Apple Chicken Quesadilla

Name: Apple Chicken Quesadilla
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 8-inchs Flour tortillas (approximately 8-inches wide); 237 milliliters cooked, shredded or chopped, chicken meat; 113 grams cheddar or Monterey jack cheese, sliced or grated; 1 apple, sliced; 59 milliliters salsa

Apple Chicken Quesadillan is a Mexican recipe that serves 12. This hor d'oeuvre has 116 calories, 6g of protein, and 5g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of flour tortillas, chicken meat, monterey jack cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 10 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the tortilla until puffy:

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Heat a large skillet on medium high heat.

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Place one tortilla in the skillet.

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Flip it a couple of times with a spatula, then let it sit in the pan heating up until air pockets form and parts of the tortilla begin to puff up. Flip it again.

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Place cheese slices on half of the tortilla, at least 1/2-inch from the edge of the tortilla.

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Add chicken pieces on top of the cheese. Fold the tortilla over like an omelette, and press down on the folded tortilla with the spatula. Lower the heat to medium.

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Chicken Pieces

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Cheese

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At this point, if you have enough room in your skillet, you can add a second tortilla to the pan to begin to heat it up.

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Add apple slices and salsa, cut into triangles: When the cheese inside the quesadilla has melted, remove the quesadilla to a cutting board. Open it wide and layer on apple slices and salsa.

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Apple

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Fold the tortilla back again, and cut it into 3 triangles, as if you were cutting a pie. (You don't have to cut the quesadilla into triangles, it just makes it easier for kids to eat.)

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Repeat with the remaining tortillas.

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Servings:

48-inchs

Flour tortillas (approximately 8-inches wide)237milliliters

cooked, shredded or chopped, chicken meat 113grams

cheddar or Monterey jack cheese, sliced or grated 1

apple, sliced 59milliliters

salsa

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Quesadillan on the menu? Try pairing with Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. One wine you could try is Archery Summit Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. It has 4.9 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 40 dollars.