Steak & Green Pepper Quesadillas
with Hot Sauce & Smoky Red Pepper Crema
- Milk
- Soy
- Wheat
Cheesy, crispy, and stuffed with delectable delights, quesadillas are one of our all-time favorite easy dinners. In fact, if left to our own devices, we could probably eat them every night of the week (and may have done so once or twice). Here, tortillas are layered with not one, but TWO types of cheese, plus zesty spiced steak and sautéed green pepper. They toast up in the pan until gooey on the inside and golden outside—the perfect pairing for a dollop of smoky red pepper crema and a dash of hot sauce. Try to top that!
Ingredients
1 unit
Long Green Pepper
1 tablespoon
Southwest Spice Blend
½ cup
Pepper Jack Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
4 tablespoon
Smoky Red Pepper Crema
(Contains: Milk, Soy)
10 ounce
Diced Steak
2 unit
Flour Tortillas
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
½ cup
Mexican Cheese Blend
(Contains: Milk)
1 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon
Vegetable Oil
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry all produce. • Halve, core, and thinly slice green pepper crosswise into strips. Pat diced steak* dry with paper towels.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. Add green pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 3-4 minutes.
• Add steak to pan with green pepper. Season with Southwest Spice, pepper, and a big pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until green pepper is tender and steak is browned and cooked through, 2-3 minutes. • Turn off heat; remove from pan. Wipe out pan.
• Place tortillas on a clean work surface or cutting board. • Sprinkle one half of each tortilla with pepper jack. Top with steak mixture, then sprinkle with Mexican cheese. Fold tortillas in half to create quesadillas.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for steak over medium heat. Add quesadillas and cook until tortillas are golden brown and cheese has melted, 3-4 minutes per side. • 4 SERVINGS: Cook quesadillas in batches.
• Slice quesadillas into 3 wedges each; divide between plates. Dollop with smoky red pepper crema and drizzle with hot sauce to taste. Serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the tasty combination of steak, peppers, and cheese, with the smoky red pepper crema adding a delicious kick 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Customers raved about how quick, easy, and hassle-free this one-pan meal was to prepare and clean up.
- Suggestions: Some recommended adding onions, using more cheese, and including a side like rice or beans for a more complete meal.
- Portions: While many found it filling, some felt it was light for dinner and suggested it might be better suited as a hearty lunch.
- Meat quality: Several noted the steak was tender and flavorful, though a few found it tough or fatty in spots.
Reviews from our home cooks
BEST STEAK QUESADILLA I HAVE EATEN. We did add some sliced yellow onion and sauteed at the same time as the pepper. We also put the hot sauce right inside on the steak/pepper mixture. Soo good!
We had this for lunch over this last weekend and its the one pan recipes for me!! Hardly any dishes to clean and the quesadillas had so much flavor!
I enjoyed these. The green pepper and beef mixture was very tasty and made a good amount of filling for the quesadillas.
So easy and delicious. Way fancier and more flavor than I would ever make a quesadilla on my own.
We loved this. I've never made quesadillas before and was amazed at how easy and delicious they would come out at home.
Very easy and fast to prepare. Great flavor, only thing I would have added is a little bit of onion. Great quesadilla!
Was quick, easy and tasted really good. As always need to add a salad or rice or some side component to make it a dinner meal. Just a quesadilla is an appetizer to me.
I was able to customize this dish to reduce the heat. Smoky red pepper crema was an awesome addition to this dish.
My husband and our friend loved how filling it was. I thought it could use some sliced onions with the green peppers unfortunately I didn't have any extra handy. I also felt like I had to season the heck out of it, more than with most meals. we used a Kinders carne asada seasoning we had on top of the salt, and it really helped. Made one with just cheese for the kiddos. My favorite part was the red pepper crema, yum!
I thought this meal was fine but wasn't anything special. I cooked the steak per the instructions but it ended up being over-cooked and chewy. I did like the combination of the hot sauce with the smoky crema!
