Re: THe NAC Lots-O-Post Thread
You have any recipes with hot sauce in them? I'm wanting to make something else soon.
The chicken I made this weekend was XXXXing fantastic.
Shredded Chicken & Chipotle Quesadillas
- ~3 lbs boneless chicken breast
- 1 can chipotles & adobo sauce
- 1 white onion
- 1 green bell pepper
- some green salsa
- minced garlic
- ground black pepper
- 1 can Rotel (mexican style, lime & cilantro)
- 1 bag mexican mix shredded cheese
- large tortillas
***
- Chop up onion & green pepper, set aside (I just mixed it in the same bowl)
- Remove chipotles from adobo sauce & finely mince; set sauce aside
- sprinkle a thin layer of the pepper & onion on the bottom of the slow cooker
- lay 2-3 chicken breasts on the pepper & onions (depends on how big your cooker is)
- sprinkle some of the minced chipotle on top
- smear some of the adobo sauce over the chicken & chipotles
- place another thin layer of peppers & onions on the sauce
- add some pepper & garlic
- stack 2-3 more chicken breasts on top, repeat as needed
( the idea being you just keep alternating layers of peppers/onions/chicken/chipotle/adobo...this really helps everything soak together)
- once all chicken is stacked, cover the mess in a thin layer of green salsa
- cook 8+ hours on low (I did closer to 10)
- remove chicken breasts from slow cooker & shred into a bowl/broil pan
- using a slotted spoon, use some of the leftover veggies to mix back into the chicken
- put a layer of shredded cheese on a tortilla
- add shredded chicken
- add Rotel to taste***
- add another layer of shredded cheese
- cover with a second tortilla
- Set oven to high broil and put the quesadilla in for a minute or two til lightly browned; flip & repeat
- Slice w/pizza cutter, add toppings to taste
Also works good into a burrito or taco kinda thing, or just eating the shredded chicken straight outta the pan. BANGIN. I was pretty happy with this one.
***NOTE: the Rotel is good stuff, but use it sparingly - you can overpower everything else with it in a hurry due to the cilantro. I only ended up with a couple chunks of tomato per quesadilla slice and it was fine that way.