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Chicken, Lime and Coriander Quesadillas
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Recipe Review
friederike from Berlin,
There were several things I wasn't entirely happy with. I used only half of the chilli and the lime juice, and I'm glad I did - it would have been too sour and way too hot otherwise! Admittedly, I used sour cream instead of cream cheese, but added a little cream to make up.
Still, I wasn't able to taste any lime, which is because lime juice just adds acidity and not the specific lime flavour; you need (grated) lime zest to get that. For the last two quesadillas, I grated half a lime, and immediately it was much nicer.
Then, I had normal-sized tortillas. I was very surprised when I read that I had to scoop some filling onto a small tortilla and cover with a second one, heat in a pan and then turn - how is that going to work? How are you supposed to turn them without having the filling flying all over your kitchen? I thought quesadillas are supposed to be like calzones, with one side closed so you could turn them easily?
Comments
Catbatty - 20th May 2013
Nope. Quesadillas *can* be folded and fried on each side, but they can also be made the way you described. My very first quesadilla was at a little Mexican cafe in Los Nietos, CA back in about 1959. It blew my teenaged little mind. :) It was just cheese sprinkled onto a corn tortilla set in a frying pan and topped with another corn tortilla on top, fried on both sides, drained on paper towels, then plated and a bit of salsa placed on top. OMG...I've been crazy about them ever since. We make them at home all the time.
I haven't seen your recipe...no cheese? I think cheese would bind those ingredients together (I suppose the author said to spread the filling out a bit?) so that they wouldn't take off and fly out when you turn this whole thing over (to fry the other side).
friederike - 20th May 2013
Ha. I stand corrected. It does contain cheese, and I've noticed that too much cheese is better than too little. :)
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