Serves: 4 people
Taco Bell takes the fast food quesadilla into new territory with three different cheeses and a creamy jalapeño sauce, all of which you can now cheerfully recreate in the comfort of your warm kitchen. Gather up the crew, since this recipe will make four of the tasty tortilla treats.
Ingredients:
Creamy Jalapeño Sauce:
1/4 cup 59ml Mayonnaise
2 teaspoons 10ml Minced jalapeño slices (nacho slices)
2 teaspoons 10ml Juice from jalapeño slices (nacho slices)
3/4 teaspoon 3.8ml Sugar
1/2 teaspoon 2.5ml Paprika
1/2 teaspoon 2.5ml Cumin
1/8 teaspoon 0.6ml Cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon 0.6ml Garlic powder
1 teaspoon Salt
Quesadillas:
4 Chicken breast tenderloins
4 Flour tortillas - (10" dia) (large)
1 cup 146g / 5.1oz Shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup 146g / 5.1oz Shredded Monterey Jack cheese
2 American cheese
Instructions:
Prepare creamy jalapeño sauce by combining all ingredients in a small bowl. Cover and chill so that flavors develop. Stir occasionally.
Preheat your barbecue grill to medium heat.
Rub chicken tenderloins with vegetable oil. Salt and pepper each side of each tenderloin. Grill for 3 to 5 minutes per side. When chicken is done, slice it very thin.
When you are ready to build your quesadillas, preheat a 12-inch skillet over medium-low heat. When the pan is hot lay one tortilla in the pan. Arrange about 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese and 1/4 cup of shredded jack cheese on half of the tortilla.
Tear up half a slice of American cheese and arrange it on the other cheeses. Arrange about 1/4 cup of sliced chicken over the cheese. Spread about 1 tablespoon of jalapeño sauce over the tortilla on the half with no ingredients on it.
Fold the sauced-covered half of the tortilla over onto the ingredients on the other half and press down with a spatula. Cook for about 1 minute, then turn the quesadilla over and cook for a couple more minutes or until the cheese inside is melted.
Slice into four pieces and serve hot. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.
This recipe yields 4 quesadillas.
Recipe Type: Copycat
Recipe Author: Todd Wilbur
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Recipe Source: http://www.cookingindex.com/recipes/76515/taco-bells-chicken-quesadilla.htm
