Chicken quesadillas with peppers and onion
Chicken quesadillas are the perfect simple weeknight meal. Bookmark this recipe and thank us Wednesday!
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Ingredients
1 tbsp
oil
1 cup
chopped bell pepper
½
thinly sliced onion
to taste
Kosher salt
to taste
freshly ground black pepper
1 tbsp
Canola oil
4
flour tortillas, large
2 cups
shredded Monterey jack cheese
2 cups
shredded cheddar cheese
1
sliced avocado
for serving sour cream
4 pieces
marinated grilled chicken, sliced into strips
Instructions
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil. Add chicken, peppers and onion and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the vegetables are soft and the chicken is heated through, about 6 minutes.
- Transfer to a plate.
- In a large skillet, heat Canola oil to high heat. Add 1 flour tortilla to skillet and top half of the tortilla with a heavy sprinkling of both cheeses, cut chicken, pepper-onion mixture and a few slices of avocado. Fold the other half of the tortilla over and cook, flipping once, until golden brown or about 3 minutes per side.
- Repeat to make 4 quesadillas.
- Slice into wedges and serve with sour cream.