Chicken Quesadillas w/ Jalapeno Cheese Sauce - Marcie Richards

 1 lb chicken tenders

1/2 onion, sliced

2 bell peppers (any color), cut in strips

12 oz Monterrey Jack Cheese

10-12 flour tortillas

Vegetable oil

Fajita Seasoning (packet or homemade*)

Jalapeno Cheese Sauce

4 oz cream cheese

1/4 cup sour cream

1/2 tsp garlic

1/4 cup milk

2-5 T pickled jalapenos

In a blender, puree all ingredients for the jalapeno cheese sauce. Set aside.

In a frying pan, fry chicken and onions in 1-3 T oil; adding fajita seasoning o taste, add the peppers for the last several minutes of cooking and saute together until chicken is cooked and onions and peppers are tender (when the chicken is cookied, I cut into bite-sized pieces with the spatula just in the frying pan)

To assemble, layer chicken mixture, 2 T cheese and 1-2 T jalapeno cheese sauce on half of a tortilla, fold over and grill on the griddle or fying pan until the cheese melts and the tortilla si crispy.

*homemade fajita seasoning

2 tsp shili powder

2 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp onion powder 

1 tsp oregano 

1 tsp cumin