Easiest Way to Prepare Award-winning Easy Chicken Quesadillas

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, easy chicken quesadillas. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy Chicken Quesadillas is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Easy Chicken Quesadillas is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin 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 it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Chicken Quesadillas:

1. Get filling
2. Make ready 8-12 flour or corn tortillas based on size, 1 Tblspn canola oil
3. Take 2 tablespoons olive oil
4. Get 1/2 red onion diced
5. Make ready 1 jalepeno, seeded, diced
6. Get 1 lg clove garlic minced
7. Take 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. Make ready juice of 1 large lime
11. Get 1 cup large grated sharp cheddar
12. Prepare 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
13. Take to taste salt
14. Get cilantro cream salsa
15. Prepare 1 cup sour cream
16. Take juice and zest of 1 lime
17. Take 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

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