Cheesy Chicken Quesadillas

By Addie

This celebration of South-of-the-Border flavors, with shredded rotisserie chicken, cheese, cilantro, and chunky salsa sandwiched between flour tortillas, works great for a quick, all-in-one meal or delicious appetizer.

Ingredients

• 1 package (11.5 oz) Old El Paso flour tortillas for burritos (8 tortillas)
• 2 cups shredded deli rotisserie chicken (without skin)
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar-Monterey Jack cheese (8 oz)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 teaspoons oil
• 1/4 cup ranch dressing
• 1/2 cup Old El Paso Thick ‘n Chunky salsa
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

Preparation

Step 1

On 4 tortillas, layer chicken, cheese and 1/4 cup cilantro. Top with remaining tortillas. Brush top of each quesadilla with about 1/2 teaspoon oil.

Heat 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Place 1 quesadilla in skillet oil side down; brush top side with about 1/2 teaspoon oil. Cook about 1 minute or until light golden brown.

Carefully turn quesadilla; cook 1 minute longer or until golden brown. Repeat with remaining quesadillas. Drizzle quesadillas with dressing and salsa. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon cilantro. To serve, cut into wedges.
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After cooking each quesadilla, cover it to keep it warm while you cook the remaining quesadillas. The cilantro is delicious in these quesadilla but it can be omitted if your family does not like it.
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REVIEWS:

Great recipe however I added about 1/2 cup of black beans to add to the flavor and the beans also make the dish a lot healthier.

An easier way to make these!! Soften the tortillas in the microwave for a few seconds, then fill just 1/2 of the tortilla and fold the other half over! This makes flipping them over so much easier. You can use larger tortillas too with the same method, cut into 1/4's and serve!

I make mine similarly, I put chicken and cheese the the middle, along with a small amount of a taco ranch sauce (ranch and taco sauce)in the middle and additional sauce on the side.

Made these the other night for my husband and he really enjoyed them. The Ranch dressing makes them taste good. A little tricky trying to turn the tortillas over to brown but worth trying. Making them tonight for the whole family.