isn't overly dry. Remove from the skillet and slice into wedges. Repeat with the rest of the tortillas and filling ingredients.
  • Serve with sour cream, cilantro and lime wedges

QUICK SHRIMP QUESADILLAS



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A delicious quick recipe for shrimp quesadillas. Serve with sour cream, guacamole, and salsa.

Provided by Jules921

Categories     Seafood     Shellfish     Shrimp

Time 40m

Yield 5

Number Of Ingredients 8

3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
½ cup sliced scallions
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon chipotle powder
1 pound uncooked medium shrimp - peeled, deveined, and cut in half
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
5 (10 inch) flour tortillas

Steps:

  • Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper, scallions, cumin, and chipotle powder. Cook, stirring frequently, until vegetables are tender, about 3 minutes. Add shrimp and stir frequently until bright pink on the outside and the meat is opaque, 4 to 5 minutes. Add Monterey Jack cheese, reduce heat to medium, and stir until cheese is melted and mixed in with shrimp and vegetables. Remove from heat.
  • Place 1/5 of the filling mixture onto half of one tortilla. Fold empty side over the filling and press firmly to form a half circle. Repeat with remaining tortillas and filling. Brush both sides of tortillas with remaining olive oil.
  • Place tortillas in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook until crisp and golden, 3 to 5 minutes per side.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 543.3 calories, Carbohydrate 39.1 g, Cholesterol 178.3 mg, Fat 28.2 g, Fiber 3.1 g, Protein 32.2 g, SaturatedFat 11.3 g, Sodium 849.8 mg, Sugar 3.1 g

SHRIMP QUESADILLAS



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For variety, substitute cooked chicken or ground beef for the shrimp in these easy quesadillas, suggests Joan Schroeder from Pinedale, Wyoming.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner

Time 30m

Yield 2-4 servings (2-1/2 cups salsa).

Number Of Ingredients 17

1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, drained
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies
3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
QUESADILLAS:
1-1/3 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend
1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies, drained
1/2 cup chopped seeded tomato
3 tablespoons sliced green onions
1 package (8 ounces) frozen cooked salad shrimp, thawed
4 flour tortillas (10 inches)
1 tablespoon butter

Steps:

  • For salsa, place the first nine ingredients in a blender; cover and process until finely chopped. Transfer to a large bowl; set aside., Sprinkle the cheese, chilies, tomato, onions and shrimp over half of each tortilla; fold over. , In a large skillet over medium heat, cook quesadillas in butter for 1-2 minutes on each side or until cheese is melted. Cut into wedges. Serve with salsa. Refrigerate leftover salsa.

Nutrition Facts :

Tips and Conclusion

Tips:

  • Use fresh, ripe pineapple for the best flavor.
  • If you don't have a grill, you can cook the shrimp and pineapple in a skillet over medium heat.
  • Be sure to cook the shrimp until they are pink and opaque, but not overcooked.
  • You can use any type of cheese that you like in these quesadillas, but a Mexican blend or Monterey Jack cheese is a good choice.
  • Serve the quesadillas with your favorite toppings, such as guacamole, salsa, or sour cream.

Conclusion:

These quesadillas with shrimp, pineapple, and peppers are a delicious and easy-to-make meal that is perfect for a quick lunch or dinner. The combination of sweet pineapple, savory shrimp, and spicy peppers is sure to please everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for a new and exciting way to enjoy quesadillas, give this recipe a try!

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