Quesadilla Burgers
These tasty homemade Quesadilla Burgers are so delicious and easy to make, you’re going to want to put them in your regular recipe rotation! A perfectly seasoned beef burger patty is topped with flavorful mexi-ranch sauce, crisp lettuce, and fresh pico de gallo and served between two crispy tortillas covered with melted cheese. The result is a super flavorful and filling burger. You’re going to want to put that mexi-ranch sauce on everything. I couldn’t wait to eat the leftovers! Better still, one of these Quesadilla Burgers with all the fixin’s is just 362 calories or 5 WW Points! To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app, click here.
Recipe Notes
- Meat: I used lean ground beef for these Quesadilla Burgers and they turned out amazing! My beef was 93% lean, but anything between 90% – 95% lean should be good!
- Burger Doneness: I cooked my burger patties for 5 minutes on each side over medium heat to get med-well, so if you want a medium burger, you may want to do closer to 4 minutes on each side. Every stovetop cooks a bit differently, so you may want to cut into a patty to make sure you’ve reached your preferred doneness.
- Tortillas: The Mission Zero Net Carbs Original flour tortillas are high in fiber, low in calories/carbs/WW Points and they’re the perfect size for Quesadilla Burgers, so I highly recommend them! The street taco sized tortillas are five inches in diameter, so if you can’t find these, look for ones about that size. My burger patties were also about five inches in diameter, which worked great. Both the tortillas and the burgers will shrink when cooked.
- Pico de Gallo: My local grocery store (Wegmans) sells fresh Pico de Gallo in little tubs in the produce section, so I used that in this recipe. Alternatively, you can also use a chunky salsa or make your own Pico de Gallo!
- Cooking Method: I like to cook the patties for these Quesadilla Burgers on a grill pan or griddle pan on the stovetop. They cook really quickly and easily on a pan, and it makes it easy to make them year-round.
- Serving Suggestions: I have these Quesadilla Burgers pictured here with frozen French fries cooked in my air fryer, but these would also be great paired with roasted potatoes, my Easy Salsa Rice, a side salad, or veggies with dip!
- Leftovers: If you’re not planning to serve and eat all of the burgers at once, I would suggest making the mexi-ranch sauce, cooking all the burger patties and then only cooking the amount of cheesy tortillas you need at the time. You can refrigerate any leftover burgers and sauce and then cook the tortillas and build additional burgers when you’re ready for them!
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Quesadilla Burgers
These homemade Quesadilla Burgers are so delicious and easy, you’ll want them in your regular meal rotation!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons light mayonnaise, (I use Hellmann’s light)
- 1 teaspoon taco seasoning
- 1 tablespoon ranch dressing, (I used Hidden Valley)
- 1 tablespoon salsa
- 1 ¼ lbs uncooked lean ground beef, between 90-95% lean (I used 93% lean)
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- 8 (5-inch) low carb/cal flour tortillas, (I use and recommend Mission Zero Net Carbs Original)
- 1 tablespoon light butter, (I use Land O’Lakes light butter spread with canola oil)
- ½ cup shredded 2% milk Sharp Cheddar Cheese
- 1 cup shredded lettuce
- ¼ cup pico de gallo or thick salsa
Instructions
- In a small dish, stir together the light mayo, taco seasoning, ranch dressing, and tablespoon of salsa to make your burger sauce. Set aside.
- Divide the ground beef into four equal piles and form each pile into a patty about 5” in diameter. In a small dish, stir together the salt, pepper, and cumin, and then sprinkle half this spice mixture over the burger patties. Flip each patty and sprinkle the remaining spices over the other side.
- Lightly mist a nonstick grill pan or skillet with cooking spray and bring over medium heat. Place the burger patties on the pan and cook for 4-5 minutes. Flip the patties and cook for an additional 4-5 minutes until the burgers are cooked to your preferred doneness.
- While the burgers are cooking, thinly spread the butter across the surface of one side of each tortilla. Working in batches as needed, place the tortillas butter-side-down onto a griddle pan or large flat skillet and top each one with a tablespoon of shredded cheddar. Spread the cheese across the surface of the tortillas and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes until the cheese is melted and the tortillas are golden and crisp on the bottom. Remove finished cheesy tortillas to a cooling rack when completed.
- To build each burger, spread a tablespoon of the burger sauce from step one across the cheesy surface of a tortilla. Top the sauce with ¼ cup of shredded lettuce, and place a cooked burger patty on top of the lettuce. Finish by adding a tablespoon of pico de gallo or thick salsa on top of the burger, and covering it cheese-side-down with another tortilla. Use the remaining ingredients to make four burgers total and serve immediately.
Notes
To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
WW Points per quesadilla burger: 5 (Points calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Nutrition Information per quesadilla burger:
362 calories, 17 g carbs, 1 g sugars, 21 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 37 g protein, 14 g fiber, 652 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com) Weight Watchers Points Plus:
10 per quesadilla burger (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info below)
362 calories, 17 g carbs, 1 g sugars, 21 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 37 g protein, 14 g fiber, 652 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com) Weight Watchers Points Plus:
10 per quesadilla burger (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info below)
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