Chicken Quesadillas Recipe

By pattie_d

Ingredients

• Marinade
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Quesadillas
• 1 1/4 pounds thin-sliced chicken breasts
• 2 ears corn on the cob, shucked
• 1 15 1/2 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 8 burrito-size tortillas
• 2 cups Mexican cheese blend
• Sour cream and salsa (optional)

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 40mins
Adapted from familycircle.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Prepare Marinade. In a medium-size bowl, whisk lime juice, olive oil, chili powder, cumin and salt. Set aside 2 tablespoons and pour remaining mixture into a large resealable plastic bag.

2. Quesadillas. Add chicken to marinade in bag. Refrigerate while heating grill to medium-high heat.

3. Add corn to boiling water. Cook 1 minute. Remove from heat; drain.

4. Once grill is heated, place corn on grill and cook 12 minutes, turning, until some of the kernels are a little charred. Remove from grill and cut kernels from cobs. Combine in bowl with beans and reserved marinade.

5. Remove chicken from bag, discard marinade and grill about 2 minutes per side. Slice into thin strips. Place 2 tortillas on grill. Top half of each with 2 tablespoons of thecheese, some of the chicken strips, a heaping 1/4 cup of the corn mixture and 2 tablespoons more cheese.

Fold in half and grill 1 minute. Turn over and grill another minute. Repeat with all ingredients. Serve quesadillas with sour cream and salsa, if desired.