Smoked Turkey Quesadillas

Name: Smoked Turkey Quesadillas
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 ripe avocado, pitted and peeled; 4 oz (half of 8-oz package) regular cream cheese or reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel), softened; 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon pepper; 1/2 cup julienne-cut oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained; 1 can (4.5 oz) Old El Paso™ chopped green chiles, drained; 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeño peppers or regular Monterey Jack cheese (4 oz); 1 package (11 oz) Old El Paso™ flour tortillas for burritos (8 tortillas; 8 inch); 8 slices (1 1/2 oz each) smoked turkey breast; 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz); 2 tablespoons butter or margarine; 4 ripe olive slices, if desired

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Prep 30 min
Total 30 min
Servings 4

Here’s a recipe that smokes! Add it to your 30-minute specials.

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated August 2, 2010

Ingredients

1 ripe avocado, pitted and peeled
4 oz (half of 8-oz package) regular cream cheese or reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel), softened
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup julienne-cut oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained
1 can (4.5 oz) Old El Paso™ chopped green chiles, drained
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeño peppers or regular Monterey Jack cheese (4 oz)
1 package (11 oz) Old El Paso™ flour tortillas for burritos (8 tortillas; 8 inch)
8 slices (1 1/2 oz each) smoked turkey breast
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
4 ripe olive slices, if desired

Steps

1

In medium bowl, mash avocado. Stir in cream cheese, cumin, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir in tomatoes and chiles.
2

Sprinkle 3/4 cup of the Monterey Jack cheese on 4 of the tortillas. Top each with turkey slice. Spread avocado mixture over turkey. Top with remaining turkey slices. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup of the Cheddar cheese. Top with remaining tortillas.
3

In 12-inch skillet, melt 1/2 tablespoon of the butter over medium heat. Add 1 quesadilla; cook 2 to 4 minutes, turning once, until golden brown. Repeat with remaining butter and quesadillas. Garnish with remaining Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheeses. Top each with olive slice.