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Chicken & Cheese Quesadillas

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An easy, healthy quick fix for dinner!

Ingredients

  • 8 whole Mission Wheat Tortillas
  • 2 cups Cooked Chicken Breast
  • ¼ teaspoons Ground Cumin
  • ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Fresh Lime Juice
  • 1 cup Fat-free Refried Black Beans
  • 6 Tablespoons Reduced Fat Mexican Cheese
  • 2 whole Medium Scallions

Preparation

In a small bowl, combine chicken, lime juice, cumin and salt; toss well to combine.

Place 4 tortillas on a flat surface and spread each one with 2 tablespoons of refried black beans. Top each with about 1/3 cup of chicken and then sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon of cheese; divide scallions over top. Cover with remaining tortillas and gently press down on each one.

Coat a very large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium heat. Cook quesadillas in a single layer until golden brown on the bottom, about 2 minutes. Flip quesadillas and press down on them with a spatula; cook until golden brown on the second side, about 2 to 3 minutes more; repeat with the remaining quesadillas.

Serve with Ree’s Restaurant Style Salsa!

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Gail on 2.5.2011

These are very filling! My husband & I each ate 1 whole 1 & we were both saying we were stuffed. My almost 6 y.o. girls (who are good eaters) struggled to get down 1/2. Very yummy!!!! We topped ours with fat free sour cream & salsa (unfortunately not Ree’s salsa.) I think some good homemade guacamole would’ve been awesome on these.

Thanks Calamityjaym for sharing this lovely recipe. I’m sure I’ll be using it again.

Oh yeah, 1 more thing cheese, I just sprinkled some on it was probably between 1/8 & 1/4 cup~ def. more than the 1 TBSP she said.

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bigeater on 8.19.2010

Sound’s Lovely can’t wait to try!

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Gail on 2.5.2011

Made these for dinner tonight! YUMMY!!! AND INCREDIBLY FILLING! I altered it a little bit. I started with 1# uncooked chicken so for the spices I doubled them. I will tell you this that 1 # uncooked chicken cooks down to about 2 cups. I did use fat free refried beans, but they weren’t black. They were just Old El Paso brand. For cheese I only had colby-jack. I personally would add maybe 1 more scallion to the mix as well. So I took my chicken, cut in into strips/bitesize chunks, mixed it in the seasonings then basically sauted it until it was no longer pink. I was a bit short on time, or I probably would’ve made it brown a bit more. Drained it, & then assembled as above. If you don’t work with refrieds much~ we found that if we partially heated the beans they spread better. I only sprayed my pan the 1st time, but had no problems with sticking. You do need to really keep an eye on them so your tortillas don’t burn. (it really is the about 2 min. she says.)

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