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Steps to Prepare Award-winning Easy Chicken Quesadillas

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Sean Caldwell

Easy Chicken Quesadillas
Easy Chicken Quesadillas

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, easy chicken quesadillas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy Chicken Quesadillas is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Easy Chicken Quesadillas is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have easy chicken quesadillas using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Chicken Quesadillas:
  1. Get filling
  2. Prepare 8-12 flour or corn tortillas based on size, 1 Tblspn canola oil
  3. Take 2 tablespoons olive oil
  4. Make ready 1/2 red onion diced
  5. Get 1 jalepeno, seeded, diced
  6. Get 1 lg clove garlic minced
  7. Get 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
  8. Make ready 1 (10 oz) can diced tomato with green chilis, juices reserved
  9. Take 2 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken
  10. Get juice of 1 large lime
  11. Get 1 cup large grated sharp cheddar
  12. Prepare 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
  13. Make ready to taste salt
  14. Make ready cilantro cream salsa
  15. Take 1 cup sour cream
  16. Get juice and zest of 1 lime
  17. Make ready large handful cilantro leaves, chopped
  18. Make ready 1 teaspoon red chili flake
  19. Prepare to taste salt
Steps to make Easy Chicken Quesadillas:
  1. 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
  2. Add drained diced tomato, stir. Add shredded chicken, stir until heated through. Add tomato juices as needed for moisture
  3. Turn off heat on chicken mixture, cool completely. Stir in cheese. Salt to taste. Set aside.
  4. Blend all salsa ingredients and chill until ready to serve
  5. On a medium high heat add enough canola oil to just coat a skillet or griddle
  6. Place tortilla on skillet, top with chicken mixture leaving a 1/2 inch of room around edges for melting room, top with tortilla
  7. Allow first side to crisp up and get golden, flip, repeat with remaining chicken mixture and tortillas
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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