Quesadilla Bloody Marys
By Makinze Gore
Approved by the Delish Test Kitchen

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Yields:
6 serving(s)
Prep Time:
15 mins
Total Time:
45 mins
Bloody Marys get topped with all sorts of crazy things, but we don't know why we've never done this before! A quesadilla is the perfect pairing, and now we can't have a Bloody Mary without one.
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Ingredients
For the Bloody Marys
- 3 cups
tomato juice
- 1 cup
Smirnoff vodka
- 2 Tbsp.
Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tbsp.
prepared horseradish
- 1 Tbsp.
hot sauce
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Freshly ground black pepper
For the quesadillas
- 4 tsp.
extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 2
bell peppers, thinly sliced
- 1/2
large onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 tsp.
chili powder
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
- 3
medium flour tortillas
- 1 1/2 cups
shredded cheddar
- 1 1/2 cups
shredded Monterey jack
- 2
green onions, thinly sliced
For garnish
Lime wedges
Chili powder
Jalapeños, sliced
Directions
- Step 1Make Blood Marys: In a large pitcher, combine tomato juice, vodka, Worcestershire, horseradish, hot sauce, and lemon juice and season generously with pepper.
- Step 2Make quesadillas: In a large skillet over medium heat, heat 2 teaspoons oil. Add peppers and onion and cook until soft, 5 minutes. Season with chili powder, salt, and pepper. Remove from skillet.
- Step 3To same skillet, heat remaining oil. Add a tortilla and top one half of the tortilla with a third of both cheeses, pepper-onion mixture, and green onions. Fold the other half of the tortilla over and cook, flipping once, until golden, 3 minutes per side. Repeat to make two more quesadilla. Cut into triangles.
- Step 4Assemble drinks: Rim 6 glasses with a lime wedge. Place chili powder on a small plate and dip rim of glasses into it. Pour drink into glasses and garnish with a jalapeño, lime wedge, and a quesadilla triangle.
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