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Kickin Chicken Quesadillas

By Vicky McMahon from Tinley Park, IL

Ingredients:
4 slices bacon, diced
2 chicken breasts cut into 1-inch pieces
cup buffalo sauce
Butter
4 large tortillas
2 cups shredded pepper jack cheese and cheddar cheese, mix to combine

Directions:
1. Add diced bacon to a skillet over medium heat. Cook until just crisp. Remove the bacon from the skillet with a slotted spoon.
2. Add chicken to skillet with bacon drippings. Cook stirring often, until chicken has cooked throughout and browned lightly. Remove drippings from pan and then pour in buffalo sauce, stir to combine well. Remove from heat.
3. Melt about tablespoon of butter in cast iron skillet or on a griddle over low-medium heat. Add tortilla layer on about cup of cheese mixture, chicken, and reserved bacon pieces on one side of the tortilla. Fold tortilla half over the portion of the tortilla filled with cheese, chicken and bacon. Cook until cheese has slightly melted,
4. Remove from skillet, cut into wedges and serve with ranch on side

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