Cinco De Mango Chicken Quesadillas

my3girlz's Note:

I got this recipe out of my local paper. Break out the quesadilla maker and enjoy!

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 small boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 dried ancho chiles or 1 dried pasilla pepper, stemmed and seeded
• salt
• 4 burrito-size flour tortillas (10 inch)
• 6 ounces thinly sliced monterey jack cheese
• 1 ripe mango, pitted and thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup minced red bell pepper
• 1/4 cup sliced green onion
• mango salsa

Directions:

1. Cook Chicken on lightly oiled grill over medium heat for about 5 minutes on each side or until lightly charred and cooked through.
2. Let chicken cool slightly and cut into strips.
3. Puree the tomato sauce and dried pepper in food processor or blender.
4. Transfer to small saucepan and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes.
5. Add grilled chicken to the pan and toss well to coat.
6. Season to taste with salt.
7. Place flour tortillas on a flat surface.
8. Top half of each tortilla with equal amounts of cheese, mango, bell pepper, green onion and chicken.
9. Fold over tortilla.
10. Cook in large skillet on both sides until cheese is melted and tortilla is crisp.
11. Serve with mango salsa.
12. Note: Can also cook in quesadilla maker.

Reviews

[SusieQusie]

A unique-for-me way to eat my favorite fruit - mango. My ancho didn't puree very well so after heating it with the tomato sauce, I put it back in the blender to smooth it out. Not being a bell pepper lover, I stayed with the ancho theme and used a minced poblano pepper. For the salsa, I used recipe #209936 to go for mango overload. ;-) Thanks for sharing this easy and tasty recipe!