Cinco de Mango Quesadilla
Recipe type: Main dish
Cuisine: Mexican
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Serves: 4
 
A quick and easy Mexican-inspired dish that the whole family will love.
Ingredients
Quesadilla
  • 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 8 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 1 dried chile pepper, such as pasilla or ancho, stem and seeds removed
  • 4 flour tortillas
  • 6 oz sliced Monterey Jack cheese
  • 1 ripe mango, cut into thin slices
  • ¼ cup minced red pepper
  • ¼ cup minced scallion
Mango salsa
  • 1 large mango, diced
  • ⅓ cup chopped red pepper
  • ¼ cup chopped red onion
  • ½ TB chopped fresh cilantro
  • ½ TB lime juice
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Cook chicken on lightly oiled grill over medium heat for five minutes per side or until cooked through.
  2. Cut or tear into bite-sized pieces.
  3. Combine tomato sauce and dried pepper in a food processor and blend into smooth.
  4. Transfer mixture to a medium sauce pan and simmer for fifteen minutes. Add chicken and toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  5. Top each tortilla with equal amounts of chicken mixture, cheese, mango, red pepper and scallion.
  6. Cook in a preheated skillet on grill pan until cheese is melted and tortilla is crisp, about five minutes per side.
  7. Serve with mango salsa.
Recipe by West of the Loop at https://www.westoftheloop.com/2015/04/18/how-to-cook-with-mangos-beyond-just-smoothies/