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Chicken Quesadillas

Introduction & method

Quesadillas should be really easy - just cheese and other fillings fried or grilled inside a flour or corn tortilla - but getting the cheese melted at the same time as the tortilla is golden takes a bit of practice. Worth it though!

 Chicken Quesadillas Recipe

About the Cheese


You don't have to stick to the cheeses I've listed here: use whatever is available to you as long as you have a combination of strongly-flavoured and stretchy melty cheeses.

Prep


Slice the chicken breasts horizontally. Open them out and sandwich them in cling film. Bash them with a rolling pin until they are evenly flat. Cut the peppers into thin strips and the onion into half moons. Grate the cheese - tip: a retro egg-slicer works wonderfully on a ball of mozzarella.

Pre-cook the Chicken and Veggies


Melt a little oil and butter in a frying pan. Sauté the onion for about 5 minutes, until softened, then add the pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes more. Remove the onion and peppers from the pan. Season the flattened chicken with ground black pepper, smoked paprika and cayenne pepper. Sauté the chicken for 2-3 minutes. Season the top side as before and squirt a generous amount of lime juice on it. Turn it over and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and slice it on the diagonal.

Make the Quesadillas


Sprinkle grated cheese evenly across the lower half of one tortilla. Cover that with a layer of onion and pepper mix, chicken and then sprinkle more cheese. Fold the tortilla in half and press down the edges. Melt a small amount of butter in the pan, add two folded tortillas back to back and cook them for 2-3 minutes until the tortilla is golden. Turn it over and cook the other side. Cut each tortilla into two or three wedges. Mmmm.


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Ingredients & Info



 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
 1 medium onion
 1 small red bell pepper
 1 small green bell pepper
 200 grams mature cheddar or monterey jack
 100 grams mozzarella
 60 grams grana padano or parmesan
 half a tsp cayenne pepper
 half a tsp smoked paprika
  salt and pepper to taste
 1 tbsp lime juice

UNITS:
Metric
US Customary/Imperial

Makes 4 quesadillas
Prep time: 10 minutes.
Cooking time: 15 minutes.
Total time: 25 minutes.