Best Ever Cilantro Chicken Quesadilla, made with grilled chicken, fresh home-made salsa and Monterrey jack cheese. You can’t get any better than that, these fresh ingredients make the best quesadilla! You can serve as an appetizer or eat as a meal, sososoooo…… delicious. Cilantro Chicken Quesadilla is so easy to prepare and is such a crowd pleaser. Everyone will love this for appetizer or meal starter. Cilantro Chicken Quesadilla can be made in only a few minutes with leftover grilled or rotisserie chicken.
Delicious and easy to make!
Cilantro Chicken Quesadilla
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| Serves | 4 |
| Prep time | 45 hours |
| Cook time | 20 minutes |
| Total time | Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /home/garden85/public_html/wp-content/plugins/getmecooking-recipe-template/recipe-template-functions.php on line 2723 Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /home/garden85/public_html/wp-content/plugins/getmecooking-recipe-template/recipe-template-functions.php on line 2725 45 hours, 20 minutes |
| Meal type | Appetizer, Lunch, Main Dish |
| Occasion | Casual Party |
Cilantro Chicken Quesadillas are so good and easy to make. One of the nice things about them is you can make them in just a few minutes, if you have your chicken made ahead of time or if you use rotisserie chicken from the deli. Using fresh salsa to top the cilantro chicken quesadillas adds a wonderful flavor.
Ingredients
- 1lb Raw Chicken Breast (You can also use rotisserie chicken breasts)
- 1 lime
- 1 Garlic clove (mash fine with garlic press or knife)
- 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 8 Medium Size Flour Taco Shells
- 3 Fresh Tomatoes (chopped fine you can use a food processor to chop.)
- 1/2 Jalapeno (chopped fine)
- 2 tablespoons Onion (chopped fine)
- 3 tablespoons Fresh Cilantro
- 1 dash Salt
- 1 dash Pepper
- 1/2 Green pepper or Anaheim (chopped fine)
- 8oz Shredded Cheese (Use Shredded Monterey Jack Cheddar cheese or other if you prefer)
- 1 cup Sour Cream (Use to garnish top of Cilantro Chicken Quesdilla)
use to garnish top of quesadilla
- 3 tablespoons Cooking Oil (Use Corn oil or Olive oil for best flavor)
Directions
| Marinate Chicken Breasts | |
| Mix together soy sauce, lime juice, and garlic. Pour over raw chicken breasts and marinate for 20 minutes or longer. | |
| Grill chicken until done, about 6 minutes on medium heat, for each side of chicken breast, when cooked slice into small strips | |
| Make salsa | |
| Mix together chopped tomatoes, peppers, garlic, cilantro, salt and pepper | |
| Building the Cilantro Chicken Quesadilla | |
| Use large frying pan, add a 1 tsp oil heat up pan, and add a flour shell. Layer on the shell a few chicken strip, fresh salsa, and cheese. Top with another flour taco shell. Cook at medium heat a few minutes on each side until the cheese melts and the shell slightly browns. | |
