| Apple Chicken Quesadilla Recipe | | | | triangles, it just makes it easier for kids to eat.) |
| I was charged with providing lunch for several kids | | | | 4 Repeat with the remaining tortillas. |
| (ages 4, 6, 7, and 9) a few days ago and prepared for | | | | Makes 12 quesadilla triangles. |
| them one of my favorite quickie lunches - chicken and | | | | Arroz Con Pollo Recipe |
| apple quesadillas. The kids gobbled them up, and one | | | | Preparation time: about 1 hour |
| of them, Teddy, exclaimed loudly after the first one, | | | | 3 lb frying chicken, cut into pieces |
| "Elise, you HAVE to put these on your website!" The | | | | Olive oil |
| others nodded in agreement, while busily chomping | | | | 2 large onions, chopped |
| away. So for all you quesadilla-loving kids out there, | | | | 1-2 cloves of garlic, crushed |
| here you go. | | | | 2 small green peppers, finely chopped |
| 4 Flour tortillas (approximately 8-inches wide) | | | | 4 cups of canned tomatoes (32 fluid oz) |
| 1 cup cooked, shredded or chopped, chicken meat | | | | Black pepper |
| 1/4 lb cheddar or Monterey jack cheese, sliced or | | | | Spanish paprika |
| grated | | | | Bay leaf |
| 1 apple, sliced | | | | Powdered saffron (optional) |
| 1/4 cup salsa | | | | 2 cups of uncooked rice |
| 1 Heat a large skillet on medium high heat. Place one | | | | 1 small can of pimiento |
| tortilla in the skillet. Flip it a couple of times with a | | | | Cooked peas |
| spatula, then let it sit in the pan heating up until air | | | | In a large sauté pan, brown |
| pockets form and parts of the tortilla begin to puff up. | | | | the chicken on all sides in 1/4 cup of olive oil. Add |
| Flip it again. | | | | onions, garlic, and green peppers. Cook 5 minutes, |
| 2 Place cheese slices on half of the tortilla, at least 1 | | | | stirring frequently. Add 4 cups of canned tomatoes |
| 2-inch from the edge of the tortilla. Add chicken pieces | | | | with the liquid. Add 1 Tablespoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon |
| on top of the cheese. Fold the tortilla over like an | | | | of ground black pepper, 3 teaspoons of Spanish |
| omelette, and press down on the folded tortilla with the | | | | paprika, 1/2 of a bay leaf. Cook 15 minutes. Add 5 |
| spatula. Lower the heat to medium. At this point, if you | | | | cups of boiling water. Add 1/2 teaspoon of powdered |
| have enough room in your skillet, you can add a | | | | saffron if you like saffron. Slowly add 2 cups of |
| second tortilla to the pan to begin to heat it up. | | | | uncooked rice. Cover and simmer 30 to 40 minutes or |
| 3 When the cheese inside the quesadilla has melted, | | | | until the rice is cooked and the chicken tender. |
| remove the quesadilla to a cutting board. Open it wide | | | | At serving time: |
| and layer on apple slices and salsa. Fold the tortilla | | | | Heat and chop up pimiento. Garnish the dish with |
| back again, and cut it into 3 triangles, as if you were | | | | chopped pimiento and heated cooked peas. |
| cutting a pie. (You don't have to cut the quesadilla into | | | | |