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:
Equipment
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