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Chicken Quesadilla Recipes

Chicken Quesadilla Recipes

Ingredients

  • Weight
  • Measure
  • Onion, halved, sliced
  • 1 lb
  • 1 qt
  • Green bell pepper, cut in strips
  • 1 lb
  • 1 qt
  • Garlic, crushed
  • -
  • 3 Tbsp
  • Olive oil
  • -
  • 2 Tbsp
  • Chicken, cooked, cut in strips or shredded
  • 4 lbs. 8 oz
  • -
  • Tomatoes, coarsely chopped
  • 2 lbs. 8 oz
  • 1 1/2 qts
  • California Ripe Olive wedges
  • 12 oz
  • 3 cups
  • Fresh cilantro, chopped
  • -
  • 1/2 cup
  • Salt and pepper
  • -
  • to taste
  • Monterey jack cheese, shredded
  • 1 lb. 8 oz
  • -
  • 10-inch flour tortilla
  • -
  • 24
  • Butter OR margarine
  • 4 oz
  • 1/2 cup

Method

  1. 1

    In large skillet or stock pot, saute onions, bell peppers and garlic in olive oil until tender.

  2. 2

    Add chicken, tomatoes, olives, cilantro, salt and pepper. Heat through.

  3. 3

    Perpare each quesadilla: place 1/2 oz. cheese on one half of tortilla, top with 3/4 cup filling and another 1/2 oz. cheese. Fold over other half of tortilla. Melt 1 teaspoon butter or margarine in skillet; grill quesadilla until golden brown on both sides. Serve quesadilla whole or cut into quarters. Yield 24 (1 tortilla, 1 oz. cheese, 3/4 cup filling) Servings. Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: Calories 518, Fat 23g, Cholesterol 108mg, Sodium 679mg, Carbohydrate 38g, Protein 39g, Calories from fat 40%

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