# Chicken Quesadillas

This is a recipe for chicken quesadillas with a special marinade and various toppings.

- Total time: 60 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 big spoons mayo
- 1 whole lime
- garlic powder
- black pepper
- cumin
- oregano
- 1 small spoon tomato bouillon
- olive oil
- 1 small can chipotle peppers
- water
- chicken thighs
- butter
- La Campera 12" Burrito Tortillas
- cheese
- avocado
- Mexican crema
- salsa
- pico de gallo
- queso fresco

## Instructions

1. Add about two big spoons of mayo into a cup.
2. Add one whole lime to the mayo.
3. Add garlic powder, black pepper, cumin, and oregano to the mixture.
4. Add one small spoon of tomato bouillon to the mixture.
5. Add olive oil to the mixture.
6. Add a small can of chipotle peppers to the mixture.
7. Add a little bit of water to help everything blend together.
8. Blend the marinade until smooth.
9. Pour the marinade over the chicken thighs in a bowl.
10. Put the chicken in the fridge and let it marinate for about an hour.
11. Place the marinated chicken thighs in a hot pan.
12. Flip the chicken thighs to cook evenly on both sides.
13. Remove the cooked chicken from the pan and place it on a chopping board.
14. Let the chicken rest before chopping it up.
15. Chop the chicken into small pieces.
16. Add the chopped chicken back into the pan.
17. Add some butter to the chicken in the pan.
18. Stir the chicken to mix with the butter and seasonings in the pan.
19. Warm up a tortilla in a pan.
20. Add cheese to the pan.
21. Place the tortilla on top of the melting cheese.
22. Flip the tortilla with the cheese.
23. Add the cooked chopped chicken on one half of the tortilla.
24. Add a little bit more cheese on top of the chicken.
25. Close the tortilla to form a quesadilla.
26. Open the quesadilla to add toppings.
27. Add sliced avocado as a topping.
28. Drizzle Mexican crema over the avocado and chicken.
29. Add salsa as a topping.
30. Add pico de gallo as a topping.
31. Sprinkle queso fresco on top of the quesadilla.
32. Close the quesadilla back up.
33. Cut the quesadilla in half.
34. Serve the chicken quesadillas on a plate.

## Equipment

- bowl
- lime juicer
- nutribullet
- ziploc bag
- pan
- tongs
- chopping board
- knife
- platter

## Tips

- The longer you let the chicken marinate, the better.
- Marinating the chicken this way makes it very juicy and flavorful.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@itzelcastanova/video/7276260665713642794
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6db89860-4826-45a8-af6a-81e12a63b81c
- Extracted: 2025-11-09

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