Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 4 flour tortillas (I used Trader Joe’s homemade flour tortillas, which I think are the best store-bought I’ve found)
½ cup pesto (You can either use store-bought, or make your own using the recipe below)
2 cups shredded cheese of your choice (I used a combination of mozzarella and Trader Joe’s Toscano cheese with black pepper)
½ cup canned artichoke hearts, quartered, and ripped into smaller pieces
1 large boneless skinless chicken breast
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Directions: |
Directions:Preheat oven to broil. Place chicken on a broiler pan about 6 inches from the burners and broil for about 15-20 minutes, or until a meat thermometer reads 160ºF (it’ll reach 165ºF while it cooks in the quesadilla).
Cut the cooked chicken into ½ inch pieces.
Lay out two tortillas. Spread a thin layer of pesto on each tortilla, evenly distributing the ½ cup between both.
Sprinkle half of the cheese over the pesto, reserving a cup of cheese.
Spread the chicken and artichoke hearts evenly over both tortillas.
Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the chicken and artichokes.
Place another tortilla on top of each quesadilla.
Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium low heat. One at a time, heat each quesadilla until the cheese begins to melt and the bottom becomes crispy and golden brown. Flip quesadilla over and cook until the other side becomes golden brown and crispy. Remove from heat, cut, and serve.
Mixed-herb pistachio pesto
Makes about 1½ to 2 cups
1 ½ cloves of garlic, peeled
2 cups lightly packed flat-leaf parsley
2 tablespoons fresh lemon thyme leaves
2 tablespoons fresh tarragon leaves
1 tablespoon fresh sage leaves
1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves
½ cup grated Parmesan
½ cup pistachios, roasted
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
¾ cup olive oil
Chop garlic in food processor (or blender) until fine.
Add pistachios and chop coarsely.
Add herbs, cheese, salt, and pepper and chop until fine.
Keeping food processor running, drizzle olive oil into mixture until it becomes creamy and emulsified. |
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