These baked quesadillas are the absolute best because it's quick and easy and made in sheet pan and baked in the oven! Perfect to feed a crowd. Soft flour tortillas are loaded with ground beef filling, seasoned with Mexican taco seasonings, roasted red peppers, optional homemade salsa and melted gooey cheese. This will be your no.1 quesadilla recipe! This recipe works great with steak too!
Need dinner for a crowd in a hurry? Then I have a great sheet pan dinner for you. This quesadilla recipe is great way to make many quesadillas faster. The trick is to make baked quesadillas!
Just trim your tortillas to fit the sheet pan add the cheese and beef etc then pop it in the oven. More details on the ingredients and quesadilla recipe below.
My oven quesadilla recipe is super handy on busy weeknights. The fillings and toppings options are endless. Make this recipe your own.
If you don't care for beef fillings, add shrimp. Don't like shrimp, add chicken or steak. Basically, add you'r favorite fillings. I usually go for beef or chicken because that's what my family loves. Choose your favorite toppings or make them without toppings.
I love quesadillas without toppings. Since this oven quesadilla is cheesy enough and has enough sauce to make the filling nice and moist, I didn't bother with toppings. Sheet pan quesadillas are truly the best and easiest way to get dinner ready in a jiffy.
This quesadilla recipes uses flour tortillas. Feel free to use corn if you like. I I also used the medium sized tortillas but large ones are fine too!
HOW TO MAKE A QUESADILLA
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cook the ground beef then drain most of the fat. Leave about 2 tablespoons of the fat in the skillet.
- Add the homemade Mexican taco seasoning. You can also store bought taco seasoning. Add the salsa and tomato sauce to the skillet with the ground beef. Add the flour slurry. Mix until the sauce thickens up. Remove the beef from the skillet and let it cool for 10 minutes.
- While the beef is cooling, prepare the quesadillas. Lightly spray a 9X13 baking sheet/pan covered in foil with vegetable oil. Trim about 10 tortillas to fit the baking sheet. Add half of the tortillas to the baking sheet. Add the cheese and then the cooled ground beef mixture.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven for a couple minutes. Remove from the oven. Add the roasted red peppers and more cheese. Add the rest of the trimmed tortillas on top of the cheese. Bake for a couple of minutes. Open up the oven and with a wooden spoon or large spoon, press down on the quesadillas.
- Pressing down on the tortillas will flatten them and help them stick to the cheese. Remove and slice into squares.
FILLINGS FOR A GREAT QUESADILLA RECIPE
A quesadilla is not a quesadilla unless you have delicious fillings. For this quesadilla recipe, I kept things simple. If you want to customize your quesadilla, you can add black beans, sweet corn, shrimp for a surf and turf quesadilla or steak.
You can eliminate the beef and turn this into a steak quesadilla. The options are endless. For a vegetarian option, sub the beef for mushrooms.
Don't worry if the gooey cheese and beef filling is hanging out on the sides. I hope you can add this quesadilla recipe to your sheet pan dinner favorites! If you liked this recipe then you'll love my easy low carb taco casserole.
If you loved this Quesadilla recipe, here are some of my other Mexican inspired and chicken/beef meals that you may also like.
- Yasss The Best Meatloaf Recipe
- Instant Pot Grape Jelly Meatballs
- Best Chili Recipe
- Beef Tacos
- Taco Salad
- Peruvian Fried Rice
- Jamaican Beef Patties With Perfect Flaky Crust
- Chicken Tacos and a Taco Seasoning Recipe
- Taco Spaghetti
Quesadillas (Sheet Pan Quesadilla recipe)
Ingredients
- ½ cup store bought salsa See the link to homemade salsa in note below.
- 1 ½ tbsp homemade taco seasoning see notes below
- ½ cup plain tomato sauce
- 1 lb ground beef
- 3 cup cheese ( I used monterery jack and colby mix)
- ⅛ cup diced jarred roasted red peppers
- 10 soft tortillas
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F. Spray a large 9x13 inch baking sheet with cooking spray. Cover the sheet pan in foil or parchment paper if you like then spray the foil/parchment paper with the cooking spray. In a small bowl add the water and flour and mix well until the clumps have disappeared. Set to the side.
- Heat large skillet over medium high heat until hot. Add ground beef; cook until browned. Drain all but 2 tablespoons of the fat from the beef. Do not turn off the stove. Add the seasoning mix (see notes), salsa and tomato sauce. Add the slurry and mix until the ground beef mixture thickens. Reduce to simmer for 5 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes.
- Cover the baking sheet with half of the flour tortillas, trimming to fit. Sprinkle cheese and cooled ground beef.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven for a couple minutes. Remove pan from the oven. Top with the roasted red peppers and more cheese. Add the rest of the trimmed tortillas on top of the cheese. Bake for a couple of minutes.
- Open up the oven and with a wooden spoon or large spoon, press down on the quesadillas. Pressing down on the tortillas will flatten them and help them stick to the cheese. Remove and slice into squares. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Cassie
So tasty and really easy to prepare for a crowd. Thanks for the recipe!
April
So glad you enjoyed it!!
Stine Mari
This is great! I’m amazed at how easy it all looks. I think I’ll make this for dinner tomorrow, perfect for feeding a crowd!
Stine Mari
Katrina
Love this idea! Must try!!
April
Thank you Katrina!
Cheese Curd In Paradise
What an awesome idea to make the quesadillas on a sheet pan! Genius! Then I don't have to have my kiddos fighting over who gets the first one. I can't wait to try these!
Cheese Curd In Paradise
Karyl Henry
I've never thought to do quesadillas on a sheet pan...this is genius! I normally make mine in a big skillet, but I think I like this idea even better.
Nina
Was dying to make these but am a cooking newbie and need super clear directions - I can't find the steps after "cover baking sheet with tortilla-"... how long do these go in the oven for? Covered, uncovered? Hoping to make these soon, sounds delicious!
April
Hi Nina. Oh wow sorry. I'm not sure what happened but I just updated the recipe. The directions are actually in the body of the post too. Bake the quesadillas for a couple minutes to melt the cheese anywhere between 2-5 minutes. If you want the top of your quesadillas to be a bit crisp then keep them in the oven a bit longer but make sure you keep an eye on them because they will cook fast. Thank you and I hope you enjoy them. They are amazing!
KB
This was not only a great idea but it was delicious as well. This will be my go to recipe for quesadillas for now on.
April
Oh wow I'm flattered! Thank you so much KB!
c
I love this idea! It makes it easy to feed a crowd in a snap!
April
Thank you Cindy!
April
Yeah I totally love that I can make a huge quesadilla in the oven then slice and serve. Thank you Natalie!
Veena Azmanov
I can not wait to try this incredible recipe! This is a great idea for dinner for me and my family! I like all the ingredients included in this recipe. I definitely want to try this and I'm sure it's very tasty! Thank you for sharing this great recipe! YUM!!!
April
I really hope you can give it a try Veena! Thanks so much 🙂
sue | theviewfromgreatisland
I'm sharing this today on facebook, it looks insanely good.
April
Aww thanks a bunch! I really appreciate it Sue!
Denisse | Le Petit Eats
I don't eat meat but I am definitely into this idea of sheet pan quesadillas, such a clever idea!
April
Vegetable one would be perfect for you! Thank you Denisse!
Stephanie@ApplesforCJ
This is such an awesome idea. I love quesadillas but never thought of making them like this. Will be trying this soon!
April
Thank you so much Stephanie!
Elaine @ Dishes Delish
I simply adore this idea! I always make them individually but making it as a casserole? Holy moly! I believe it will be a life changer. Especially for Cinco de Mayo that's coming up pretty quickly! Your recipe looks both delicious and easy and I love your photography!
April
Aww thank you sooo much for your kind words Elaine! I appreciate it. These quesadillas are perfect for Cinco de Mayo! Hope you can try them out!
Jacqueline Meldrum
What a great idea to cook them in the oven like this and you can add much more filling.
April
Thank you so much Jacqueline 🙂
Demeter
This is so smart to save time and knock it all out at once when trying to get dinner on the table! I'm all for anything that makes life easier!
April
Exactly! I have a big family so this is the way we do our quesadillas. Thank you so much Demeter!