Crab Rangoon Quesadillas: Crispy and Creamy by Big Ks Que

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Crab Rangoon Quesadillas: Crispy and Creamy These crab rangoon quesadillas combine imitation crab meat with soft cream cheese, shredded mozzarella, lemon juice, and all-purpose salt pepper garlic seasoning. The filling is spread inside burrito-size tortillas, finished with chopped green onion, folded, and toasted in bacon fat.

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Watch How to Make It

The quesadillas are served with a two-part dipping sauce made from sweet and sour sauce and chili garlic sauce. The filling, tortilla assembly, skillet toasting, and sauce all follow a straightforward sequence, with the sauce mixed after the quesadillas have been toasted.

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Why You'll Love This Recipe

The cream cheese, mozzarella, imitation crab meat, seasoning, and lemon juice are mixed together before the tortillas are filled. Combining these ingredients in one bowl keeps the filling together for spreading across the tortillas.

Green onion is added after the filling has been spread, rather than mixed into the bowl. This gives each quesadilla a layer of chopped green onion inside before the tortilla is folded over.

The quesadillas use bacon fat in the skillet for the toasting step. Each side is toasted for about 90 seconds, so both sides are cooked in the warmed bacon fat.

The sauce is prepared separately from the filling. Sweet and sour sauce is mixed with chili garlic sauce and served with the finished quesadillas rather than added inside the tortillas.

Ingredients You'll Need

For the filling, gather 1 block of soft cream cheese, 1 cup of shredded mozzarella, 1 cup of imitation crab meat, 2 teaspoons of lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon of all-purpose salt pepper garlic seasoning. These five ingredients are mixed together in a bowl before any tortillas are filled.

You will also need 2 burrito-size tortillas and 4 stalks of chopped green onion. The tortillas are each filled on one half only, while the green onion is sprinkled over the filling before folding.

Use 2 teaspoons of bacon fat for crisping the tortillas in a skillet. The bacon fat is warmed before the folded quesadillas are toasted, and the quesadillas are turned so they toast on both sides.

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For the sauce, use 1/2 cup of sweet and sour sauce and 1 teaspoon of chili garlic sauce. These are mixed together as the accompaniment for the toasted quesadillas.

The needed equipment is simple: a bowl for mixing the filling, a skillet for warming the bacon fat and toasting the quesadillas, and a utensil for mixing and spreading the filling. Have the tortillas, filling, green onion, bacon fat, and sauce ingredients organized before beginning so the quesadillas can move from assembly to the skillet in order.

How To Make It

Make the filling first, then assemble the tortillas, toast them in the skillet, and mix the sauce for serving. Keeping the sauce separate from the filling preserves the stated assembly order: the tortillas are filled with the cream cheese and crab mixture, topped with green onion, folded, toasted, and served with the mixed sauce.

Place the soft cream cheese, shredded mozzarella, all-purpose salt pepper garlic seasoning, imitation crab meat, and lemon juice in a bowl. Mix the ingredients together until they are combined into the filling.

Set out the 2 burrito-size tortillas. Divide the filling between them by spreading the mixture over one half of each tortilla, leaving the other half available to fold over the filling.

Sprinkle the chopped green onion over the filling on both tortillas. Add the green onion after spreading the filling, then fold each tortilla in half to form two quesadillas.

A man with a beard and baseball cap sprinkles green onions over a tortilla topped with a crab and cream cheese mixture.

Once both quesadillas are folded, move on to the skillet. The folded shape keeps the filling and green onion inside while each tortilla is toasted on both sides.

Place the skillet over the heat and warm the 2 teaspoons of bacon fat. The bacon fat should be warmed before the folded quesadillas are added.

Toast the quesadillas in the warmed bacon fat for about 90 seconds on the first side. Turn them and toast the second side for about 90 seconds as well.

The stated cooking time is about 90 seconds per side, for both folded quesadillas. After both sides have been toasted, remove the quesadillas from the skillet and prepare the sauce.

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In a separate mixture, combine the 1/2 cup of sweet and sour sauce with the 1 teaspoon of chili garlic sauce. Mix the two sauces together, then serve the finished sauce with the toasted quesadillas.

Serving & Variations

Serve the crab rangoon quesadillas with the sweet and sour chili garlic sauce after the quesadillas have been toasted. The sauce is a separate finishing component, while the green onion remains inside the folded tortillas with the cream cheese, mozzarella, imitation crab, seasoning, and lemon juice filling.

The recipe’s assembly is specific: spread the filling on half of each tortilla, sprinkle with green onion, and then fold. The bacon fat is used in the skillet for crisping the tortillas, while the sweet and sour sauce and chili garlic sauce are reserved for mixing and serving.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is in the filling for Crab Rangoon Quesadillas?

The filling combines soft cream cheese, shredded mozzarella, all-purpose salt pepper garlic seasoning, imitation crab meat, and lemon juice. Chopped green onion is sprinkled on before folding the tortillas.

What kind of tortillas are used?

The recipe uses 2 burrito-size tortillas.

How long do the quesadillas cook?

Toast the folded quesadillas in warmed bacon fat for about 90 seconds on each side.

What sauce is served with these quesadillas?

The recipe includes sweet and sour sauce and chili garlic sauce, which are mixed together before serving.

How many servings does this recipe make?

This recipe makes 2 servings.

Wrapping Up

These crab rangoon quesadillas begin with a bowl-mixed cream cheese, mozzarella, imitation crab, lemon juice, and seasoning filling. After the green onion is added and the tortillas are folded, the quesadillas are toasted in warmed bacon fat for about 90 seconds per side.

Recipe created by Big Ks Que for Trust Me Try It.