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Homemade Cheese and Chicken Quesadilla
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Homemade Cheese and Chicken Quesadilla

A crisp quesadilla with melted cheese, spiced chicken and peppers – a quick, filling meal kids love

⏱ 25 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona
🥩 Meat

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Season the chicken with the paprika, cumin, salt and black pepper.
  2. 2
    Arrange the yellow cheese, chicken, red pepper and scallions over half of each Pita and fold each Pita into a half-moon and press lightly.
  3. 3
    Heat a large pan over medium heat and heat a little of the olive oil in it.
    StoveFrying pan
  4. 4
    Grill the quesadillas one at a time, 3–4 minutes per side, pressing lightly, until each one is golden on both sides and the cheese melts.
    StoveFrying panSilicone spatula
    💡Medium heat, not high: the bread browns at the same pace the cheese melts, while over high heat it burns outside before the cheese inside melts.
  5. 5
    Cut into slices and serve with the sour cream.
    KnifeCutting board
278calories
18 gprotein
23 gcarbs
12 gfat
● protein 27%● carbs 34%● fat 39%

Per serving (127 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)

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