Creamy seafood and corn put a new spin on quesadillas that are ready in minutes.
Corn and Crab Quesadillas
- Prep Time 5 min
- Total 15 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1 can (11 oz) whole kernel corn, drained
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
- 1/3 cup sliced green onions (5 medium)
- 1 jar (2 oz) diced pimientos, drained
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
- 1 lb chopped cooked crabmeat or imitation crabmeat (2 cups)
- 6 sun-dried tomato or spinach-cilantro flavored flour tortillas (8 to 10 inch)
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
- Sour cream and chopped fresh cilantro, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In medium bowl, mix cream cheese, corn, cilantro, onions, pimientos, pepper and red pepper. Fold in crabmeat. Spread 2/3 cup of the crabmeat mixture over each tortilla; fold tortilla in half, pressing lightly. Brush both sides of each tortilla with butter.
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Step2In 12-inch skillet, cook 3 tortillas at a time over medium-high heat about 5 minutes, turning once, until light brown. Garnish with sour cream and cilantro.
Nutrition
420
Calories
20g
Total Fat
24g
Protein
36g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 420
- Calories from Fat
- 180
- Total Fat
- 20g
- 31%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 51%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 120mg
- 41%
- Sodium
- 660mg
- 27%
- Potassium
- 530mg
- 15%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 36g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 11%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 24g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 30%
- 30%
- Vitamin C
- 20%
- 20%
- Calcium
- 20%
- 20%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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