{"id":1237,"date":"2013-08-19T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/blog\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2016-02-24T20:08:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T20:08:13","slug":"whole-wheat-chicken-quesadilla-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/whole-wheat-chicken-quesadilla-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole Wheat Chicken Quesadilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here in the Gourmet Orchards&#8217; Kitchen, we&#8217;re always looking for a way to give our tastebuds some excitement. In an effort to give our mouths a little vacation, we decided we&#8217;d take our plates South of the border with our Whole Wheat Chicken Quesadilla Recipe, accompanied by our <a title=\"Mango Salsa Recipe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/blog\/mango-salsa-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mango Salsa Recipe<\/a>. While we have a lot more we could say about this scrumptious little snack we&#8217;ve put together, we think we&#8217;ll let the ingredients and preparation instructions speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Preparation time: 15-20 minutes<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Ingredients:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Peanuts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1072\" title=\"Gourmet Orchards Peanuts\" alt=\"Gourmet Peanuts\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Peanuts-300x199.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 tbs vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>4 cups jalapeno jack cheese, shredded<\/li>\n<li>6 cups scallions, Sliced<\/li>\n<li>8 whole wheat flour tortillas (8-9 inch)<\/li>\n<li>3 tbs peanut oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Directions:<\/span><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F. Heat vegetable oil over high in large saut\u00e9 pan. Season chicken with the salt and pepper. Cook chicken breasts until golden brown on all sides, approximately 8 \u201310 minutes. Place chicken in the oven until cooked through, approximately 10 \u2013 12 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Allow chicken to cool for 5 minutes. Shred chicken (hint: we&#8217;ve found the best way to do this is with 2 forks; using one fork to secure the chicken breast while pulling at the chicken with the other).<\/li>\n<li>Assemble quesadillas by placing 3\/4 cup of chicken, 1\/2 cup jalape\u00f1o jack cheese &amp; 3\/4 cup scallions. Fold in half and set to the side.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 8 quesadillas.<\/li>\n<li>Heat 1 tsp, peanut oil in a large saut\u00e9 pan. Place one quesadilla in the pan and lightly brown on both sides, making certain that cheese is melted before removing from pan.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat with remaining quesadillas, adding more peanut oil when necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Cut each quesadilla into fourths and serve with the mango salsa.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Here in the Gourmet Orchards&#8217; Kitchen we&#8217;re always looking for new ideas around amazing food. If you&#8217;ve got a recipe you&#8217;d like us to work on,\u00a0<a title=\"contact us\" href=\"\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">contact us<\/a>,\u00a0fill us in and you may see your recipe on the gourmet blog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<\/p><p><!--Start BlogRankings.com Code--><\/p>\n<p><!--End BlogRankings.com Code--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re heading South of the border here at Gourmet Orchards with this latest recipe: Whole Wheat Chicken Quesadilla<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":2378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[72,135,150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3104,"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions\/3104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gourmetorchards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}