Breakfast Quesadilla with Refried Beans & Eggs

A filling, protein-packed, and delicious breakfast quesadilla made with refried black beans and scrambled eggs!

A couple of weeks ago, a friend told me about baleadas. Baleadas is a traditional Honduran dish. It consists of flour tortillas, filled with refried beans, crema, and cheese. My friend, who is originally from Honduras, told me he loves the one with scrambled eggs inside. 

When he told me about the dish, I knew it is something my husband and I both will love! I've never actually had Baleadas. So I can't say how close my breakfast quesadilla is to authentic baleadas. But I certainly got my inspiration from the dish!

Ingredients

• Flour tortilla (I use burrito size)
• Black refried beans (I use black refried beans simply because my friend told me that is what they use in Honduras. But if you can't find black refried beans, you can use regular pinto refried beans. I've used them both and they were delicious)
• Scrambled egg
• Cheese (I use Mexican blend shredded cheese but you can use other cheese that you would use to make quesadilla)
• Sour cream and Guacamole (for serving)

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Using the Tiktok Tortilla Hack to make breakfast Quesadilla

I'm really not the type to hype over a trend. But ever since I discovered the Tortilla Hack during quarantine, I've been using it to make quesadillas. But I like to do 3 fold instead of 4. When you use the 3 fold technique:

• It's easier to fold
• You have a bigger surface to fill your toppings
• You can have top and bottom layers as the cheese layer

Let me explain how I do the tortilla hack.

1. Make a halfway cut on tortillas from the center to the outer edge. 
2. Gently fold the tortilla in 3 so you will have folding marks to guide you where to put the filling.
3. On the first area (the left side from the cut), spread the refried bean evenly and add the scrambled egg on top.
4. On the rest of the area, spread the cheese evenly.
5. Lift the area with the bean and egg and fold it towards the second area. And fold once more to make the 3 layers. 

When you fold your tortilla this way, you are left with a quesadilla that has the top and bottom layer as cheese. So when you cook them on the pan, the cheese will melt and hold everything together. 

But if you like the "4 folding methods" better, spread your filling on the left side of the tortilla and use the right side to put the cheese. When you fold from the left bottom quadrant to the right, you will still end up with the top and bottom cheese layers. 

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Customization and toppings

• For omnivore - You are more than welcome to add your favorite breakfast protein in this quesadilla such as breakfast sausage or cooked bacon. 
• For vegan - You can substitute scrambled egg with my scrambled tofu and use vegan butter and vegan cheese to make the dish vegan-friendly.
• Recommended toppings
  • I like to serve this breakfast quesadilla with sour cream and guacamole. But I highly recommend serving the dish with sour cream. There is something very magical about creamy and tangy sour cream complementing the quesadilla. 
  • If you want to make the dish vegan, you can substitute sour cream with vegan sour cream, vegan yogurt, or guacamole. 

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