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quesadilla

/ˌkeɪsəˈdijə/
/keɪsəˈdiə/
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Other forms: quesadillas

Next time you go to a Mexican restaurant, you might want to order a quesadilla, a grilled tortilla filled with melty cheese.

Quesadillas come on flour or corn tortillas, which are loaded with cheese and sometimes vegetables or meat, and cooked over high heat. In Mexico, a quesadilla is traditionally made with Oaxaca cheese inside a folded corn tortilla, which is grilled without oil and served with salsa. There are many variations of this popular dish. Quesadilla comes from the Spanish queso, "cheese."

Definitions of quesadilla
  1. noun
    a tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated
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    type of:
    burrito
    a flour tortilla folded around a filling
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