Chicken Quesadillas

This dish is very simple and I also used the same chicken mixture I used for my Chicken Nachos Cheese recipe. Talking about killing 2 birds with one stone. You’ll have 2 dishes with very little effort. I’ll also included my taco mixed in this recipe, there’s no added salt so you can control the amount of salt you’d like use for this dish.

For the chicken, I used dark meat and I used my Instant Pot to tenderized the meat. But you can just buy a rotesserie chicken and shred it. Just make sure the chicken is not heavily seasoned.

Ingredients

1 lb. cooked shredded chicken, either chicken breast or dark chicken meat

1 bell pepper, deseed and cut into small diced

1 cup pepper jack cheese, shredded

1 cup Colby Jack cheese, shredded

1/2 cup fresh Parmesan cheese

2 stalks green onions, trimmed and sliced

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 onion, chopped

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 teaspoons homemade taco mixed

12 flour tortilla, 6 tops and 6 bottoms

Instructions

-1. Heat the pan with oil. Sauté garlic and onion for a minute or until the onion is tender. Add the bell pepper, stir, cook until tender.

-2. Season with salt and pepper (or use chili pepper flakes). Add the taco mixed, stir to combine well. Add the cooked chicken, constantly stirring until well heated and everything’s combined. Remove from the heat and cool.

-3. Assemble the quesadillas. Lay one flour tortilla on a flat surface. Fill with the chicken mixture. Add the cheeses, and sprinkle with green onions. Place another tortilla on top.

-4. Place the quesadillas in a pre-heated toaster oven for 2 minutes or until slightly browned. You can also use your oven but make sure to – preheat to 400 degrees F.

-5. Remove from the oven, slice into 4 equal parts.

Taco mixed

4 tablespoons chili powder

2 teaspoons cumin

2 teaspoons onion powder

2 teaspoons oregano

2 teaspoons garlic powder

3 teaspoons paprika

-Store your taco mixed with your other spices in an airtight container or use a mason jar. You only need 2 teaspoons of the mixed for this recipe.

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