Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, easy chicken quesadillas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have easy chicken quesadillas using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Chicken Quesadillas:
Get filling
Prepare 8-12 flour or corn tortillas based on size, 1 Tblspn canola oil
Get 2 tablespoons olive oil
Take 1/2 red onion diced
Make ready 1 jalepeno, seeded, diced
Take 1 lg clove garlic minced
Make ready 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
Take 1 (10 oz) can diced tomato with green chilis, juices reserved
Get 2 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken
Take juice of 1 large lime
Take 1 cup large grated sharp cheddar
Take 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
Prepare to taste salt
Make ready cilantro cream salsa
Take 1 cup sour cream
Prepare juice and zest of 1 lime
Make ready large handful cilantro leaves, chopped
Make ready 1 teaspoon red chili flake
Make ready to taste salt
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
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