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2024-04-26 19:02:39
My Chicken Quesadillas
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Ingredients
- ~3lb chopped chicken breast
- 5 dried ancho peppers, stemmed and seeds shaken out
- 2 C boiling water
- 2 TB honey
- 1.5 Tb lime juice
- Sliced red onion
- Sliced red bell peppers
- Chopped Garlic
- subheading: COMBINE:
- ½ tsp ancho or New Mexican chile powder
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp dried oregano, preferably Mexican
- S&P
- 8 flour tortillas
- Shredded or diced Oaxaca cheese
- 4 oz Shredded or diced mont jack/pepper jack/ or Mexican blend cheese
- Sour cream, guacamole or salsa for serving
- Cilantro optional, still great without it
Steps
- Preheat oven to 400*. Soak ancho peppers with 2 cups boiling water 5 mins until soft. Blend in food processor with only enough of the soaking liquid to make a paste.
- Toss garlic, pepper and onion with evoo. S&P and spice mix. Roast on foil lined pan 5 mins.
- Pat chix dry with paper towels. Season w salt, pepper.
- In lg pan heat 1 tb evoo on med-hi heat. Add chicken in single layer and cook without stirring 3 to 4 mins until lightly browned. Add 3TB ancho paste, 4 TB water and 2 TB honey.
- Stir and continue cooking 3 to 4 mins until cooked through. Turn off heat and stir in lime jc. Taste for S&P.
- Top half of each tortilla with chz. Chix. Onion and peppers and chz. Fold top over filling.
- Rinse and wipe out pan; heat over medium heat. Spray outsides of tortillas with evoo. Cook 2 to 3 mins per side till golden. Sprinkle immediately w lg flake salt and keep warm while cooking remaining tortillas.
- Serve with sour cream, guac or salsa