Sheet pan cheesy beef quesadillas are baked in one big batch in the oven instead of cooking them one by one on the stove. These baking sheet quesadillas are made with soft flour tortillas and loaded with ground beef filling, seasoned with Mexican taco seasonings, roasted red peppers, optional homemade salsa and melted gooey cheese. Perfect for dinner or lunch! This is how you make a large quantity of crisp but soft quesadillas in the oven for your family or a crowd fast!
Need dinner for a crowd in a hurry? Then I have a great sheet pan dinner for you. Baking the quesadillas in the oven is the key to making a bunch of quesadillas quickly. 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 recipe is below.
My sheet pan quesadilla recipe is super handy on busy nights. The fillings and topping you can add are endless. Make this recipe your own. If you don’t care for beef fillings, add shrimp. Don’t like shrimp, add chicken. 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 eat them without toppings.
I love sheet pan quesadillas without toppings. Since this oven baked quesadillas is cheesy enough and has enough sauce to make the filling nice and moist, I didn’t bother with any additional sauces or toppings. These baked quesadillas are simple with a classic beef filling. Sheet pan quesadillas are truly the best and easiest way to get dinner ready in a jiffy.
You can make these baking sheet quesadillas with regular flour tortillas or square tortillas. It may be a little difficult to find square flour tortillas because I’ve only seen them in the store a couple times. You may have better luck. If you can’t find square tortillas, you can use regular round tortillas. I used the medium sized tortillas. Feel free to use the large tortillas if you like.
- 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 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.
Don’t worry if the gooey cheese and beef filling is hanging out on the sides. I hope you can add this quick baked quesadilla recipe to your sheet pan dinner favorites! If you liked this recipe then you’ll love my shredded chicken taco with homemade salsa and taco seasoning.
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
- Best Chili Recipe
- Quesadillas (Sheet Pan Quesadilla recipe
- Peruvian Fried Rice
- Jamaican Beef Patties With Perfect Flaky Crust
- Chicken Tacos and a Taco Seasoning Recipe
- Enfrijoladas
- Taco Spaghetti
- Cheesy Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread Tamale Pie
Sheet pan cheesy beef quesadillas are baked in the oven instead of the stove. These baking sheet quesadillas are made with soft flour tortillas and loaded with ground beef filling, seasoned with Mexican taco seasonings, roasted red peppers, optional homemade salsa mixed with a bit of tomato sauce and melted gooey cheese.This is a fun way to make a large quantity of crisp but soft quesadillas in the oven for your family or a crowd fast!
- 1/2 cup store bought salsa See the link to homemade salsa in note below.
- 1 1/2 tbsp store bought taco seasoning See notes below for link to homemade taco seasoning
- 1/2 cup plain tomato sauce
- 1 lb ground beef
- 3 cup cheese ( I used monterery jack and colby mix)
- 1/8 cup diced jarred roasted red peppers
- 10 soft tortillas
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp flour
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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.
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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 taco seasoning, 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.
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Cover the baking sheet with half of the flour tortillas, trimming to fit. Sprinkle cheese and cooled ground beef.
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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.
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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!
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!
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!
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.
Oh wow I’m flattered! Thank you so much KB!
I love this idea! It makes it easy to feed a crowd in a snap!
Thank you Cindy!
Yeah I totally love that I can make a huge quesadilla in the oven then slice and serve. Thank you Natalie!
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!!!
I really hope you can give it a try Veena! Thanks so much 🙂
I’m sharing this today on facebook, it looks insanely good.
Aww thanks a bunch! I really appreciate it Sue!
I don’t eat meat but I am definitely into this idea of sheet pan quesadillas, such a clever idea!
Vegetable one would be perfect for you! Thank you Denisse!
This is such an awesome idea. I love quesadillas but never thought of making them like this. Will be trying this soon!
Thank you so much Stephanie!
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!
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!
What a great idea to cook them in the oven like this and you can add much more filling.
Thank you so much Jacqueline 🙂
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!
Exactly! I have a big family so this is the way we do our quesadillas. Thank you so much Demeter!
I am in love with this recipe. It’s such a great idea! And so easy, this is definitely something I’m going to have to make.
Danielle thank you!
This is Amazing April! Couldn’t have imagined to make quesadillas in a sheet pan! Will try this technique soon.
I’m glad you like it. Thanks Sonal!
I make something similar we call mex lasagna but it never looked this good going to try this recipe thank you
Thank you so much Claudia! I would love to try Mexican lasagna. I was just talking about that with my girlfriend. I have to add it to my to do list. I hope you enjoy it!
Omg this is serious comfort food and so easy, so excited to make this!
Thanks Emily!
Oh my goodness this looks utterly amazing my mouth is literally drooling! Love the idea of making it in an oven sheet pan – so easy!
This is such a genius idea, way better than flipping tortillas all day! I have to find some square tortillas to make this ASAP!
Haha yes. I can’t imagine making quesadillas for my family on the stove-top. Standing and flipping is not happening! Thank you Sara!
girl, these look absolutely amazing!! I am going to pin this for later, for sure!!! Original, unique idea!!
Thank you very much Cam :)!
What a brilliant idea! I’ve never thought to do this, and always make one at a time — and we make quesadillas often around here. I’m definitely doing this method next time. 🙂
Thank you so much Valentina!
Looks so delicious. I dont make Mexican food that much although I use those flavors a lot in my cooking. This makes me want to try it.
Thank you so much Roxana!
Yum Yum. Yum. Yum. Yum! These are a genius! I can’t wait to try this quesadilla this weekend. Do you think I can substitute shredded chicken for the ground beef?
Thank you! Yes shredded chicken will work also. I actually have a shredded chicken recipe here https://whiskitrealgud.com/2018/02/shredded-chicken-tacos/
Just wanted to tell you that I have made this a couple times already but I forgot to leave a review. I made a smaller version because it’s only me, but it was so delicious and had plenty of leftovers.
Oh wow! I’m flattered. Thank you so much for trying it! 🙂
Great recipe, April. Quick and easy and my family simply loved it. This dish is definitely a keeper and going into rotation. Thanks
Thanks so much for the great feedback. I’m happy your family enjoyed it!
I haven’t these in a while, you might say but why Fred you live on the land some of the best quesadillas are made. And that’s the challenge because I didn’t know which one to get. However, through my blogging buddy I can now make them from scratch. Your recipe looks so delicious and it needs to happen in my kitchen sometime soon, my wife would love it! Thanks Aoril!
Fred I hope your wife really likes it! Thank you!
YUMM they look seriously tasty – I could eat one now! I’m going to keep my eyes out for those square tortillas! Thanks for sharing :O)
These are so totally mouth watering! Here in Italy we don’t find tortillas everywhere but next time I do, going to try these out!
Brilliant idea! Whenever I make a lot of quesadillas, the first one is always cold with hard cheese by the time the last one is finished. Not fun! But now, problem solved with this amazing recipe! Thank you!!
This is such a great idea. I always want to make quesadillas for my family, but can never time them right. However this recipe had solved that issue. Thank you!
These look so good and easy to make! I can’t wait to try them!
Ok I LOVE quesadillas and this looks like an amazing way to make them! You’re always coming in clutch with these delicious recipes that I know my husband will eat!!! (He’s a picky eater, haha!)
Men love quesadillas don’ they? If my husband and kids could eat quesadillas every day, they would be totally okay with it lol. Thank you Stephanie!
I am dying over this! Those close up shots did a number on my hunger levels!! The best part is how versatile this is and you can literally use whatever fillings you wish!! This is a winner!
That was the plan haha! Camila, thank you so much!
These Sheet pan cheesy beef quesadillas is so yummy! I can’t wait to try this.
Thank you Melve!
Your pictures are what made me click over to check out the recipe. All that burger oozing out of those tortillas is making my mouth water!!
My work here is done haha. Thank you so much Lisa!
Love this idea. I’m a huge fan of quesadillas and your recipe looks amazing 🙂
Thank you so much Jeanette!
This looks so tasty, I love quesadillas and these ones look especially good.
This is genius for a party. And I seriously want to crawl through the screen and eat it – the pictures are mouthwateringly amazing. Love your blog!
April – I could have never thought of baking quesadillas. This is such an effortless way to make so many in one go. Just amazing 👏👏.
Dang, this looks so freakin’ good. And so easy for a Wednesday night! I’m so doing it for my boys.
DO IT! haha thanks so much Cindy!
What an incredible idea! totally pinning these to try!
You will not regret it. They are so good! Thank you! Sarah!
I started drooling as soon as I saw the melty cheese and juicy beef! So tasty looking! This would be perfect to serve at my next party or get-together.
Thank you Marie!
omg these look ridiculously delicious!! I just want to take this sheet pan and hide out in a corner with it 🙂
Haha they are hide in the corner good! Thank you so much Sue!
You made delicious quesadilla in one pan, I never thought of this . This great for a get together of even big family dinner. I also like the addition of homemade taco seasoning.
Thank you Swathi!
What a fun idea! We love quesadillas and this is a great way to get them all done at once!
Exactly. I love making them! Thank you Carlee!