15 MIN · STOVETOP

Chicken Quesadilla

Name: Chicken Quesadilla
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 large flour tortillas (large); 8 3/4 oz cooked chicken (shredded); 7 oz cheddar (grated); 3 green onions (sliced); 1 tsp ground cumin; 3/4 oz butter (for the pan)

Cheese on both sides of the filling, or it falls apart when you cut it.

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Ingredients

4large flour tortillas, large
8 3/4 ozcooked chicken, shredded
7 ozcheddar, grated
3green onions, sliced
1 tspground cumin
3/4 ozbutter, for the pan

Method

1
Toss the shredded chicken with the cumin and the green onions.
2
Lay a tortilla on the board. Scatter a quarter of the cheese, then half the chicken, then another quarter of the cheese, then the second tortilla. Cheese above and below the filling is what welds the two tortillas together.
3
Melt half the butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat and slide the quesadilla in. Cook for about 3 minutes a side, pressing down gently with a spatula, until the outside is golden and the cheese has gone completely liquid. High heat browns the tortilla before the middle melts.
4
Repeat with the second one. Let each quesadilla sit for a minute before cutting into wedges — cut it straight out of the pan and the molten cheese runs out and the whole thing collapses.

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