Mango Chicken Quesadillas

(from fuzzybub’s recipe box)

Serves 4 people

Ingredients

  • 2 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 8-ounce can tomato sauce
  • 1 dried ancho or pasilla chili pepper, stemmed and seeded
  • Salt to taste
  • 4 burrito-size flour tortillas (10-inch)
  • 6 ounces thinly sliced Jack cheese
  • 1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted and thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup minced red bell pepper
  • 1/4 cup sliced green onions
  • mango salsa

Directions

  1. Cook chicken on a lightly oiled grill over medium heat for about 5 minutes on each side or until lightly charred and cooked through. Let cool slightly and cut into bite-size strips. (You may substitute leftover grilled chicken.)

  2. Puree the tomato sauce and dried pepper in a blender or food processor. Transfer to a small saucepan and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add grilled chicken to pan and toss well to coat; season to taste with salt. Place flour tortillas on a flat surface. Top half of each tortilla with equal amounts of cheese, mango, bell pepper, green onion and chicken; fold over tortilla. Cook in a large skillet on both sides until cheese is melted and tortilla is crisp, about 5 minutes on each side. Serve with mango salsa.

  3. Makes 4 entree servings, or 8 appetizer servings.

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