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Cheese and Chicken Quesadillas

Dairy Farmers of Canada
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  • Course Main Dishes
  • Prep. Time 15 mins
  • Cooking Time 6 - 8 mins
  • Yields 4 quesadillas

Preparation

What You Need

8 large tortillas
1 cup (250 ml) mild Mexican salsa
2 cups (500 ml) cooked chicken, cut in pieces
2 cups (500 ml) grated Canadian mild Cheddar cheese or
Canadian Monterey Jack
Vegetable oil

Instructions

Place one tortilla on large plate. Spread with salsa and arrange chicken pieces evenly over salsa. Sprinkle with Canadian mild Cheddar or Canadian Monterey Jack cheese. Cover with another tortilla. Repeat three times.

Warm some vegetable oil in large skillet. When hot, slide quesadilla into skillet. Cook over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes on both sides. Quesadilla can also be cooked on buttered barbecue grill.

Place cooked quesadillas on plate and cut into 4 wedges. Top with sour cream and guacamole. Serve quesadillas cold or hot. Quesadillas can be heated in oven.

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Nutritional Info

Per serving

Energy: 752 Calories
Protein: 70 g
Carbohydrate: 51 g
Fat: 29 g
Calcium: 46 % / 503 mg
Fibre: 3.9 g
Sodium: 878 mg

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  • Emily

    April 28th, 2011

    Hi,

    I love love love this recipe!! It's soo good!

    i just think that maybe you could make a recipe like this (quesadillas) but with more variety in it - like maybe vegetables etc...

    Thank youu so much!! ;)

    Emily

  • Bridgit

    April 28th, 2011

    I love the recipe!

    I just think that it would be great to have this recipe with less calories for people who would like to go on a diet... because 752 calories is alot for 1 serving.

    Thanks.

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