Mario Batali's Spicy Chicken And Cheddar Quesadillas

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 lb ground chicken
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies, drained
• 3 garlic cloves, mashed
• 1 chipotle pepper, coarsely chopped
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup salsa (your favorite)
• 8 flour tortillas, quesadilla size
• 2 cups cheddar cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 warm oil in a cast iron skillet over high heat. add chicken and cook, breaking up meat, until no longer pink.
• 2 add green chiles, garlic, chipotle, chili powder, cumin, and salt and cook, stirring (1 minute). add salsa and cook until mixture thickens (5 minutes). transfer to a large bowl.
• 3 to assemble quesadillas, top each tortilla with 1/8 of the chicken mixture and 1/8 of the cheese. fold tortilla in half. repeat with remaining ingredients to make 8 quesadillas.
• 4 toast in cast iron skillet over medium-high heat, about 4 minutes per side. cut each quesadilla into 4 pieces (most easily done with scissors or pizza cutters) and serve.