Easy Chicken Quesadillas

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
• 1 1/2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
• 6 8-inch flour tortillas
• 1 cup shredded cooked chicken meat
• 1 small tomato, seeded and chopped
• 2 green onions, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• butter or margarine
• guacamole (for garnish) (optional)
• sour cream (for garnish) (optional)
• salsa (for garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat a skillet over low heat.
• 2 spread a small amount of butter evenly over one side of tortilla and place tortilla buttered side down in the skillet.
• 3 for each tortilla, sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese over 1/2 of the tortilla and top with chopped chilies, chicken, tomato, green onions, and cilantro.
• 4 fold the other side over the top and press down gently.
• 5 cook quesadilla over low heat 3-4 minutes or until lightly browned, turning once.
• 6 remove quesadilla from skillet and keep warm on a plate in a low oven (300f).
• 7 repeat with remaining tortillas.
• 8 when finished, serve quesadillas cut in three sections (using a pizza cutter works great) and garnished with guacamole, sour cream and salsa, if desired.