Quick & Easy Crispy Mushroom Quesadillas in 15-Minutes | Bon Appétit

Join Chris Morocco in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as he prepares his 15-minute recipe for crispy mushroom quesadillas. When cooked whole and left to brown, the mushrooms’ edges get lacy and crisp, while their interiors relax and tenderize-they’re almost akin to braised and shredded meat.
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Director: Cory Cavin
Director of Photography: Eric Brouse
Editor: Jared Hutchinson
Host: Chris Morocco
Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Producer: Halie Aaron
Culinary Producer: Jessica Do
Culinary Associate Producer: Katrina Zito
Culinary Researcher & Recipe Editor: Vivian Jao
Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producers: Tim Colao
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Camera Operator: Jacob Robbins
Audio: Lily Van Leeuwen
Production Assistant: Justine Ramirez
Researcher: Ryan Harrington
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin
Graphics, Animation, VFX: Léa Kichler
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0:00 Crispy Mushroom Quesadillas
0:39 Gather materials
1:08 Make pickles
1:15 Slice onions and toss with salt and vinegar
1:44 Mise en place
1:47 Slice garlic
2:18 Prep mushrooms
2:47 Grate cheddar
3:04 Cook mushrooms
3:05 Heat oil over medium-high heat
3:13 Add mushrooms and let cook undisturbed until browned
3:27 Grind spices
3:38 Grind cumin, coriander, oregano, fennel, and paprika
4:24 Toss mushrooms and season with salt
5:10 Add garlic and toss
5:23 Add ground spices and butter
5:28 Cook, tossing often
6:07 Season with more salt
6:00 Transfer mushrooms to plate
6:10 Rinse skillet
6:13 Cook quesadillas
6:15 Assemble quesadillas in pan
6:30 Cook both sides over medium-low heat
7:03 Pick cilantro
7:58 Plate and top with hot sauce
8:25 Enjoy!
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[@bethwray9915]

"An insistent, but not devastating thwack." Love that!!

[@carolinabaker2728]

came to find this comment! 😂❤

[@michelleread247]

Chris. I really dig watching him cook. Funny, straight forward, smart. BA, he's a Rockstar to me!

[@kmori123]

will be making this tomorrow! pls make this a series

[@bonappetit]

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[@laurenpelaez8970]

We LOVE you Chris!!!

[@Tomatohater64]

These look fabulous and I totally agree; Cholula sauce is yum yum. 🥲😋👌👍

[@designerivan9775]

Awesome breakfast option with Pitaya juice 👌

[@melissao.219]

Great recipe!

[@multiblurn]

Thank you Chris Morocco

[@danijelaolds2216]

OMG yum!!!! Chris is the best, more please!!!

[@mariu.marquina]

Yes! Butter is amazing… 🤤🤤🤤

[@Julheartstudio]

I loved this! A lot of helpful tips. Thank you❤️

[@adrienneRDPurWeightloss]

Great video! This recipe is a go-to. Will definitely recommend this!

[@mithulahiri4105]

YES! I'm not the only one who loves CHOLULA!!! I bet Tajin would be amazing too!

[@mynameis999]

Those look delicious 😋

[@anarchodandyist]

Ahh! Half n half! So much easier to turn than a full one. 20+ yrs a chef and I never thought of that 😅

[@kylemeyer4266]

Mushrooms are a very traditional quesadilla filling in parts of Mexico. Although I don't like flour tortillas or cheddar for quesadillas, mushrooms with quesillo or queso chihuahua (or no cheese at all) is delicious especially with a little epazote.

[@mattymattffs]

Budget bytes has a bean based quesadilla that really rocks if you add some mushrooms

[@numberoneappgames]

I absolutely love Chris.

[@kendallmarvetta]

Love it

[@getreadywithmemamma6973]

The intro music I feel like we should be singing… “Welcome Back Welcome Back Welcome Back”…. Like some weird version of a 1970’s sitcoms 😂. This is an INTJ in their creative flow.

[@earthstar2493]

How did you know I wanted to make quesadillas tonight!!!

[@earthstar2493]

Oh man I'm addicted. I didn't realize they were so easy to make!!!

[@emilybh6255]

Love your "quick pickled onions" idea

[@Ifixstuf]

I miss when Clair and brad would be here to taste what each other made.

[@lin_sporezoninstagramsell]

Look..out 👆👆👆 for the handle above he got shrooms, LSD, iboga, ketamines, c😇ke, cannabis, psych, meds, DMT trips, acid chocolate 🍫 bars, and he ships!!!!

[@renosance8941]

Don't we all.

[@halftimelordwizard]

You guys need to get over this, or atleast stop commenting about it. It was 3 years ago. It's not really fair that every top comment is about people missing old BA. It's gone! Nothing to be done about it. Watch the new stuff or don't but bringing it up all the time seems a bit rude

[@Ifixstuf]

@@halftimelordwizard No we don't. It was the most entertaining this channel was. Now it's a shell of what it was and it feels forced. No one looks like they are having fun, and most kitchens have personalities. Now everyone is like serial killer chris personality, Brad is the only one who livens it up.

[@sashadmorris]

I agree. Seems like there could still be some fun tasting banter! Who’s back there? Come try Chris quesadilla and give him some $hit about something!

[@peterflom6878]

I have tried cooking mushrooms in a bare Nonstick pan. It works pretty well!

[@RivetGardener]

Nekkid!

[@waylondesnoyers4606]

Yum

[@AM1N4L]

This looks amazing, definitely surprising the boyfriend with this some night!

[@fatimae19]

Look at all that product placement!

[@kristinchong629]

So fun. :)

[@mokajones74]

Roasted Zucchini is another fantastic quesadilla filling to pair with chicken

[@bethwray9915]

Yes! zucchini (roasted or raw slices cut super-thin), cheese, and a good salsa roja is divine in a quesadilla.

[@dchall8]

In San Antonio many places will custom make tacos for their customers. I usually ask if they have mushrooms, and if so, then I get a mushroom taco with queso blanco cheese, cilantro. and onion.

[@rikkimontero]

He’s da Man! Looks like a delicious vegetarian quesadilla

[@magicvibrations5180]

4:47 is the main reason I'm vegetarian and not vegan. Some things just can't be replaced (yet)

[@SkipRainsmyth]

If you haven't yet, try Miyoko's Cultured Vegan Butter, It's not EXACTLY like real butter but in terms of its behavior during cooking (browning, melting, etc) and taste, it's extremely close.

[@magicvibrations5180]

@@SkipRainsmyth Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately I've never seen that brand in any stores near me. Generally it seems like vegan options in America are better executed in terms of realism than over here in Denmark (in my experience) especially when it comes to vegan cheese. I can't find any brand here that melts like dairy cheese.

[@MartinMatsumoto]

Wish I could edit like that

[@willcookmakeup]

It's so interesting how opposite the two approaches to cooking mushrooms is. When I was in cooking school we started with water and then oil. I see about a 30:70 ratio here on yt videos. Love this recipe though gonna try it, but gonna cook them differently lol. Never thought to make quesadillas

[@PlumberryPuppet]

If I'm trying to be quick, I'm using the pre shredded packaged cheese instead of grating my own. It's less about the time it takes to grate, and more about not wanting to wash the grater. I've been known to matchstick cheese with a knife to avoid washing a grater.

[@DeepCaseExorcisms]

Chris is my favorite on B.A.

[@user-u6001]

I'm going to enjoy the video. Fighting! I'm going to press subscribe. For a good friend.

[@bangdonigenk]

Enak banget pasti Salam dari Indonesia

[@MrPixelHungryz]

Okay wait, I’ve seen salt and pepper but never Chris Morocco S&P

[@art_see_shan1849]

This may be dinner tonight With a nice kale salad & vinaigrette 🤞🏾👌🏾😝

[@nadia.farooqi]

This definitely did not take me 15 mins... more like 35 mins but it turned out delicious

[@coldbrew1745]

Anyone knows what pan he uses?

[@cryptomnesiac]

Mission tortillas, are you foreal?

[@eew12]

I had to giggle. Don't be scared to say vegetarian. You don't have to say "almost plant-based." There's already a word for it!

[@egyptiansushi]

A lot of people feel that a "vegetarian" meal sounds like a "meal for vegetarians". Even non-vegetarians can eat "plant-based meals" occasionally without identifying as a "vegetarian".

[@eew12]

@@egyptiansushi Relax. It was a joke. Surely you see the silliness in calling a dish loaded with cheese and butter a "nearly plant-based dish," right? You're reading into my comment a little too much.

[@LocoSheep97]

And mushrooms aren’t even plants either 😊

[@rayr5853]

What is slice rather than chop?

[@javadivawithdog]

Hmmm. Start with better tortillas. But thanks for a great idea. I've got a maitake waiting for this in the fridge right now.

[@seanmcdonagh6237]

Lady shouting in the background got the death stare/turn

[@gabriellamlh]

how do you store the pickled onions 🤔

[@stooge81]

Fridge. Keeps for weeks. I put them on everything. Maybe not cereal.

[@Becko78]

I so have to grind up my fennel too or my kids will do the same. They don't want "bugs" in their dinner.

[@lin_sporezoninstagramsell]

Look..out 👆👆👆 for the handle above he got shrooms, LSD, iboga, ketamines, c😇ke, cannabis, psych, meds, DMT trips, acid chocolate 🍫 bars, and he ships!!!!

[@paulboker8145]

I missed those videos where its actually people cooking things and not 7 pro chefs show off their favorite dances or whatever BA has been doing lately

[@shelleydoxtdator753]

Why unsalted butter?

[@alicevirtual5127]

I miss seeing the old test kitchen team in the back of these videos. People used to interact with each other, talk, throw jokes in the background. All these new faces all look isolated. Do they even like each other.

[@christinamatzen4214]

Hopefully someone reads the comments - My mortar and pestle is marble and seems very porous. I wipe it out, not wash it, with spices. I’m afraid soap will soak in. I want to use it for garlic and ginger as well as making different pastes. How do you/should I wash it?

[@marwabibicha1983]

❤❤❤❤

[@sammysoppy3361]

no one who wants to make a quick 15 min meal is breaking out a MORTAR AND PESTLE lmao

[@Flowers4Everyone]

Is pretty clutch here. 🤣🤣

[@Face_Meat]

Chris said "like" 36 times.

[@redbexx4479]

Lol the cheese in a perfect square block

[@metasamsara]

The person who invents vegan cheese as good as regular cheese will become rich

[@miguelrodriguez9954]

I was on board and then came… the Mission tortillas

[@nubbystumps6774]

Why is it that no one ever washes vegetables in cooking videos. Washing and drying the cilantro would add substantially for the time it tales to make these.

[@StephenPhayre]

It takes 15 minutes just to get out all of the ingredients and equipment LOL

[@seanmcdonagh6237]

No it doesn’t

[@StephenPhayre]

@@seanmcdonagh6237 Thanks for double-checking. I must have been mistaken.

[@1yamawai1]

cool--but my first reaction is it takes 15 minutes just to get your mise together. j/k :)

[@athena546]

why are there over 20 chapters for an 8 minute video

[@stooge81]

You can do so much better than Mission burritos (blech, hydrogenated fats...added sugar). La Banderita is a nice brand available here in the Northeast / Mid-Atlantic region.

[@skidiver]

early!

[@jst3w670]

For Chris, not every night is a Grindr night. But some nights...

[@evleevle4538]

Ha!

[@escapist83]

I don't blame your kids. I don't want my food tasting like licorice either.

[@taymo2199]

Chris! You eat a quesadilla with a knife and fork?!

[@freighter1097]

Did you see him eating with a knife and fork? Then I'd probably say yes, he does.

[@VagaBumAdventures]

Bring Brad back

[@pandoraeeris7860]

But why do you put soapweed on it?

[@Ifixstuf]

It's your DNA

[@grug_g]

Today I learned about b u t t e r

[@isaac-ww7fd]

who else watching this knowing dam well they won’t make this

[@mikesvwcorrado]

Who eats a quesadilla with a knife and fork? Do people do this?

[@nanoflower1]

I've always done that. Otherwise the fillings will spill out.

[@markzambelli]

Shout-out to the chef in back in the white clothes, long dark hair and wearing a mask... not only protecting herself but also others... you angel😇😷🥰. Mushrooms as an ingredient, cooked just like Chris says are to die for... delicious

[@michellercrouse]

condiments; no doubt, do heavy lifting

[@sophielibertyandrews6457]

There is high quality vegan butter available pretty much everywhere, and 99% of people won't be able to tell the difference in taste. Please try to use those options if you're marketing as "plant-based".

[@egyptiansushi]

Where did they market it that way? The people who want that butter know about it, and the people who don't have no need to. :) It's good to encourage people to use what they already have instead of going out and buying specialty butter for one recipe

[@kristinpiechotta9000]

Mostly plant based? 😂 just call it vegetarian!

[@dablaire89]

This seems a bit tight to call it 15 minutes tbh, mushrooms take a while to cook down to evaporate water and then start searing and then you gotta cook the quesadilla again after. Not realistic!

[@jessholdorff4953]

The thumbnail looks like Chris is holding back a gag

[@isabelghostwood4748]

You still don't get it, do you? He'll smell the food. That's what he does. That's ALL he does. You can't stop him.

[@rhettdownen6873]

15 minutes…. Hahahaha

[@rerun40807]

Everything was right except eating a quesadilla with a knife and fork. Looks odd to me

[@alabagazoonto]

"15 minutes"

[@samwarner6024]

my quesadillas are better, I'm sorry. I feel bad but lol lol lol wdnfbaeifibefkacamchbhw

[@LocalGothdadd]

bruh that garlic needs to be minced, way to chunky

[@Ironyx1]

You will never be as popular as Brad. Keep accepting your paychecks...

[@alirittoalmstedt6211]

Please stop calling anything with animal products "plant based." You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[@Taric25]

I really hate these recipes. There were so many ingredients, and this is so high in fat and carbs and virtually no protein. Bon Appétit focuses way too much on perfection of traditional recipes and maximizing flavors and never once take make-ability let alone nutrition into consideration. People don't cook like that anymore. People are watching their weight, and they're spending more time working, meaning they have less time to spend in the kitchen.

[@nic..1]

This series’ primary function is not as a set of recipes meant for us to follow… it’s testing Chris’ abilities. Go to a different channel or series lol BA isn’t doing anything remotely wrong

[@jv-pr3fc]

I didn't know that Chris had kids... I thought he was you know 💁🏻‍♂️

[@mills2277]

What happened to the content? Why is Chris Morocco making a quesadilla let’s be real . Try to get the personalities back and better content

[@benitohernandez7585]

Knife and fork for a quesadilla?!! Snob!!

[@Bonzulac]

My click away 50 seconds in was meat-based, unfortunately.

[@volcanicfields]

Que receta mas tardada y mala 😭😭

[@sleepyjoeisnotlegit]

Wtf.. no.

[@foolishjonny]

Slicing is not faster than grating garlic as you have no need to peel when you grate. Silly

[@paulbrown2005]

Chris just leave and do your own thing man ba is dead your fans will follow

[@elsbethsteele6397]

Sloppy