Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Recipe Wednesday - Chicken, Bacon, & Avocado Quesadilla's

This is another Pinterest recipe but it actually comes from Kevin and Amanda's blog but I must have missed it when it was posted.  I love avocado's and chicken and bacon and cheese so these sounded perfect to me!  They ended up being superb!  The butter that you cook the tortilla's in added such a nice flavor to the quesadilla's and I felt a little healthy about them since they had the avocado's in them.  Like anything that you cook immediately before serving, they were a little stressful putting them together in the skillet but with my "helper" Charlotte we got them taken care of and enjoyed them for dinner.  I highly recommend this recipe if you're looking for something that's pretty easy (30 min start to finish) and is really good.  Charlotte even enjoyed eating them until she realized that she was eating avocado's and started saying "I can't like a-cado!"

Sidenote: I took some shortcuts from Amanda's recipe so this is my version.  Her version is linked on the post though if you want to be a real cook and do it all her way!



Chicken, Bacon, and Avocado Quesadilla's
Makes 4 quesadillas from 10" tortillas - 1 quesadilla per tortilla

1 package pre cooked chicken
8 strips bacon (we do the microwave kind)
1 avocado
Cheddar Cheese
4 Tortilla's
Butter

1. Cut chicken into bite size pieces.
2. Cook bacon until crumbly and crumble it.
3. Cut avocado into squares.
4. Warm chicken in skillet for a few minutes -- it's precooked so you're just getting it warm.  Put it back in the bowl you were holding it in originally.
5. Put 1/2 tablespoon of butter in the skillet.  Once it melts most of the way and gets foamy put the tortilla in the skillet and get it coated with butter.
6. Arrange chicken, bacon, avocado, and cheese on half of the tortilla.
7. Use tongs to fold the tortilla in half.
8. Cook about 1 1/2 minutes per side until both sides are golden brown and the cheese is melted.  (I use a cake spatula and a regular spatula to turn my quesadilla's over so as not to tear them up.)
9. Remove quesadilla onto plate or pan and stick in the oven (either off or on very low) to maintain the warmth of the quesadilla.
10. Repeat steps 5-9 starting with putting more butter in the skillet until all of your quesadilla's are made.

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