Breakfast Quesadillas

These Breakfast Quesadillas are loaded with scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, seasoned hash browns, avocado, and melted Monterey Jack cheese, all tucked inside warm flour tortillas. Griddled to golden perfection, these quesadillas are the ultimate breakfast or brunch dish.

Ingredients

• 6 large eggs
  
  

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  
  

• Kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste
  
  

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
  
  

• 8 slices bacon
  
  

• 20 oz bag shredded hash browns
  
  

• 1 red bell pepper, diced
  
  

• 4 8-inch flour tortillas
  
  

• 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
  
  

• 1 avocado, pitted, skin removed, and sliced thin
  
  

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  
  

• Fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
  
  

• Hot sauce or salsa, for serving
  
  

Directions

1. Whisk the eggs in a medium-sized mixing bowl. In a medium nonstick pan, melt 1 tablespoon of butter over medium heat. Add the eggs and cook, stirring with a rubber spatula, until fluffy. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and set aside.
   
   

2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add bacon slices and cook for 6-8 minutes until crispy. Remove bacon and set on paper towels to drain. In the same pan, add hash browns in a single layer. Cook for 3 minutes without stirring. Flip hash browns in batches and cook the other side until crispy. Add the diced red bell pepper and cook for a few more minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
   
   

3. Lay tortillas flat on a cutting board. Evenly layer the cheese, eggs, bacon, hash browns, and avocado slices on one half of each tortilla. Fold tortillas in half like a book.
   
   

4. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook two quesadillas at a time, about 4 minutes per side, until golden and crispy. Repeat for the remaining quesadillas.
   
   

5. Remove from the skillet, cut in half, and serve with chopped cilantro and hot sauce or salsa.
   
   

Nutritional Value (per serving)

• Calories: 470 kcal
  
  

• Carbohydrates: 40 g
  
  

• Protein: 19 g
  
  

• Fat: 29 g
  
  

• Saturated Fat: 10 g
  
  

• Cholesterol: 270 mg
  
  

• Sodium: 930 mg
  
  

• Potassium: 600 mg
  
  

• Fiber: 6 g
  
  

• Sugar: 3 g