Chicken & chorizo quesadilla

Chicken & chorizo quesadilla

Try this delicious tropical grilled cheese sandwich

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a pan and cook the shallot and chorizo for 5 mins until the shallot is softened. Stir in the chicken and tomatoes. Remove from the heat.
  2. Put half the tortillas onto baking sheets. Spread a little chicken mixture on each one. Scatter over the cheese and coriander. Sandwich with the remaining tortillas. You can make up to this point 2 hrs ahead.
  3. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Cook the tortillas for 3 mins. Using a fish slice, turn each one over. Cook for 3 mins more until both sides are golden. Put on a board, slice into wedges and serve.

Per serving

424 kcalories, protein 29g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 22 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 2g, sugar 1g, salt 2.42 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2005.

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  • Binder photo Rob

    02 May 2009

    Rob rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    God this is good!! Perfect way to use up chicken left overs, bags of flavour. I used med style wraps that I found in Tesco instead of using coriander.

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  • 21 May 2009

    Ashlie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very tasty! the coriander was a very nice touch. will definitely be cooking this again.

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  • 21 March 2011

    Melanie Day commented on this recipe

    I used some left over chapatti's instead of the tortillas. Was easy recipe - I cooked the chicken breast first and then continued with the recipe as described. Quick easy and tasty

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  • 13 September 2011

    matthew vaughan commented on this recipe

    tastes very nice with lots of flavours. :)

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

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Per serving

424 kcalories, protein 29g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 22 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 2g, sugar 1g, salt 2.42 g

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