Murrieta Neighbor's Game Day Recipe: Sheet Pan Nacho Quesadillas

Murrieta, California — If you plan it right, the snacks at your football watch party on Feb. 11 will be as much discussed as the key plays. When we asked Murrieta readers to submit their MVP-worthy recipes, Tamara Zagola submitted this recipe:

Sheet Pan Nacho Quesadillas

Ingredients
* 1 ½ pounds ground beef
* 1 sweet onion, peeled and chopped
* 1 tablespoon chili powder {can be increased or decreased depending on how spicy you like things)
* 1 16-ounce package of Velveeta, cut into 1 inch cubes
* 1 14 ounce can diced tomatoes with green chilies, drained
* 2 tablespoons butter, melted
* 8 ounces shredded cheddar or Mexican cheese blend
* 1 cup corn kernels (fresh or thawed)
* 10 8-inch flour tortillas
* Your choice of toppings! Sour cream, salsa, guacamole, chopped scallions and lime wedges are all great.
instructions
1. Get out two rimmed baking sheets and preheat your oven to 425.
2. Place beef and onion in a heavy large skillet and cook over medium high heat until meat is browned. Stir in chili powder.
3. Add the Velveeta cheese and stir until it is fully melted.
4. Add the tomatoes and stir until everything is well combined.
5. Brush one sheet pan with melted butter. Lay out three tortillas per side, with half the tortilla hanging off the edge. Place one tortilla on each end, also hanging off the side, and one in the middle so that the whole sheet pan is covered.
6. Sprinkle half the shredded cheese over the full length of the sheet pan, then add the beef mixture on top. Sprinkle with the corn and remaining cheese.
7. Fold the tortillas over the filling, and pop that last tortilla in the center so everything is covered. Brush the top with melted butter.
8. Now take that second sheet pan and smoosh it down firmly on top of the quesadilla. Pop the whole thing in the oven for 25 minutes.
9. Take it out, remove the top sheet pan and let everything cool for about 5 minutes.
10. Slice it up into squares (a pizza cutter works great for this) and serve with your choice of toppings!

notes:
Tortillas: Make sure you get flour tortillas and not corn tortillas – flour tortillas will be much more flexible when you fold them over.
Spice level! You can make these quesadillas either spicier or milder by increasing or decreasing the amount of chili powder, and using regular canned diced tomatoes instead of the version with chilis

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