This Grilled Corn Quesadilla Recipe is a delicious vegetarian dinner. Tortillas filled with grilled corn and veggies pair up with melty cheese in this delicious summer meal.
Grilled Corn Quesadilla Recipe
Originally posted August 3, 2012. Photos and post have been updated.
I have a little thing for grilled corn. I don’t know what it is, but I can’t seem to get enough of it. My grill has seen more corn this summer than anything else.
I’ve also had a thing for quesadillas lately. Not just your cheese filled tortillas, but cheese filled tortillas with lots of other goodness.
Like these Shrimp Quesadillas with Chorizo. Or Roasted Veggie Quesadillas.
Or how about like this grilled corn salsa. The salsa was good enough to eat on it’s own, but add it to the center of a quesadilla, and it’s a whole new ballgame.
This, my friends, is a quesadilla done right.
I didn’t even serve mine with any sort of dipper or sauce – they were good just straight up. But I think a side of guacamole would be fantastic.
Don’t let summer pass you by without grilling up some corn and making this Grilled Corn Quesadilla Recipe. They just might end up being a summer favorite! Especially since they use some of that great summer garden produce.
How to make this Grilled Corn Quesadilla Recipe
Start by heating up your grill to medium high heat. While the grill is heating up, shuck your corn and remove all of the silk. Grill the corn, turning it often, until it is charred. I like to really char my corn for this recipe – more than if I were going to just eat the corn. I love the extra smoky flavor it brings!!
Once your corn is cooked, cut the kernels from the cobs. Combine that corn with chopped peppers, green onions, cilantro, some spices and a bit of lime juice. Resist every urge to just eat the corn salsa plain. 🙂
Heat a large skillet, spray it with nonstick cooking spray, then put a tortilla down in the skillet. Add some cheese, then some of the corn salsa, then fold the tortilla over.
Cook until both sides are brown and crispy and the cheese is melted through, flipping once. (Flip carefully – the filling comes out easily!)
Enjoy!
What to serve with this Grilled Corn Quesadilla Recipe
Easy Baked Beans with Bacon
Crown Ruby Fruit Salad
Tomato and Herb Salad
Quick and Easy Salsa with Baked Tortilla Chips
Tropical Guacamole
More easy summer grilling recipes
Bacon Wrapped Teriyaki Chicken Skewers
Taco Grilled Fish Recipe
Sweet and Sour Meatball Skewers
Grilled Brown Sugar Mustard Chicken
Grilled White Pizza Recipe with Bacon and Basil
Grilled Corn Quesadilla Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 ears fresh corn
- 1/2 cup chopped red pepper
- 3 chopped green onions
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- Juice from 1 lime
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 6 8-inch flour tortillas
- 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Instructions
- Heat a grill to medium-high heat. Shuck and clean the corn and grill the corn until it is charred. Let cool, then cut the kernels from the cobs.
- In a bowl, combine the corn, bell pepper, green onions, cilantro, lime juice, salt and chili powder.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Spray with nonstick cooking spray and lay one of the tortillas in the skillet. Add one-sixth of the cheese to half of the tortilla and then top the cheese with one-sixth of the corn mixture. Fold the tortilla over. Cook until browned on the bottom, then flip over to brown the other side and finish melting the cheese. Remove from the skillet and cut into wedges.
- Repeat with the remaining tortillas, cheese, and filling.
carrian says
Those sound awesome!! I love quesadillas lately!
Debbie Flores says
I’m obsessed with grilled corn this summer too! So delicious! We’ve been grilling it in the husk lately and the flavors great. The quesadillas look awesome and I’m so happy to have found your blog!
Cookie and Kate says
This is just the kind of simple meal I want to make at my new place. Thank you for the link love and for including me in your blogger spotlight. Please take it easy!
natalie@thesweetslife says
I love both of those features too, so I’m glad you found a compromise 🙂 And these sound fantastic!
Karly says
These look delicious!
You came to a great compromise. I’m glad you aren’t cutting out either feature!
teresa says
i totally understand, and good for you for knowing when to cut stuff out. good luck with that pregnancy!
these look amazing, i love the grilled corn!
Lori @ RecipeGirl says
What an awesome summer appetizer! Or for dinner, it would be perfect for me. Good for you for cutting back and deciding on a rotation. You’ll feel a little less stressed, I’m sure, and there is still something to look forward to every week!
Marina says
It looks so tasty!!