{"id":665,"slug":"chicken-quesadilla","title":"Chicken Quesadilla","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["1 tablespoon sesame oil","1 tablespoon minced garlic","½ tablespoon crushed red pepper","1 medium yellow onion, julienned","1 red bell pepper, julienned","1 green bell pepper, julienned","1 tablespoon sesame seeds","2 tablespoons teriyaki marinade/sauce","4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 6 ounces each), grilled and cut into ½-inch strips","1 tablespoon chopped cilantro","Salt to taste","Pepper to taste","4 ea. 10-inch flour tortillas","8 ounces (about 2 cups) shredded Colby Jack cheese","About 2 teaspoons butter"],"ingredients_norm":["sesame oil","garlic","red pepper","yellow onion","red bell pepper","green bell pepper","sesame seed","teriyaki marinade/sauce","boneless skinless chicken breast","cilantro","salt","pepper","ea. inch flour tortilla","colby jack cheese","butter"],"steps":["Heat sesame oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat.","Add the garlic, crushed red pepper, and onion and sauté for a minute.","Add the red and green bell peppers and sauté just barely until soft, around 3 minutes.","Add the sesame seeds, teriyaki sauce, and grilled chicken strips.","Lower heat to medium and cook, stirring often, until flavors are mixed, about 5 minutes.","Stir in the chopped cilantro, and season to taste with salt and pepper.","Divide the chicken mixture into fourths, putting the portion only on one-half of each tortilla.","Top with the shredded cheese, dividing equally among the tortillas.","Fold tortillas over, forming a semicircle, to cover the mixture.","Heat a large sauté pan or skillet over medium-high heat.","Add just enough butter to make a very thin layer on the bottom of the pan.","Cook the quesadillas in the butter until cheese is melted and tortillas are browned on both sides, about 3 minutes per side.","Cut each tortilla into four or so triangles and serve immediately."],"categories":["Chicken recipes","Inexpensive recipes","Southwestern recipes","Recipes using monterey jack","Recipes using chicken breast","Pan fried recipes","Appetizer recipes","Recipes for quesadillas","Recipes using red bell pepper","Recipes using green bell pepper","Recipes using butter","Recipes using chile flake","Recipes using cilantro"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":60,"servings":"4","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chicken_Quesadilla","source_ref":"4600881","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Chicken_Quesadilla&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"bb299c9ee5094dd3b91834beb0c818ca90d694645bf027176cf3e37eb95cd50d","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:58Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/chicken-quesadilla"}