Cheesy Chicken Quesadilla

Hey my lovelies!

Can we just appreciate these tasty, cheesy quesadillas! I've been craving them for a while so of course, I had to make them. The amazing thing about them too is that you can fill them up with anything. You can go from these classic quesadillas to breakfast quesadillas to even jerk chicken and plantain quesadillas! The options are endless.

The recipe Im about to give you is for 2 people so feel free to increase the ingredients for however many people you're going to cook for. If you don't fancy chicken then you can always use steak for this and it will be just as nice.

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Ingredients for the marinade

15g garlic (cloves) roughly cut

55g red onion roughly cut

30g coriander roughly cut

2 tbsp lime juice

1 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp cumin

1 tsp oregano

1/4 cup olive oil

Salt & pepper to taste

Ingredients

4 tortilla wraps

4 chicken thighs

1 pepper finely chopped or cut into strips

100g mild cheddar cheese

100g red Leicester cheese

Ingredients for the Guacamole

2 avocados smashed

1 large tomato/2 medium-sized tomatoes finely chopped

1 clove of garlic finely chopped

1/2 red onion finely chopped

10g coriander finely chopped

Juice of 1/2 a lime

Salt & pepper to taste

Ingredients for Pico De Gallo

2 large tomatoes/ 4 medium-sized tomatoes finely chopped

1/2 red onion finely chopped

10g coriander finely chopped

Juice of 1 lime

2 cloves of garlic finely chopped

1-2 chillies finely chopped

Salt & pepper to taste

Directions

• In a bowl smash the avocado and mix in the tomatoes, garlic, red onion, coriander, lime juice, salt & pepper

• In a separate bowl, mix together all the ingredients for the pico de gallo

• Set aside in the fridge until you are ready to eat

• Add all the ingredients for the marinade into a blender and blend.

• Add your marinade to your washed chicken and let marinate for a few hours in the fridge. (I wouldn't let it marinate for longer than 5 hours as the lime juice will make the chicken chewy)

• Grate your cheese so that it's ready for when you are going to make the quesadillas and mix them in a bowl together

• To a hot pan/griddle/cast iron skillet add your chicken and just let it cook for 5-6 minutes without moving it so that you can get a nice crust, turn it around and let cook on the other side for another 5-6 minutes. Remember not to overcrowd your pan, so depending on the size, maybe cook 2 at a time

• After you've cooked the chicken, add the chopped peppers to the same pan so they can soak up some of the marinade and cook till they are soft

• Cut your chicken into small squares

• For each person, you will have 2 wraps and 2 chicken thighs

• In a pan on medium-high heat, warm up 2 tortilla wraps, remove one and on the one left in the pan add some of your cheese mix (about 50g), top with 2 cut chicken thighs, half the chopped peppers, some more cheese (about 50g again) and top with the second tortilla wrap

• Using your hand/back of a spoon lightly press down to flatten the quesadilla

• Once the tortilla wrap on the bottom starts to harden and get some colour( it should be a light golden brown) flip and let the top tortilla wrap get some colour too

• Repeat the same process for your other quesadilla/quesadillas

• Serve and enjoy!