Air fryer breakfast quesadillas
Soft scrambled eggs and melty jack cheese tucked into tortillas and air fried until crackly and golden, a breakfast-for-dinner that’s done in 20 minutes.
- 20 min total
- 15 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 2
- About $1.97 a serving
- 540 calories
- Vegetarian
Dolly says: I’d make this on a weeknight. It’s on the table in 20 minutes.
Ingredients
For 2 servings.
- 4 large eggs
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1 tsp butter
- 2 flour tortillas, burrito size, about 10 inches
- 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
- ¼ cup salsa
From your pantry
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp olive oil
Each serving has about 540 calories, 31 g protein, 26 g carbs and 34 g fat, and costs about $1.97 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No green onions? Chives work.
- No butter? Ghee works.
- No flour tortillas? Whole wheat tortillas work.
- No salsa? Pico de gallo works.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
the eggs and salt in a bowl and the green onions.
Whisk. Whisking means beating quickly with a whisk or a fork to blend things together. It smooths out lumps and mixes eggs, oil or sauces evenly.
How you’ll know: It all looks one even color and texture, with no streaks or lumps.
Slice. Slicing means cutting food into flat pieces of about the same thickness. Even slices cook evenly, so none are raw while others burn.
How you’ll know: Lay a few side by side: they’re close to the same thickness from one end to the other.
the butter in a nonstick over low heat. Add the eggs and green onions and stir slowly until softly set with no runny egg left, 2 to 3 minutes.
Melt. Melting means gently heating something solid, like butter or cheese, until it turns liquid. Low or medium heat keeps it from browning or burning.
How you’ll know: It’s smooth and liquid, and butter may foam a little but hasn’t turned brown.
Skillet. A skillet is a frying pan: wide and flat with low, sloped sides. The shape lets steam escape, so food browns instead of stewing.
How you’ll know: It’s the pan you’d fry an egg in, and a 10 or 12 inch one handles most recipes.
Low heatTimer: 2 min 30 sec
Food safety: For the safest eggs, cook until the whites are fully set and the yolks begin to thicken. Dishes made with eggs are done at 160°F.
Lay the tortillas flat. Sprinkle a quarter of the cheese over half of each, spoon on the eggs, top with the rest of the cheese and over.
Fold. Folding means mixing gently by scooping from the bottom and turning it over the top, instead of stirring hard. It keeps light mixtures airy and soft things like berries or herbs in one piece.
How you’ll know: You use slow, wide strokes and stop as soon as there are no streaks left.
Brush the outsides lightly with the oil and lay them in the air fryer basket.
Dolly’s tip: If your air fryer fan lifts the top tortilla, pin it closed with a toothpick.Air fry at 375°F for 3 minutes, flip and air fry 2 to 3 minutes more, until and and the cheese has .
Golden brown. Golden brown is the color of good toast, somewhere between yellow and light brown. It means the outside is cooked and crisp but not burnt.
How you’ll know: It looks like toast and smells toasty; dark brown with a bitter smell means it went too far.
Crispy. Crispy means the outside is dry, firm and crunchy. It comes from high heat, a little oil and room in the pan, because crowded food steams and goes soft.
How you’ll know: It sounds crunchy when you tap or bite it, and it doesn’t flop when you lift it.
Melt. Melting means gently heating something solid, like butter or cheese, until it turns liquid. Low or medium heat keeps it from browning or burning.
How you’ll know: It’s smooth and liquid, and butter may foam a little but hasn’t turned brown.
Timer: 5 min 30 sec
Cut each in half and serve with the salsa.
Plan this in Dollop, and get the grocery list
Dollop puts this dinner on a night that suits your week, lists only what you still need to buy, and walks you through each step while you cook.
