Melding Magic: Jalapeno Popper Chicken Quesadillas

By dragonfly27

Ingredients

• 4 strips bacon
• 1 pound chicken tenders, or thin cut boneless chicken breasts, diced
• 1 teaspoon chili powder, or to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt, or to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, or to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin, or to taste
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
• 1 (8-ounce) package softened cream cheese
• 4 each jalapenos, seeded and diced
• 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
• 4 extra-large flour tortillas
• Sour cream and salsa, for serving (optional) -

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from meldingmagic.com

Preparation

Step 1

In large skillet, cook bacon until crisp, reserving bacon
fat. In same skillet, cook diced chicken in reserved bacon fat. Season the
chicken with chili powder, garlic salt, black pepper, onion powder and cumin.
Cook until evenly browned. Remove from heat and set aside.

Seed and dice jalapenos. Heat oil in small skillet. Add the diced jalapenos. Sauté,
stirring often, until jalapenos soften. Cool.

In small bowl, mix together the softened cream cheese and
diced jalapenos. Spread the mixture evenly over the flour tortillas.

Coat a large skillet with cooking spray. Over medium heat,
cook the quesadillas, in batches, until both sides are browned.

DIRECTIONS:

Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crispy.
Remove to paper towels to drain,

Add the diced chicken to the same skillet you used to cook the
bacon. Season the chicken with chili

Heat oil in small skillet. Add diced jalapenos. Cook, stirring often,
until jalapenos soften. Cool.

In small bowl, mix together the cream cheese and the jalapenos.
Spread the mixture evenly over the

O M G! This is just what I need! Pinning it. Got to make this tomorrow. Thank you so much!

Thanks for the Pin. These are a big hit every time I make them. Please post back and let me know how you like them.

Thanks for the pin. You'll love these....they're addictive!

These look so good - I just need to come up with a veggie version to match them for the veggies in our house. Thanks so much for sharing at Empty Your Archive - I have featured you at this week's party, Alice @ Mums Make Lists

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