One of the best things about this easy breakfast quesadilla recipe is its flexibility.
While we have made ours with onion and peppers, you can use almost any vegetables you have on hand, as long as they will soften pretty quickly in the pan. Alternatively, you can ditch the veggies and add pre-cooked bacon, sausage, or similar for a mighty meaty option.
For a super quick breakfast, you can make these the night before and eat them cold or heat them in the microwave. Plus, we’ve made them the morning of a camping trip, wrapped them in foil, dropped them into a cooler, and enjoyed them the next day, warmed over a campfire.
Breakfast Quesadillas: Equipment
- Frying pan
- Flipper/turner/spatula
- Fork or whisk
- Knife
- Kitchen towel
We use these items from Amazon, but you can use any similar pan and utensils.
Breakfast Quesadillas: Ingredients
These ingredients make one breakfast quesadilla.
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter or olive oil, divided into two portions
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/4 cup red onion, diced
- 1/4 cup red, yellow, orange, or green peppers, diced
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese divided into two portions
- 1/4 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tortilla
Breakfast Quesadillas: Instructions
Portion: One
Prep and Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Step One
Dice your peppers and onions into roughly ¼ inch cubes and beat your eggs.
Measure out all of your other breakfast quesadilla ingredients and have them ready to go. You won’t have time to prep anything once you get going.
Step Two
Melt half of your butter or warm half of your oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat.
Top Tip
Butter can burn quickly. To avoid this, you can either heat the butter in a bit of oil or watch it carefully and lower the heat if the butter begins to burn.
Step Three
Drop in the veggies and seasonings, and sautée until they are soft enough to insert a fork with a bit of pressure.
Remove the veggies and set them aside in a bowl.
Step Four
Wipe the frying pan with a sheet of kitchen towel, then heat the remaining butter or oil again over medium-high heat.
Step Five
Beat the two eggs and pour them into your pan. Tilt the pan from side to side so that the egg coats the bottom evenly. Be careful not to poke at the egg or stir it around, or you’ll end up with scrambled eggs rather than omelet-like eggs.
Step Six
Once the eggs begin to firm up, sprinkle half of your cheese over the top in a roughly even layer.
As soon as the cheese starts to melt, place the tortilla down on top of the eggs.
Step Seven
Flip the tortilla over. On top of one half, sprinkle out the sautéed veggies in a roughly even layer. Don’t worry if some of the veggies adventure onto the other half or if they are not perfectly even.
Step Eight
Sprinkle the remaining cheese on the other side of the tortilla, opposite the veggies.
Step Nine
Fold the two halves over. You’ll find it easiest to slide your flipper under the half with the cheese on it and fold that onto the side with the veggies.
Step Ten
Leave the quesadilla in the pan, but take it off the heat. Use the flipper to lift up one end of the tortilla and check for light browning. Once it’s brown and the cheese is melted, slide your breakfast quesadilla onto a plate and enjoy.
Cooking Multiple Breakfast Quesadillas at Once
If you have a group of people, or you are making these for the family, these are our top tips:
- Mix up enough eggs for everyone before you begin.
- If you are letting everyone choose different ingredients for their quesadillas, cook your meats and veggiesfirst and portion them out according to people’s required fillings.
That way, you don’t have to sautee one portion of vegetables, make the rest of the quesadilla, saute the second portion of vegetables, etc.
