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Chicken Quesadillas

This chicken quesadilla recipe is so easy, you probably have all the ingredients on hand to whip up this delicious dish.

Original recipe: delish.com

Yield:
4 servings
Prep:
10 min
Cook:
0 sec
Total:
40 min
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Ingredients

  1. 6 tbsp. vegetable oil, divided
  2. 2 bell peppers, thinly sliced
  3. 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
  4. Kosher salt
  5. 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced into strips
  6. 1/2 tsp. chili powder
  7. 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
  8. 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
  9. 4 medium flour tortillas
  10. 2 c. shredded Monterey jack
  11. 2 c. shredded cheddar
  12. 1 ripe avocado, sliced
  13. 2 scallions, thinly sliced
  14. Sour cream, for serving

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tbsp. neutral oil. Add peppers and onion and season with salt. Cook until soft, 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
  2. Add 1 tbsp. neutral oil to pan and heat over medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan and season with chili powder, cumin, dried oregano, and ½ teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden and cooked through, 8 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Wipe out skillet.
  3. Add 1 tbsp. neutral in skillet. Add 1 flour tortilla to skillet and top half of the tortilla with a heavy sprinkling of both cheeses, ¼ of the cooked chicken mixture, ¼ of the pepper-onion mixture, a few slices of avocado, and a sprinkling of scallions. Fold the other half of the tortilla over and cook, flipping once, until golden, 3 minutes per side.
  4. Repeat with remaining oil, tortillas, chicken, pepper-onion mixture, avocado, and scallions to make 4 quesadillas.
  5. Slice into wedges and serve with sour cream.