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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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
- Prepare 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Take 1/2 red onion diced
- Get 1 jalepeno, seeded, diced
- Get 1 lg clove garlic minced
- Prepare 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
- Prepare 1 (10 oz) can diced tomato with green chilis, juices reserved
- Make ready 2 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- Make ready juice of 1 large lime
- Make ready 1 cup large grated sharp cheddar
- Make ready 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
- Get to taste salt
- Make ready cilantro cream salsa
- Get 1 cup sour cream
- Make ready juice and zest of 1 lime
- Make ready large handful cilantro leaves, chopped
- Prepare 1 teaspoon red chili flake
- Get to taste salt
Then build the quesadillas by laying grated cheese on the bottom tortilla, and then arranging the. Season and cook through the chicken breasts in a pan. If you need to master the basic steps of how to make chicken quesadilla, this is the place to start. Learn how to make Easy Chicken Quesadillas.
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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