Quesotacos With Peppers and Onions

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By Daniela Galarza

Quesotacos, sometimes called costras de queso, are bladed patties of crispy griddled cheese. A fashionable taqueria preparation, it’s besides easy made astatine home. The griddled food tin either spell into a tortilla, beryllium attached to a tortilla, arsenic it is here, oregon adjacent regenerate the tortilla (see Variations). It tin besides crook into a quesadilla — simply capable the interior of each tortilla with much food and fold it implicit connected itself. Here, the crispy cheese, attached to maize tortillas, is filled with sauteed outpouring onions and poblano peppers. Dressed with salsa, beans oregon stewed meat, they marque a good repast with tons of spirit and texture.

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From unit writer G. Daniela Galarza.

Ingredients

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Servings: 2 (makes 4 tacos)

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, positive much for greasing
  • 6 outpouring onions oregon scallions, halved lengthwise and chopped into 2-inch pieces
  • 2 poblano peppers, seeded and sliced (may substitute greenish doorbell peppers)
  • 4 (5-inch) maize tortillas
  • 1 1/2 cups (4 ounces) shredded Oaxaca, Monterey Jack, manchego oregon different steadfast meltable cheese
  • Hot sauce, for serving (optional)
  • Salsa roja, for serving (optional)
  • Beans, birria oregon carne guisada, for serving (optional)
  • Lime wedges and caller cilantro sprigs, for serving (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (2 tacos)

  • Calories

    402

  • Fat

    24 g

  • Saturated Fat

    8 g

  • Carbohydrates

    31 g

  • Sodium

    400 mg

  • Cholesterol

    36 mg

  • Protein

    18 g

  • Fiber

    5 g

  • Sugar

    4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From unit writer G. Daniela Galarza.

Tested by Kara Elder.

Published July 6, 2022

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Updated March 17, 2026

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