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Quesadilla recipe

Before I tell you my recipe let me just correct myself - we are going to call this a combination of ingredients. Because what I do when I try something new is "throw that shit together and hope for the best".

So we all know that quesadillas are pretty much some sort of veggies, cheese, meat and seasonings / herbs.

For this combo I included:
boneless skinless chicken breasts (I had 2 breasts - HAHA!)
cheddar cheese (about 1/2 cup)
3 red pepper and 1/2 orange pepper (don't be scared of leftover mixture - it's amazing on its own).
1 yellow onion
+ 6 tortilla wraps (I used 2 pesto and garlic and 4 chiptole flavoured - yes I know I spelled that wrong).

Prep work
Spray the baking sheet with non stick spray. Tear apart (2) pieces of aluminum foil that are roughly double the size of the chicken breasts. Spray 1 side of the foil with the non stick spray as well. At this point you can place the chicken on the foil and season it however you like. I used Clubhouse Tex Mex seasoning. The amount that I used was roughly 2 shakes (I don't measure out tablespoons and what not). Also preheat your oven to 400F.

While it's pre heating you also want to chop up your peppers and onion (doesn't matter how because while it cooks it shrinks - and shrivels - haha.) Toss these ingredients extra virgin olive oil, pepper and mrs dash garlic and herb (about 2 shakes), and 1 shake of paprika and voila you are ready for the oven! Spread a layer on a baking sheet (sprayed with non stick stuff) and put it on a separate rack from the chicken. This will cook approx 25-30 minutes. When I cook chicken the extra time is no biggie because I would rather dry as fck chicken then under cooked chicken.

Recipe
Enjoy a glass of wine while the chicken and peppers are cooking.
Relax.

DING.
Your time goes off. Bring the heat of the oven down to 300F. First let the chicken rest in its juices for about 5 minutes then remove it from the foil and using 2 forks shred the shit out of it. And then do it again for the second breast. Mix your shredded chicken with the peppers and onions and let those flavours marry a bit - another 5 minutes so have another glass of wine and snag a couple bites of the mixture (I know I did).

Last but not least, spray another baking sheet with non stick spray, slap on a tortilla, add the mixture, sprinkle some shredded cheddar cheese and top with another tortilla. Place in oven for 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted (and the top tortilla has some visible crisp) damn girl (or guy) you got a delicious home style quesadilla!

Go ahead, take some credit. You did a great job. Reward yourself with another glass of wine.

If you have leftover mixture like me, toss it in the fridge. I'm going to think of what to do with that tonight. Stay tuned.

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