Hot Sausage Quesadillas with Mushrooms and Hot Honey
This is the quesadilla combination I keep talking about: hot sausage, browned mushrooms, cheese, tomatoes, and hot honey. It’s savory first, with a sweet little kick after.
A recipe from Eat Different: Safe Foods for Neurodivergent Minds, my cookbook in progress.
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Hot Sausage Quesadillas with Mushrooms and Hot Honey
From my cookbook in progress, Eat Different: Safe Foods for Neurodivergent Minds.
Cooking battery 3/3. More hands-on work.
- Hands-on
- 25 min
- Total
- 25 min
- Makes
- 2 quesadillas
Times are estimates. Hands-on time is included in the total.
Tools: Skillet, cutting board, spatula
Texture and flavor: This is the quesadilla combination I keep talking about: hot sausage, browned mushrooms, cheese, tomatoes, and hot honey. It’s savory first, with a sweet little kick after.
Ingredients
- 8 oz hot pork sausage
- 4 oz sliced cremini mushrooms
- 1 tsp oil
- ½ cup diced tomatoes, drained
- 1½ cups shredded Monterey Jack
- 2 large flour tortillas
- 2 tsp hot honey, plus more to taste
How to make it
- Brown and crumble sausage until it reaches 160°F. Transfer to a plate. Cook mushrooms in oil until browned and their liquid cooks off.
- Spread cheese on half of each tortilla. Add sausage, mushrooms, drained tomatoes and hot honey. Fold closed.
- Cook in a skillet over medium heat 2–4 minutes per side until golden and melted. Rest a minute, then cut into wedges.
Make it work for you
Easier: Use presliced mushrooms.
Sensory swap: Keep the tomatoes or hot honey on the side if you want the tortilla extra crisp.
Storage: Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours in a covered container. Use within 3–4 days.
Ingredients and allergens: Milk and wheat. Check the sausage and tortilla labels.
At the counter
Cook the mushrooms until the pan looks dry, and blot the tomatoes. Those two steps make it easier to get a crisp tortilla around a juicy filling.
More food that fits your day
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Food handling: USDA: Handling leftovers safely.