Description
Quesadillas filled with chicken in a flavorful sesame oil, ginger, and soy sauce cooked in a skillet and topped with fresh pineapple salsa.
Ingredients
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Sesame Ginger Sauce:
- 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup canola or avocado oil
- 1/3 cup toasted sesame oil
- 3 Tbs. honey
- 2 Tbs. minced fresh ginger
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 5-6 Tbs. Sesame-Ginger sauce
- 1 cup chopped cooked chicken
- 3 shredded carrots
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 4 (8 - inch flour tortillas)
- 1 (8 oz.) package shredded Mexican cheese blend
Instructions
Sesame Ginger Sauce Instructions:
- Whisk together all of the sesame ginger sauce ingredients listed above. Store in the refrigerator up to 1 week until ready to use.
Sesame Ginger Quesadilla Instructions:
- Heat the Sesame Ginger Sauce in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add chicken, carrot, and onion.
- Cook, 2 to 4 minutes until thoroughly heated. Stir occasionally.
- Spoon chicken mixture over half of each tortilla. Spread it out on each half.
- Top with a handful of shredded Mexican cheese blend.
- Lightly grease a skillet with oil.
- Place filled tortilla in skillet and fold over. Cook one side over medium-high heat until lightly browned (about a minute).
- Flip the folded tortilla and cook the other side until lightly browned.
- Top with fresh pineapple salsa. (Optional) Recipe:
Notes
1. Substitute shredded Monterey Jack cheese or other cheese for Mexican cheese blend.
2. Omit carrots and onion, if desired.
3. Rotisserie chicken works great for the cooked chicken.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 2-4 minutes
- Category: Main
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Mexican