Wild Mushroom Quesadillas
Updated May 30, 2024
- Total Time
- 30 minutes
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Ingredients
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 pound chanterelles, black trumpet or other wild mushrooms (or substitute oyster, crimini or clamshell mushrooms; do not use shiitake), roughly chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
½ cup minced yellow onion
4 ounces grated Oaxaca or domestic Muenster cheese
4 ounces grated panela or aged mozzarella cheese
4 ounces grated cotija or Parmesan cheese
⅓ cup finely chopped cilantro leaves
½ teaspoon dried oregano
Pinch of ground coriander
8 8-inch flour or corn tortillas, preferably homemade (see recipe)
Preparation
- Step 1
Place a medium sauté pan over medium-high heat and add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. When oil shimmers, add mushrooms and a generous pinch of salt. Sauté until mushrooms release their liquid, liquid evaporates and mushrooms begin to brown, about 10 minutes.
- Step 2
Add onions. Sauté, adjusting heat as necessary, until onions are soft and entire mixture is golden brown but not burned, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
- Step 3
Using a food processor or a knife, finely chop mushroom-onion mixture, then transfer to a large bowl. Add grated cheeses, cilantro, oregano and coriander. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Step 4
Place a large nonstick or well-seasoned skillet over medium heat, and add remaining 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. While pan heats, place a large spoonful of mushroom-cheese mixture into center of a tortilla, and fold tortilla in half to make a half-moon. Place filled tortilla in preheated skillet and cook, turning once, until tortilla is nicely browned on both sides and cheese is melted. Repeat to make 8 filled tortillas. Serve immediately.
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I'm confused -- as far as I can tell panela is a brown cane sugar (two spanish grocery stores that I went to said so, and this was confirmed in Wikipedia). What is intended? It is obviously some sort of cheese . . . can someone help me?
These are delicious but I think that the delicate wild mushrooms were lost in all the other ingredients. Will probably just use portobello or crimini next time and save a few bucks.
When I assemble the quesadillas, I fold them and then lightly brush vegetable oil directly on the quesadilla and then heat that side. When ready to flip, I then brush oil on the other side. Makes them nice and evenly crispy with less oil.
I noticed in the photo that the outside of the quesadilla has melted cheese, nicely browned. I didn’t find that step in the recipe. (It’s easy to do, but might want to include it for others.) I agree with the others that chanterelles might be lost in the sea of three cheeses but if you can afford it, why not? Joan’s on Third in LA makes great mushroom quesadillas! They work better than meat.
These are delicious! I made half the recipe for my husband and I. I made three small changes..I added a grated garlic clove to the mushroom/onion mixture and I swapped out the cilantro for fresh roughly chopped baby spinach (about 4-5 ounces). I also did not use the majority of the oil called for. I used a tablespoon for the veggies and then simply wiped my flat skillet with some oil that I put on a paper towel. I live in Southern California so it was pretty easy for me to go into one of the large Hispanic Markets and purchase a few ounces of each of the cheeses from their deli department. Can’t wait to make them again!
Just a warning - when I got to the checkout I discovered chanterelles were $49.99 per pound. Will update later if it was worth it!!
Was it worth it?

