Sheet Pan Quesadillas

Overhead picture of a quesadilla in a sheet pan that's baked in the oven. With a bowl of sour cream next to it.

Oven Baked Sheet Pan Quesadillas are the easiest way to make quesadillas for your family or a large group! Ground beef, salsa, taco seasoning, flour tortillas, and lots of shredded cheese are baked between two sheet pans for that iconic golden crispy exterior.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword ground beef quesadillas, oven baked quesadillas, quesadilla in oven, sheet pan quesadillas

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 298kcal

Author Jessica - Together as Family

Equipment

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
1 can (15 oz) black beans drained & rinsed
1 cup salsa
1 packet taco seasoning
1 teaspoon light brown sugar
2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
8 large flour tortillas burrito size

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425° F. Spray a cookie sheet/half sheet pan with sides (13”x18”) with cooking spray. Set aside for later.
* Note : You will need two half sheet pans (aka - cookie sheets) for this recipe
In a skillet pan, over medium high heat, cook and crumble the ground beef until no longer pink. Drain excess grease.
Add in the black beans, salsa, taco seasoning, and light brown sugar. Stir and let it simmer for about 10 minutes, on medium low heat, for all the flavors to develop and to thicken.
While the meat is simmering lay 6 of the tortillas around the edges of the prepared cookie sheet. Make sure that the tortillas overlap each other and are hanging halfway over the edge of the cookie sheet, leaving a gap in the center of the pan.
Place another tortilla in the center of the cookie sheet where the gap was.
Evenly spread the meat mixture over the tortillas. Sprinkle with the cheese.
Place the final tortilla in the middle on top of the cheese. Starting at either side of the sheet pan, carefully but tightly fold the tortilla over the meat and cheese toward the center. Repeat with all the overhang of the tortillas.
Press another cookie sheet on top of the folded tortillas. This helps the tortillas not come unfolded while baking.
Cook for 20 minutes. Remove the second cookie sheet on top, and bake the quesadillas for 5 more minutes.
Let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before cutting into 12 squares.
* It's easiest to use a pizza cutter for this
Serve a square piece of quesadilla with your favorite toppings like sour cream, shredded cheese, chopped green onion or cilantro, guacamole, etc.

Notes

Sheet Pan : You will need two for this recipe. Make sure they have sides on them (like the half sheet pans I linked to above). The pans are called half sheet pans, or cookie sheets, and should measure 13" x 18" in size.

Ground Beef : I use 96/4 for this recipe, well most of my recipes, but feel free to use any percentage you have in the fridge or what you prefer. You will drain the excess grease anyways after cooking so it doesn't matter much what fat percentage you use. To avoid any extra grease in your ground beef taco mixture, I would suggest using a lean ground beef like 96/4 or 93/7.

Flour Tortillas : This recipe has been tested and made with the large flour tortillas (burrito size). If you use smaller tortillas (like the low carb ones, etc.) you will need more than 8 and your pattern may look different than what's pictured in this recipe post.

Variations : Use ground turkey or ground chicken. Use any canned bean you prefer. Make it spicy by using a packet of spicy taco seasoning, hot salsa, and/or add a can of diced green chilies or jalapeños to the ground beef mixture.

Serving Suggestions : I like to serve these oven baked quesadillas buffet style with the quesadilla squares, and then bowl of different toppings. That way everyone can make their own and top it with what they prefer.

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