Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, easy chicken quesadillas. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have easy chicken quesadillas using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Chicken Quesadillas:
- Make ready filling
- Get flour or corn tortillas based on size, 1 Tblspn canola oil
- Prepare olive oil
- Take red onion diced
- Get jalepeno, seeded, diced
- Take lg clove garlic minced
- Take taco seasoning
- Get can diced tomato with green chilis, juices reserved
- Take shredded cooked chicken
- Take juice of 1 large lime
- Make ready large grated sharp cheddar
- Prepare crumbled queso fresco
- Take salt
- Get cilantro cream salsa
- Make ready sour cream
- Make ready juice and zest of 1 lime
- Make ready large handful cilantro leaves, chopped
- Prepare red chili flake
- Make ready salt
Sprinkle the chicken with salt, pepper and taco seasoning. Add the chicken to the skillet and saute. This chicken quesadilla recipe stuffed with monterey jack and cheddar cheese is just the appetizer for a Cinco de Mayo party or any celebration coming up. These Easy Chicken Quesadillas are my new obsession.
Instructions to make Easy Chicken Quesadillas:
- Saute onion garlic and jalepeno in olive oil for a few minutes, add taco seasoning and stir to toast for 2-5 minutes until onions are semi translucent
- Add drained diced tomato, stir. Add shredded chicken, stir until heated through. Add tomato juices as needed for moisture
- Turn off heat on chicken mixture, cool completely. Stir in cheese. Salt to taste. Set aside.
- Blend all salsa ingredients and chill until ready to serve
- On a medium high heat add enough canola oil to just coat a skillet or griddle
- Place tortilla on skillet, top with chicken mixture leaving a 1/2 inch of room around edges for melting room, top with tortilla
- Allow first side to crisp up and get golden, flip, repeat with remaining chicken mixture and tortillas
- Allow each to cool a few minutes and slice in quarters with a pizza cutter. Enjoy with cilantro cream salsa, fresh lime wedges, and fresh chopped cilantro as a garnish
- Side note. When using acids like lime juice always salt at the end to your preference to avoid over saltiness. Also all spicy heat (peppers and chiles) and seasoning elements can be adjusted to your preference in taste
These useful spices can be used to cook so many different meals! Easy cheesy chicken quesadillas are super easy and very satisfying. Use leftover grilled steak or pork in place of the chicken. Use salmon or tuna or some grilled fish fillets instead. This is the Best Chicken Quesadilla Recipe EVER!
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