Forevermama's Spicy Chicken Quesadillas Or Burritos

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 4 chicken breast halves, cut into 1/4 inch thick strips
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix (refer to note # 2 below)
• 2 1/2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
• 12 -16 ounces picante sauce
• 2 -3 medium red sweet bell peppers, chopped
• 10 -12 flour tortillas (10-inch)
• melted butter

Recipe

• 1 combine chicken and taco seasoning mix in a heavy duty zip-top bag; toss to coat. refrigerate for 1 - 2 hours or overnight.
• 2 place chicken in a broiler pan or in a 15 x 10 x 11 inch jellyroll pan.
• 3 broil coated chicken 6 inches from heat (with electric oven door partially open) for 5 - 6 minutes. remove from oven and cool.
• 4 cut chicken into bite-size pieces.
• 5 in a bowl, combine chicken, cheese, picante sauce, and red peppers; stirring well. set aside.
• 6 brush 1 side of each tortilla with melted butter; place 2 tortillas, buttered side down, on a cookie sheet. top each tortilla with about 1 cup of chicken mixture, spreading to edges of tortilla. top each with a tortilla, buttered side up.
• 7 bake at 375 degrees fahrenheit for 10 minutes or until golden brown. cut into wedges. repeat with remaining tortillas and chicken mixture. serve immediately.
• 8 note: if making these into burritos, mound chicken mixture 1/4 of the was down on tortilla's. turn over short side of tortilla over chicken. turn both right and left sides of tortilla about 1 inch inches roll up cigar style, enveloping the chicken mixture tightly. place on greased cookie sheet, seam-side down. brush each burrito with melted butter. bake until golden brown.
• 9 note # 2:if you can find chi-chi's taco seasoning mix, these will be to die for. but unfortunately i can't find this seasoning anymore. they used to advertise right on the package that it didn't contain the "red stuff". i use other taco seasoning mixes, but none compare to the goodness that chi-chi's had. if you can find chi-chi's somewhere, use 2 pkg's because each pkg. was about 1 /2 - 3/4 ounces. if you do find it, let me know, because i'd love to know because i've been searching for a long time.