Chicken Quesadillas
Firm Family Favourite!
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Fast & Tasty
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
Filling:
- oil (of preference to cook)
- 1 red pepper
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- salt & pepper (to taste)
- 1 pre-cooked chicken (flesh removed & shredded)
- 1 cup cheese (grated)
- 1 400gm can chilli beans
- 2 - 3 tbsp chipotle sauce
- 12 tortilla
Guacamole:
- 2 avocado (mashed)
- ½ lemon/lime juiced
- salt & pepper (to taste)
To Serve:
- 1 iceberg lettuce (finely sliced)
- sour cream (to taste)
Instructions
Method:
- In a medium pan, saute onion and red pepper until soft. Add cumin and cook for 1 - 2 minutes until fragrant. Season with salt and pepper and set aside to cool.
- Shred the chicken into a large bowl. Grate and add the cheese, chilli beans and chipotle sauce and stir to mix.
- Add cooled onion mixture to the bowl and stir to combine.
- Mash avocados into a bowl, adding lime or lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.Finely cut lettuce and set aside.
- Wipe out the pan used for onion and pepper, and set to a low-medium heat with a drizzle of oil. Heat oven to 150℃ for keeping quesadillas warm.
- Spread approximately ½ cup of mixture onto a tortilla and top with another tortilla. Place quesadilla into pan and cook until golden brown. Using a spatula flip and cook the other side.
- Keep warm in oven and continue cooking remaining quesadillas.
- To Serve: Place quesadilla onto a board and cut into 4 pieces. Transfer to a plate and top with lettuce, guacamole and sour cream.
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