Love homemade pizza, but hate making the dough? Enter, pizza quesadillas!
These pizza quesadillas are a perfect twist on a classic weekend meal that will leave you, your kids, AND your husband happy. Don’t forget to dip it in the pizza sauce!
How to make pizza quesadillas:
- Heat a skillet over medium heat and fry the pepperoni until crisp – transfer to a paper towel to drain. You can skip this step if you’re short on time, but we feel like it makes the pepperoni taste more like it does on a regular pizza.
- Brush each tortilla with a thin layer of pizza sauce. Most pizza quesadilla or “pizzadilla” recipes skip this step – but this is what MAKES these quesadillas.
- Assemble quesadillas by sprinkling cheese on top of the sauce on the bottom tortilla, topping it with pepperoni, and sprinkling another layer of cheese on top. Place a second tortilla on top, sauce side down.
- Preheat a greased skillet over medium heat. While cooking spray works well, we prefer to brush the skillet slightly with butter. It tastes a little more authentic that way. Don’t skip this step, or your tortillas won’t turn out as nicely browned or crispy.
- Gently place quesadilla in the pan and cook for 3 to 5 minutes on each side, until cheese is melted and tortillas are crispy.
- Slice into quarters and serve with a bowl of warm pizza sauce.
Add-ins & substitutions for Pizza Quesadillas:
- low-fat cheese instead of full-fat cheese
- whole wheat tortillas or flat-outs instead of flour tortillas
- sautèed peppers or sliced mushrooms (to sneak in a few extra veggies)
- ham and pineapple instead of pepperoni
- turkey pepperoni in place of regular pepperoni
- sliced olives
- extra cheese (because sometimes you just need to!)
- serve with ranch for dipping instead of pizza sauce (this is a HUGE favorite at our house)
Mom-tip:
Other Pizza Recipes:
Looking for other kid-friendly pizza recipes? Try these:
- Cauliflower Crust Pizza (healthier, but still so tasty)
- Easy Taco Pizza
- Pizza Stuffed Zucchini Boats
- Zucchini Pizza Casserole
- Easy Pizza Toast
Serves: 4
All the deliciousness of homemade pepperoni pizza, ready in a fraction of the time. With pepperoni and sauce tucked into the gooey, cheesy insides Pepperoni Pizza Quesadillas are a kid-friendly meal everyone will love.
10 minPrep Time
25 minCook Time
35 minTotal Time
Save RecipeIngredients
- 8 flour tortillas
- 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
- 6 ounces sliced pepperoni
- 1 (16 ounce) jar of pizza sauce
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium heat and fry the pepperoni until crisp - transfer to a paper towel to drain
- Brush each tortilla with a thin layer of pizza sauce.
- Sprinkle cheese on top of the sauce on the bottom tortilla. Top with pepperoni. Sprinkle another layer of cheese and place the other tortilla on top, sauce side down
- Preheat a greased skillet over medium heat.
- Gently place quesadilla in the pan and cook for 3 to 5 minutes on each side, until cheese is melted and tortillas are crispy.
- Slice into quarters and serve with a bowl of warm pizza sauce.
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I stole the idea from the "pizzadillas" that TGIFridays used to have on their menu. I don't know why they took that off the menu! It was so good!