Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, easy chicken quesadillas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Easy Chicken Quesadillas is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Easy Chicken Quesadillas is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. 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:
- Prepare filling
- Make ready 8-12 flour or corn tortillas based on size, 1 Tblspn canola oil
- Prepare 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Make ready 1/2 red onion diced
- Make ready 1 jalepeno, seeded, diced
- Prepare 1 lg clove garlic minced
- Prepare 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
- Get 1 (10 oz) can diced tomato with green chilis, juices reserved
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- Take juice of 1 large lime
- Take 1 cup large grated sharp cheddar
- Make ready 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
- Get to taste salt
- Take cilantro cream salsa
- Prepare 1 cup sour cream
- Take juice and zest of 1 lime
- Take large handful cilantro leaves, chopped
- Make ready 1 teaspoon red chili flake
- Get 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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