This recipe comes from a cute little cookbook, Quesadillas written by a wonderful Utah food blogger, Donna Kelly, Fab Frugal Food. The cookbook is filled with fun, original ideas to make quesadillas for breakfast, lunch, dinner or even dessert.I recently moved my blog from Blogger to WordPress. Unfortunately, along the way many of my subscribers were lost. If you’d take a minute to resubscribe through the RSS subscription button at the top, I’d really appreciate it – Thanks! Barbara
It’s little league football season again and it seems I’m always running back and forth and trying to squeeze in a healthy meal somewhere in the schedule. So I turned to Donna’s cookbook for a new idea for a quick and easy dinner and this recipe definitely fit the bill. It has all the flavors you’d expect in a Thai chicken dinner, but sandwiched between tortillas.
The original recipe calls for rotisserie chicken, but I substituted boneless skinless chicken breast that I had in the freezer. Donna suggests laying the tortillas on the counter and topping them all at once, which was something new to me, but an idea I really like. That way it’s so much easier to divide the toppings evenly between the quesadillas.
Donna, Fab Frugal Food, will be at the Utah State Fair on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 4:00, doing a quesadillas demo and promoting her new book –Quesadillas. Stop by and say hi if you’re in the neighborhood. I know I’d like to.
More recipes you might like:Thai Peanut Quesadillas
adapted from Quesadillas by Donna Kelly2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced
2 tablespoons grated ginger
1 teaspoon Tabasco or cayenne pepper sauce
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons lime juice
8 (9- to 10-inch) flour or wheat tortillas
8 ounces Monterey Jack Cheddar cheese, grated
1/3 cup thinly slice green onions
1/2 cup diced roasted salted peanuts
1/4 cup chopped cilantroBrown chicken in a large non-stick skillet until it is cooked through. Mix together ginger, hot sauce, peanut butter, soy sauce, and lime juice. Stir into chicken.
Lay 4 tortillas on the counter and spread 1/3 cup cheese over each. Spread 1 cup chicken over cheese. Sprinkle some onions, peanuts, and cilantro over cheese. Spread another 3/3 cup cheese over top.
Slide one of the cheese-covered tortillas into a 10-inch skillet over medium heat. (I used an electric griddle.) Place one of the remaining tortillas on top. Press down with a wide spatula to remove any air pockets. Cover and cook 1 to 2 minutes, checking frequently, until bottom tortilla is crisp and browned.
Turn over, cover and cook 1 to 2 minutes more, or until lightly browned. Repeat this process for remaining quesadillas. Cut into wedges and serve immediately.
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You had me at thai peanut…I love that flavor combination on anything and everything!
These look and sound delicious! I am on my lunch break, and I could definitely have one of these for lunch.
Barbara this sounds so good…it’s like Thai meets Mexican with an assortment of spices and flavor combinations not as often used together.
These sound fantastic! Aren’t we all rushing around and still trying to get yummy, healthy meals on the table in next to no time? I know I am! This would go down a treat! Thanks!
I LOVE Thai Peanut Chicken but have never thought of making it into tacos. This is a perfect way to use leftovers when I make it for dinner!
Mum, you can totally read my mind! I’m having something like this tonight. Haha how spooky! :P xxx
Wow I love the look of those – will definitely have to give those a try. I have an electric pizza oven that I like to make quesadillas in – they are on the menu this weekend!! Thank you
This recipe looks like a winner. You had me a “Thai + Peanut” and then I saw it was from Donna’s book; how fun! Wish I could go see her at the fair.
Way to promote a fellow blogger! I LOVE donna’s blog and will have to check out this cookbook!
Anything with the words thai and peanut in the title instantly gets my attention and this is no exception. What a great quick and easy meal!
Wow those look delcious. I love that combintation of flavors, but I have never thought about putting them in a quesadilla. Great for eating on the run.
I am so, so happy that you are lovin’ the Quesadillas – They are a great desperation dinner, aren’t they?
Thanks so much for the link! Very nice to have kudos from a fabulous cook like yourself -
Cheers!
I’m so intrigued!
Thai Quesadillas look scrumptious. I’d kill for one of those right now ;)
This flavor combination sounds delicious…..my family loves quesadillas so I’ll be trying this for sure!
I have so much to catch up on! Your posts were not coming through my reader and all of a sudden I got 10 at once! These look fabulous. Now I’m off to catch up!
These looks delicious. I must try recipe.
Definitely a must-try Thai recipe. I know this would be a hit with my husband and I and I love trying new dishes with a Thai influence. Thank you for sharing.
I was talking tonight about making some Quesadillas! These look wonderful….blessings, K
Delicious recipe, love it!
I will have to make these when Josh is not around. They look great!
These flavors in this quesadillas all sound outstanding. Can’t wait to try them out for myself. Just stumbled into your blog and I’m loving all the recipes. Looking forward to following.
These look great! I’ll have to make them when my hubby has other dinner plans, as he doesn’t like Thai flavors, but I would love to make them for a girls’ night in!
Hello. I just “met” you on another blog and arrived to find you’ve used some of my favorite flavors in your recipe. I love Thai food! Thanks for another way to enjoy it.
Best,
Bonnie
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM,..these thai peanut quesidillas look awesome & ooh so tasty!!
I am loving it!! Oooh,..yes!
This looks amazing! I love this combination!
This sounds so tasty, especially between some warm cheesy tortillas. YUM!
Peanut butter fused deliciously into a quesadilla? Wow, that sounds amazing! Great recipe! :)
first off great new site, love the new look!!! and football season!!YEAH!!! this would be a perfect addition to our football fare, super yummy and all our fav flavors..
sweetlife
When my kids were in Little League, I had a huge repertoire of quickie dishes I knew they’d love. Sure wish quesadilla’s had been popular back then, ’cause there’s so much you can do with them.
Love this recipe, Barbara!
I love these! We eat a lot of quesadillas at our house and I’m always on the lookout for fun new recipe ideas. Can’t wait to give this one a try!
Quesadillas have always been a quick dinner favorite around here. It great to have some new flavor combinations to work with.
Mimi
Oh I so LOVE quesadillas, just saying the word makes me feel happy. Mind you, I have not really explored the range of stuff I could put in them – I have always stuck to my Nigella Lawson recipe of parma ham and jalapeno but as I see here I could put so many different things in them instead.
I’m not usually fond of the Thai peanut flavor, but these sure look good! I know my husband would love them!
What a creative and delicious idea for a quesadilla Barbara! And I like the idea of laying them out all at once. The book sounds great!
Yes I love these. Healthy and delicious. What a great combination Barbara! Very yummy!!
I hope you had a good weekend!!
All these ingredients in one place is just too much for me to handle. LOL…I’m still eating my measely boring salad ;(
Barbara…I’m glad your blog move went fairly well. I, for one have you on my blogroll…therefore…I never lost contact ;o))
Have a great day,
Claudia
Barbara, I absolutely love the idea of mixing and matching flavors…and I want mine with lots of cilantro please :-)
Yeah, me too! Anything with spicy peanut butter and I am so in! These look delicious and I love serving food like this for a casual dinner in front of a movie.
Barbara, it looks so yummy. I recently began to like meals with peanut butter so I might give this a try later ;) And I love quesadillas. Thanks for posting it.
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These look great! I’ll definitely give them a try.
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