Chicken Quesadillas with salsa. For these quesadillas that I made out of Sunday's grilled chicken thighs, shredded and stuffed into a corn tortilla with a little cheese and quickly toasted, I stirred together a lime-zest-imbued cucumber and avocado salsa that added a welcome citrus edge. How to make Chicken Salsa Quesadillas - prep & cook time, serving size, nutritional info, ingredients. Transfer to bowl; stir in lime juice.
Sweet spicy peach salsa is a perfect accompaniment to crisp chicken and roasted pepper quesadillas. Fold tortillas over filling; gently press down. Toasted flour tortillas with melted cheese, apple slices, chicken, and salsa. You can have Chicken Quesadillas with salsa using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chicken Quesadillas with salsa
- It's 250 gr of chicken breasts.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of ground red onion and garlic.
- It's 1 tsp of ground paprika.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of chilli.
- It's 1/2 tsp of oregano.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of black pepper.
- You need of Salt.
- Prepare 1/2 of red paprika (slice it).
- You need 1/2 of Onion (slice it).
- Prepare 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.
- You need 1 cup of cheddar cheese.
- You need 4 of large tortillas.
Quesadillas are typically made with just tortillas and cheese (in Mexico typically one would use corn tortillas, closer to the border flour tortillas are often used). This week, the Babish Culinary Universe is going through a serious cheese phase. Start by butterflying your chicken breasts. Place them between sheets of plastic wrap and pound them out flat and even.
Chicken Quesadillas with salsa instructions
- Cut the chicken breasts in to dice size.
- Season chicken breasts with red onion, garlic, paprika, chilli, oregano, black pepper and salt.
- Heat vegetable oil in a non stick skillet.
- Add the chicken, and cook it until cooked through.
- Add Onion and Paprika.
- Remove the chicken and place it into a plate.
- Preheat a large non stick skillet over medium high heat.
- If it's already hot enough, place the tortilla in the non stick skillet for 2 minutes, and then flipp it.
- Sprinkle cheddar cheese on one half of the tortilla, followed by chicken, paprika, and onion, and the last add some mozzarella cheese.
- Fold it in half.
- Let it cooked for 3 minutes more each side.
- You can check the video how to cook this recipe on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/rTH7JFC_ZEs.
How to Serve Creamy Chicken and Spinach Quesadillas. Because the filling in these quesadillas is so rich and creamy, I highly suggest serving this with salsa, instead of sour cream and guacamole, like you'd normally see in a restaurant. The acid in salsa is absolutely perfect for balancing and. Whenever I go to a Mexican restaurant, a chicken and cheese quesadilla is what I always order. Something about that golden, crunch of the flour tortilla, gooey, melted cheese and tender chicken….so simple yet so divine.