Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, easy chicken quesadillas. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Easy Chicken Quesadillas is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Easy Chicken Quesadillas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this 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 can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Chicken Quesadillas:
- Get filling
- Get 8-12 flour or corn tortillas based on size, 1 Tblspn canola oil
- Make ready 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Make ready 1/2 red onion diced
- Take 1 jalepeno, seeded, diced
- Make ready 1 lg clove garlic minced
- Prepare 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
- Prepare 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
- Prepare 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
- Prepare to taste salt
- Make ready cilantro cream salsa
- Make ready 1 cup sour cream
- Get juice and zest of 1 lime
- Make ready large handful cilantro leaves, chopped
- Get 1 teaspoon red chili flake
- Prepare to taste salt
Steps 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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