Fajita Quesadillas

We are big fans of Mexican food in our house and finding a way to make it inexpensively as opposed to eating out is always a goal of mine.  This recipe is pretty simple, although does require some chopping but for the most part took me all of about 35 minutes to prep and cook.

2 green peppers, cleaned and sliced into strips
1 yellow pepper, cleaned and sliced into strips
1 red pepper, cleaned and sliced into strips
1 large white onion sliced.
2 tablespoons of crushed garlic
1 package of flour tortillas
2 packages of quesadilla cheese (any brand is fine, whatever your preference)
2 packages of tyson grilled chicken strips, they are by the other shortcut chicken in the grocery store, we used the tysons because it was significantly less expensive than the others and you got more. (or the steak, we did both and bought 2 packages of each)
2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil
dash of fajita seasoning (if you have it) I have used it or just salt and pepper

Heat olive oil in a large skillet and saute peppers, onion, garlic, and seasoning.  Saute till onions are translucent and peppers are soft, Add in Chicken strips, since the chicken is already cooked you just need to heat till warm.  Once done, heat a grill pan if you have one, or just a saute pan will work as well.
Put one tortilla on bottom of pan, sprinkle in cheese, we like alot of cheese so we use a pretty healthy amount, spoon in chicken mixture, sprinkle in a little more cheese on top of that and put another tortilla on top.  Heat till cheese is melted flipping carefully so that the sides dont burn and the filling doesn't fall out.  I like to press down on top with a spatula to ensure that it sticks together, continue this process until all the filling is used, we used enchilada size tortillas and we got about 3 good size quesadillas, which gave us about 6 to 7 wedges per quesadilla, so you will have plenty left over, depending on family size of course. I serve this with Guacamole, Sour Cream and Salsa for dipping.

If you choose to do both steak and chicken, you can either double the onions and peppers, or use the same amount and split the onions and peppers between 2 pans when you heat the meat, or you can keep it all in the same pan and have chicken and steak together :).  The recipe is pretty fexible.

Please comment if you try these recipes out and let me know what you think!

Enjoy!

Till next time,