Chicken Pineapple Quesadillas

Chicken Pineapple Quesadillas

#Kid Friendly #Tex-Mex #Quick

🥘 Ingredients

  • chopped chicken breast
    6 oz
  • cilantro
    2 tbsp
  • cooking oil
    1 tbsp
  • flour tortillas
    2 unit
  • lime
    1 unit
  • mozzarella cheese
    ½ cup
  • onion
    ½ unit
  • pineapple
    1 c
  • sour cream
    2 tbsp
  • southwest spice blend
    1 tbsp
  • tomato
    1 unit

🍳 Cookware

  • large pan
  • medium bowl
  • baking sheet
  1. 1
    flour tortillas sour cream chopped chicken breast onion mozzarella cheese tomato lime southwest spice blend cilantro pineapple cooking oil
    flour tortillas: 2 unit, sour cream: 2 tbsp, chopped chicken breast: 6 oz, onion: ½ unit, mozzarella cheese: ½ cup, tomato: 1 unit, lime: 1 unit, southwest spice blend: 1 tbsp, cilantro: 2 tbsp, pineapple: 1 c, cooking oil: 1 tbsp
  2. 2
    Wash and dry all produce. Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion; mince a few slices until you have 2 tbsp. Drain pineapple; discard juice.
  3. 3
    Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add sliced onion. Cook, stirring, until softened ⏱️ 4 minutes . Season with salt and pepper. Add pineapple and cook, stirring, until lightly browned ⏱️ 2 minutes . Season with salt and pepper. Turn off heat; remove from pan and set aside. Wipe out pan.
  4. 4
    Meanwhile, dice tomato. Roughly chop cilantro. Halve lime. In a medium bowl , combine minced onion, tomato, half the cilantro, and a squeeze of lime juice. Season with salt and pepper.
  5. 5
    Pat chopped chicken breast dry with paper towels. Heat a drizzle of oil in the pan used for onion and pineapple over medium-high heat. Add chicken and southwest spice blend. Cook, stirring, until chicken is browned and cooked through ⏱️ 4 minutes . Season with salt and pepper. Return onion and pineapple to pan along with a squeeze of lime juice and remaining cilantro. Stir to combine; turn off heat.
  6. 6
    Rub one side of each flour tortillas with a drizzle of oil. Place tortillas, oiled sides down, on a baking sheet . Evenly sprinkle with half the mozzarella cheese. Top with filling, then sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese. Fold tortillas in half to create quesadillas.
  7. 7
    Broil quesadillas until golden brown on top ⏱️ 1 minutes . Flip and repeat on opposite side. Watch carefully to avoid burning. Cut quesadillas into wedges; top with pico de gallo and sour cream. Serve with remaining pico de gallo and sour cream on the side.