Fill a quesadilla with fried chicken

One of the first foods I learned to make myself was quesadillas. I fold the chopped cheddar into a flour tortilla and core it until the cheese melts. It wasn’It wasn’t authentic or balanced in texture, but it was good enough for a 7. Year Year.

but even at 7 o’clock, I could probably manage a “proper” quesadilla. After all, you just heat a tortilla in a cast-iron skillet, replace the cheddar with Oaxacan cheese, and then pan-fry it until the cheese melts (I like it to spill out and create frico-like borders). .can do more preferably protein Like, but I usually don’t, at least until I see this recipe About Food52’s Danny Trejo’s Fried Chicken Quesadillas.

My first encounter with Trejo was when my stepfather took me when I was 11 years old. con air At the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles. I loved the movie and I liked Trejo in every other way I saw him.However-Creamy chipotle cabbage slaw.

Trejo’s quesadillas recipe, but you can also add leftover fast food fried chicken to your quesadillas. This is what I did yesterday afternoon.

I went to Popeye’s, picked up a spicy 8-piece, ate drumsticks as soon as I walked into the house, then chopped off a piece of the breast. many—with a crunchy, salty crust.Then place a large flour tortilla in a skillet over medium heat and bake the tortilla Let it warm up a bit, then turn it over and There’s even a layer of Oaxaca and chopped fried chicken on top.then i folded it was cooked by itself Let stand 1 minute on each side, until cheese melts. (I also made a very lazy version of Trejo’s Crema by blending adobo’s chipotle and 1/2 cup sour cream.)

You don’t have to be a food writer to guess this is delicious. this’Fried chicken and melted cheese are definitely not, and combining them is almost cheating.(No cheats on food, just sports and board games. That’s why I prefer food to sports and board games.)

Yes, I’d listen to Danny Trejo and suggest stuffing a quesadilla with fried chicken, but next time I’ll take it one step further and omit the meatMore skin only Quesadillas – decadent, chewy, cheesy, melty, salty affair – because the crust is the best part..