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Salsa chicken & cheese tortillas

Salsa chicken & cheese tortillas

Frugal cooking, but packed with flavour - use up leftovers from roast chicken with these easy Mexican-style snacks

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 6 mins

Method

  1. Spread 2 tbsp salsa onto each tortilla, then evenly top one of them with the beans, spring onion, chicken and cheddar. Scatter with coriander, if you have it. Sandwich with the other tortilla, then brush with oil.
  2. Heat a large non-stick frying pan, then cook the tortilla, oil-side down, for 4 mins. Carefully turn over with a palette knife (or by turning it out onto a plate, sliding it back into the pan), then cook for 2 mins on the other side until golden. Serve cut into wedges.
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Serving tip

Try serving your tortillas with sliced avocado and coriander tossed in a little lime juice.

Alternative filling idea

Mix leftover roast chicken with grated cheese, mango chutney and chopped spring onions.

PER SERVING

533 kcalories, protein 27g, carbohydrate 44g, fat 29 g, saturated fat 12g, fibre 6g, salt 3.18 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2009.

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  • Binder photo Jo

    03 March 2009

    Jo rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great way to use up left over chicken. delicious & easy to do.

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  • 08 March 2009

    rosie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    this was a great mid-week meal, the children loved them making a change from the normal traditional dinner, they even managed to fill my son which is most unusual, only problem i have to use to pans as i do not eat cheese so mine were replaced with mayo, still delicious.

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  • 29 March 2009

    Liezel rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great meal. I did not have left over chicken, so I fried a chicken breast and chopped it up. My hubby came up in the elevator and thought someone ordered a great smelling pizza. He was very happy to find out that the smells were coming from our kitchen. I made it in the oven instead of in a pan to reduce the fat content.

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  • 07 June 2009

    mazk72 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I tried this but put low fat mayo on bottom tortilla and salsa on the top one and it was delicious served with a salad, the family loved it and it is so versatile.

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  • 11 August 2009

    condrona rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These were super. Packed full of flavour. Went down well with normally fussy teenager.

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  • 17 August 2009

    hongkonglil commented on this recipe

    Another low fat option is to fry them in a non-stick pan. As long as you keep an eye on them, they'll brown nicely and lose the oiliness.

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  • 09 September 2009

    foodie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really good way to use up leftover chicken, but I always have trouble turning them over, the filling falls out.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 6 mins

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp hot salsa from a jar
  • 2 large flour tortillas , seeded or plain
  • 215g can kidney beans , drained and roughly mashed
  • 1 spring onion , chopped
  • 50g leftover roast chicken , shredded (use the last of the meat on the carcass)
  • 85g grated mature cheddar
  • ½ a 20g pack coriander , leaves chopped (optional)
  • oil , for brushing
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PER SERVING

533 kcalories, protein 27g, carbohydrate 44g, fat 29 g, saturated fat 12g, fibre 6g, salt 3.18 g

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