Wild Mushroom Quesadillas with Warm Black Bean Salsa

Loved these. It was one of those recipes that looked so yummy on paper and then as I was making it I was thinking "hmmmm...not so sure about this". I mean mushrooms, black beans, and barbecue sauce? Trust me, it's delicious for a low-key, comfort-foody, casual meal.
I reduced the barbecue sauce to about 3 tablespoons because I don't love a lot of store-bought sauces in my cooking. Goodness knows I salt things enough as it is...I don't need an extra 1000mg of sodium from the ingredients themselves! I thought it had the perfect taste. Something about that salsa had me begging for me the whole night! I kept eating it by the spoonful.
I had some extra zucchini sitting in my fridge, so I chopped those up and threw them in with the mushrooms as well. My toddler will eat anything in a tortilla (he thinks it's "just like pizza!"), so I figured it'd get a few more veggies in him.
I didn't have room in my budget for crimini and shiitake mushrooms, so I did crimini and plain old white button mushrooms. Again - deliciousness!

Recipe below and here.

4 stars - definitely will make it again!

Wild Mushroom Quesadillas with Warm Black Bean Salsa

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, plus some for drizzling
• 16 crimini mushroom caps, baby portobellos, with stems, trimmed and thinly sliced
• 12 shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced, stems discarded
• Coarse black pepper and salt
• 1 tablespoon (a few sprigs) fresh thyme leaves, chopped, or 1 teaspoon dried
• 4 large flour tortillas, 12 inches in diameter
• 2 cups shredded sharp white cheddar

Salsa:

• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 can black beans, drained
• 1 cup frozen corn kernels
• 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes in oil, chopped
• 1/2 cup smoky barbecue sauce
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the oil and the sliced mushrooms to the hot skillet. Season mushrooms with black pepper, salt and thyme. Saute the mushrooms 10 minutes or, until dark and tender, then remove from heat. Transfer the mushrooms to a dish and return the skillet to the stove over medium heat.

Add another turn of extra-virgin olive oil to the skillet and add the onions, garlic and jalapeno pepper; saute for 2 or 3 minutes, then add beans and corn to the pan. Stir in chopped tomatoes and barbecue sauce, then season salsa with salt and pepper. Transfer warm salsa to a serving dish.

Heat a griddle pan or large nonstick skillet over medium to medium high heat. Add a drizzle of oil to the pan and 1 flour tortilla. Cook tortilla 1 minute, then turn it over. Sprinkle 1/2 cup sharp cheddar over 1/2 of the flour tortilla. Cover the cheese with 1/4 of the cooked sliced mushrooms. Fold the plain 1/2 of the tortilla over top of the filling and gently press down with a spatula. Cook the filled quesadilla 30 seconds to a minute longer on each side to lightly brown and crisp the quesadilla and melt the cheese. Remove the quesadilla to a large cutting board or transfer to a warm oven to hold, then repeat with remaining quesadilla ingredients.

Cut each quesadilla into wedges and serve with warm salsa for topping.