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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash yams, cut a slit lengthwise on each yam; and microwave about 5 to 7 minutes or until done. | 2. Heat oil in a medium saucepan, add onions with a pinch of salt and saute, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and carmelized, about 20 to 25 minutes. | 3. Peel yams (now cooled down) and place in a mixing bowl, add honey, butter, lime juice, salt and pepper to taste; mash with a potato masher. | 4. Toast tortilla in a dry cast-iron fry pan or comal. | 5. To assemble quesadillas, lay toasted tortilla on a work surface, spread a layer of mashed yam over the surface, top with carmelized onions, and garnish with grated cotija cheese. | 6. Just before serving, heat assembled quesadillas in the microwave, until warm. | 7. Serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
potato	2		sweet	-	-	-	-
extra virgin olive oil	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
red onion	2		julienned	-	-	-	-
honey	4	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
butter	3	tablespoons	unsalted	256.5	11.7855	8.0145	21.6
lime juice	2			7.5625	2.5469999999999997	0.127	0.0212
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
corn tortilla	4			-	-	-	-
cotija cheese	1 1/3	cups	grated	585.6	6.352	32.0	48.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.