Chicken and Ground Chorizo Quesadillas
Craving a tasty weeknight meal or easy lunch look no further. This chicken and chorizo quesadilla is easy to make and truly comes together with an avocado pico de gallo .
Ingredients
- 1 6-8 oz chicken breast cut into small chunks
- 1/2 tsp paprika powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp oregano powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/3 cup diced red onion or 1/4 on an onion diced
- 3 mini peppers diced or thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese 4 cheese
- 1/2 lb ground chorizo sausage
- 4-5 flour tortillas
Instructions
- Prepare spice mixture in a small bowl. Add salt, pepper, paprika, onion powder, dried oregano powder and garlic powder. Combine and add to chunks of chicken breasts and set aside.
- Heat a skillet with 1 tbsp of olive oil over medium heat
- Add diced onion and diced peppers to hot pan and stir until onion is translucent and peppers are soft.
- Add seasoned chicken breast chunks into hot pan and brown for 1-2 minutes.
- Add ground chorizo with 1 tbsp of water (helps break down the meat evenly) and break down using a ground meat chopper or equivalent or spatula. Stir occasionally for around 12-15 minutes or until all the pork fat has been rendered.
- In a separate pan warm the tortilla and add shredded cheese until it sticks to the tortilla.
- Add chorizo and chicken to 1/2 side of the tortilla and fold pushing down with a spatula.
- Cut evenly into triangles and serve with pico de gallo