Servings: 2 quesadillas
Calories: 234.1kcal
Equipment
- air fryer
- cuisinart grill or panini press
- small baking tray
- small mixing bowl
- fork or whisk
- skillet
- spatula
- knife
Ingredients
- 2 Mission carb balance tortillas or your favorite brand
- 1½ c frozen O'Brien hash brown potatoes
- 2½ oz chopped ham
- 6 egg whites
- 4 tbsp shredded fat free cheddar
- pinch salt
- pinch pepper
- 1 stick butter (see notes)
- olive oil spray
Instructions
Prepping the Ingredients
- Line the air fryer baking tray with aluminum foil. Spread the O'Brien potatoes out on the tray and spritz them with the olive oil spray.
- Cook the potatoes at 400℉ on the top level of the air fryer for 8 min. Remove the potatoes from the air fryer. Turn the potatoes over and return them to the air fryer for another 3-4 min. They are done when they are tender and crispy. Set aside.
- Chop the ham into bite size pieces and set aside.
- Place the egg whites into a mixing bowl. Add the salt and pepper. Use a whisk or fork to beat the egg whites until frothy.
- Preheat the skillet. Pull back the paper on the stick of butter. Quickly rub the stick of butter over the bottom of the skillet. When I normally do this, I use 4 g of butter.
- Add the egg whites to the buttered skillet. Use a spatula to scramble the eggs as you cook them. Remove the eggs from the skillet when done and set aside.
Preparing the Breakfast Quesadillas
- Preheat the double sided electric grill or panini grill to 400℉.
- Place a flour quesadilla on a plate. Spread half of the air fried O'Brien hash brown potatoes on the bottom half of the quesadilla.
- Spread out half of the scrambled egg whites over the potato layer.
- Spread half of the chopped ham over the scrambled egg layer.
- Sprinkle half of the shredded fat free cheddar cheese over the chopped ham layer.
- Fold the top half of the tortilla over the bottom half. Transfer the quesadilla to the electric grill or panini press. Lower the lid and grill until the tortilla is crispy and the cheese is melted. If you don't have a grill or panini press, you can cool the quesadilla in a hot skillet.
- Transfer the grilled quesadilla to a plate. Cut into thirds and serve.
Notes
When I make scrambled eggs, I prefer to lightly rub a stick of butter over the surface of the skillet. On several different occasions, I weighed the stick of butter before and after greasing the skillet with it. I routine find that I use 4 g of butter when using this method.
This is a high sodium recipe. The tortillas, ham and cheese are all high in sodium. If you use lower sodium ham, cheese and tortillas the sodium content in the recipe will be reduced from 996 mg to 776 mg. You can either make sure your other meals for the day are low in sodium to compensate or pass on this recipe.
Nutrition
Serving: 1quesadilla | Calories: 234.1kcal | Carbohydrates: 31.3g | Protein: 28.2g | Fat: 4.2g | Saturated Fat: 1.3g | Sodium: 996mg | Fiber: 16.8g | Sugar: 1.9g
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