Pico de Gallo Chicken Quesadillas Recipe
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Pico de Gallo Chicken Quesadillas

By: Tony Cortez 
"Flour tortillas filled with chicken breast, onions, peppers, pico de gallo and Monterey Jack cheese."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.7 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (584)

Prep Time:
25 Min
Cook Time:
30 Min
Ready In:
55 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 4 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 2 tomatoes, diced
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 limes, juiced
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into strips
  • 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 green bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 (12 inch) flour tortillas
  • 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
  • 1/4 cup sour cream, for topping

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, combine tomatoes, onion, lime juice, cilantro, jalapeno, salt and pepper. Set aside.
  2. In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add chicken and saute until cooked through and juices run clear. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
  3. Put the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the hot skillet and saute the sliced onion and green pepper until tender. Stir in the minced garlic and saute until the aroma is strong. Mix in half of the pico de gallo and chicken breast meat. Set aside; keep warm.
  4. In a heavy skillet, heat one flour tortilla. Spread 1/4 cup shredded cheese on the tortilla and top with 1/2 the chicken mixture. Sprinkle another 1/4 cup cheese over the chicken and top with another tortilla. When bottom tortilla is lightly brown and cheese has started to melt, flip quesadilla and cook on the opposite side. Remove quesadilla from skillet and cut into quarters. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Serve quesadillas with sour cream and remaining pico de gallo.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 673 | Total Fat: 29.1g | Cholesterol: 65mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2004 by HAUNF   view full review
Tony! This is an awesome recipe! Thanks! For anyone thinking of making this, here's a few...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2004 by Gordon   view full review
Senor Cortez--This is the best, by far, recipe I have ever tasted for Pico de Gallo. ...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2004 by KAREN WANG   view full review
You CAN go back home again! I'm from Texas and sorely missed Tex-Mex food. This recipe is...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 30, 2004 by IM COOKIN   view full review
This was quick and easy to make. I don't know what the people were talking about when they...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 18, 2003 by MMP8508   view full review
Fabulous taste - worth the chopping effort - I eat mine with sour cream on top - also I had...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 5, 2003 by ANGEL30   view full review
Pico de Gallo was great! We marinated the chicken in a chicken taco seasoning and then...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 2, 2003 by MICHELLE ARGYLE   view full review
Wonderful! My husband asks for these all the time now! I added mushrooms and used mozarella...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 23, 2003 by DREGINEK   view full review
The best quesadilla recipe on this site so far! I didn't have any fresh tomatoes so I used a...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 22, 2003 by BLUESILVERGOLD   view full review
Very easy and delicious!!!! Only thing I changed was to grill the whole chicken breast (with...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2004 by KATHY S   view full review
This was excellent!!!! Wonderful flavor! It does take some time with the chopping but is...

 

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