Alice Springs Chicken Quesadillas Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place chicken breasts in a baking dish. Season with salt and pepper.
• Bake chicken in the preheated oven until it is just slightly pink in the center, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven.
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium heat, turning occasionally, until most of the fat has rendered, about 5 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels. Wrap around chicken breasts.
• Return chicken to the oven and continue baking until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C) and bacon is crispy, about 15 minutes more. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese on top; bake until melted, 2 to 5 minutes. Serve with limes.

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Grease a baking sheet.
• Toss the chicken with the fajita seasoning, then spread onto the baking sheet. Place under the broiler and cook until the chicken pieces are no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the green bell peppers, red bell peppers, onion, and chicken. Cook and stir until the vegetables have softened, about 10 minutes.
• Layer half of each tortilla with the chicken and vegetable mixture, then sprinkle with the Cheddar cheese, bacon bits, and Monterey Jack. Fold the tortillas in half and Place onto a baking sheet.
• Bake quesadillas in the preheated oven until the cheeses have melted, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• With an electric mixer combine the mustard, honey, and 1 Tbsp oil, and lemon juice for 1 minute.
• Pour 1/2 mixture over chicken in a gallon ziplock to marinate in fridge 2-24 hours.
• Chill remaining marinade to serve with chicken.
• After marinating chicken, Put remaining oil in frying pan. Sear chicken on both sides until cooked thru.
• Transfer chicken to a pan and brush with marinade; keep warm.
• Meanwhile in frying pan add butter and saute mushrooms. Remove from the heat.
• Cut chicken into bite size pieces and line your ingredients up, this part will go quickly! Chicken, cheese, mushrooms and bacon.
• If you have a quesadilla maker get it heated up, otherwise, heat a frying pan and to medium heat and spread a little butter or non stick spray on the bottom.
• Prepare tortillas by spreading a little butter on the ousides.
• Place a tortilla, butter side down and add chicken, mushrooms, bacon and then the cheese but DO NOT OVERFILL. Place the other tortilla on top, butter side up. Flip (carefully) once bottom side is golden and do the same to the remaining side.
• Repeat until you are out of ingredients.
• Use the remaining honey mustard for dipping.