This Vegetarian Loaded Mexican Tortilla Pan dinner is packed with flavour and loads of healthy goodies! A real treat that won't make you feel that you're missing out on meat. Plus it's ready in 20 minutes!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American, Mexican
Keyword: Any Time Of the year, Quick and Easy, quick vegetarian recipe, vegetarian
In a large frying pan, heat up the oil over a medium heat and add in the onion and carrot. Cook for 5 minutes until the onions start to soften.
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil, 1 onion, 1 carrot
Add in the garlic, yellow pepper and courgette. Stir and cook for 2 minutes, then add the cumin, cinnamon, ground coriander and chilli. Stir and cook for another minute, then stir in the tinned tomatoes, kidney or mixed beans, honey, salt and pepper. Bring to a bubble and allow to simmer for 10 minutes, whilst you mix your cheese sauce.
2 cloves garlic, 1 yellow bell pepper, 1 courgette, 1 tsp cumin, ½ tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp ground coriander, 1 red or green chilli, 2 x 400g (2 x 14oz) tins of good-quality chopped tomatoes, 1 x 400g (1 x 14oz) tin of kidney beans or mixed beans, 1 tsp honey, pinch salt and pepper
In a bowl, mix the 25g cheese, double cream, salt, pepper, and soured cream. This is your cheese sauce – it will be a thick, spreadable consistency.
25 g (5 tbsp) vegetarian Cheddar cheese, 4 tbsp double (heavy) cream, pinch salt and pepper, 3 tbsp soured cream
Now it's time to layer up. Spoon out half of your vegetable sauce from the pan, into a bowl, and flatten out the remaining sauce in the pan. Place one tortilla on top of the sauce in the pan, then spread half of the cheese sauce on top of the tortilla. Top with the remaining vegetable sauce from the bowl. Then place your second tortilla on top, followed by the rest of the cheese sauce.
2 flour tortillas
Sprinkle on the 100g mixed cheese and place the pan on a medium-to-high heat for a minute until the sauce starts to bubble.
100 g (1 cup minus 2 tbsp) mixed vegetarian Cheddar and vegetarian red Leicester
Place the pan under a grill for a couple of minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbling.
Serve from the pan, topped with fresh coriander, the sliced chilli, avocado, and red onion.
1 small bunch fresh coriander (cilantro), 1 fresh red chilli, 1 ripe avocado, ½ small red onion