Cheesy chicken quesadillas
December 4th, 2008 | Written by jfolkmann | Topic: SnacksThese really simple cheesy quesadillas will easily have your whole family begging you to put more in the pan. Serve with fresh salsa and guacamole.
- Preparation time
- 20m
- Cooking time
- 10m
- Difficulty
- 2
- Serves
- 2
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 clove of garlic
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 4 tortillas
- Grated cheddar (older the better)
- 2 tomatoes (diced)
To prepare the chicken, cut each chicken breast in half width-wise so you have 4 flat thin pieces of chicken. With a mortar and pestle make a paste with the garlic, chili, salt and cumin. In a large bowl add the paste, the chicken and 1 tablespoon of oil, then get in with your hands and rub the oil and paste into the chicken. (It would probably be even better left over night in the fridge…but i was in a hurry.)
Place another tablespoon of oil into a frying pan and fry the chicken. When the chicken is cooked through, remove from the frying pan and dice into small pieces.
Preheat a frying pan on medium. Place one tortilla into the pan and then sprinkle a generous amount of cheese, half the chicken and half the tomatoes on to the tortilla and then top with a second tortilla. Press it flat. Fry until the tortilla turns brown, flip and fry the other side. Repeat the above steps with the second quesadilla.
Comment by Daria on the December 5th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Just made this. Very yummy and easy.