# quesadilla

Pronunciation: US say "kay-suh-DEE-uh" /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdi(j)ə/; UK say "kay-suh-DEEL-yuh" /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiː(l)jə/

## Noun

1. A Mexican dish consisting of a tortilla filled with cheese, and sometimes other ingredients, then cooked until the cheese is melted.
   - Simple: A Mexican food made by filling a thin flat bread with cheese and cooking it until the cheese melts.
   - _The food truck's best seller is a quesadilla stuffed with mushrooms and Oaxaca cheese._
   - _He flipped the quesadillas on the griddle until both sides turned golden and crisp._

## Origin

Borrowed from the Spanish word "quesadilla."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/quesadilla (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).