Crab And Spinach Quesadillas Recipes

CRAB QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Shred crab meat; mix together with sour cream, lime juice, and green onions in a small bowl.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Heat griddle or small frying pan with a small amount of oil or cooking spray.
• Take a tortilla, place about 1/8 of crab mixture on it and spread evenly.
• Top with 1oz.
• (about 1/4 cup) cheese and sprinkle with some chopped cilantro.
• Place on hot griddle; when cheese starts to melt, fold in half.
• Allow to heat through and brown nicely, then remove from heat.
• Repeat with other tortillas.
• Quesadillas can be kept warm on a stoneware plate or baking dish in the oven on warm while you are busy with the others.
• Serve topped with a dallop of sour cream or guacamole, and wedges of lime, if you wish.

SPINACH QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, cook and stir first 6 ingredients until spinach is wilted. Remove from heat; stir in cheeses., Top half of each tortilla with spinach mixture; fold other half over filling. Place on a griddle coated with cooking spray; cook over medium heat until golden brown, 1-2 minutes per side. Cut quesadillas in half; if desired, serve with sour cream.

CRAB AND SPINACH QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500°F. Spray a large nonstick baking sheet with nonstick spray.
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 3 minutes. Add the spinach and cook, stirring, until wilted, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and stir in the crabmeat.
• Place the tortillas on a work surface. Top one-half of each tortilla with 2 tablespoons of the cheese, one-fourth of the crabmeat mixture, then 2 tablespoons more of the cheese. Fold the top halves of the tortillas over the filling to form semi circles, lightly pressing the edges to seal, making 4 quesadillas.
• Place the quesadillas on the baking sheet; spray the tops of the quesadillas lightly with nonstick spray and bake until lightly browned and the cheese melts, about 3 minutes on each side. Yields 1 quesadilla per serving.

SPINACH AND CRAB QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat wok or sauté pan on medium. Once it heats up and add olive oil and once it shimmers, add spinach and salt and sauté for 3 - 5 minutes
• Heat another sauté pan (or same one) on medium/low, add cooking spray and add a flour tortilla, muenster cheese and Mexican cheese. Cover and let cheese melt
• Add crabmeat and spinach, re-cover pan and once the flour tortilla browns, fold it over
• Plate and cut in half
• Eat
• Smile
• Enjoy

CRAB QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Stir fry onion and garlic in olive oil.
• Add tomato and when its juice has almost evaporated, add the crabmeat, cilantro, chilies and olives.
• Season with salt to taste.
• Fill flour or corn tortillas with this filling, securing edges with toothpicks Fry in enough frying oil until tortillas are golden brown.