As many of you may noticed, there is always a bunch of turkey left over from the holidays. Being from the bird family, you can easily dress up turkey to appear to be chicken and save that tasty meat from going to waste!
This dish does just that, with the combination of spices the signature turkey taste is covered up and even in pictures appears to look like chicken! A simple combination of spiced turkey, cheese, tomato, and green onion presents itself beautifully in this quesadilla with a rich taste that’s sure to entice you to make it up again or even ask for more left overs.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup turkey (diced)
- 1 cup cheese (colby jack)
- 1/2 cup green onions (about 2 stalks)
- 1 tomato (diced)
- 1 dash pepper
- 1 dash cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon cilantro
- 4 10″ tortilla
METHOD:
Preheat oven to 350. In a mixing bowl, combine tomato, turkey, green onion, cheese, pepper, cayenne pepper, and cilantro. Mix until all ingredients are mixed well.
Lay 1 tortilla on a baking sheet, pour half of the mixture on the tortilla, top with another tortilla. Place in oven on top rack for about 8 minutes. Watch for the tortilla to get brown on top. Remove and Serve with sour creme or guacamole.
Tags: left overs, mexican, quesadilla, turkey
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:53 pm
This looks so simple … I am going to have to try it!
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:52 pm
It really is and quite tasty. If you want, I found that browning the tortilla in a pan helps make it more crunchy and also be sure to watch the water from the tomatoes, drain as much as you can. Enjoy and let me know how it turns out John.