Jack Quesadillas with Cranberry Salsa

Name: Jack Quesadillas with Cranberry Salsa
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 3 wedges, about 1/4 cup salsa, and 1 tablespoon sour cream)
Ingredients: Salsa:; 1 cup whole-berry cranberry sauce; 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro; 2 tablespoons chopped green onions; 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice; 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 Anjou pear, cored and finely diced; 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced; Quesadillas:; Cooking spray; 1/4 cup (2-inch-thick) slices green onions; 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeño peppers; 8 (8-inch) flour tortillas; 2 cups chopped cooked turkey; 1/2 cup fat-free sour cream

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Yield

8 servings (serving size: 3 wedges, about 1/4 cup salsa, and 1 tablespoon sour cream)

Leftover cranberry sauce transforms into a spicy salsa for these turkey quesadillas.

Ingredients

Salsa:
1 cup whole-berry cranberry sauce
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons chopped green onions
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 Anjou pear, cored and finely diced
1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
Quesadillas:
Cooking spray
1/4 cup (2-inch-thick) slices green onions
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeño peppers
8 (8-inch) flour tortillas
2 cups chopped cooked turkey
1/2 cup fat-free sour cream

How to Make It

Step 1

To prepare salsa, combine first 7 ingredients. Cover and chill.

Step 2

To prepare quesadillas, heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add 1/4 cup sliced onions to pan; sauté 3 minutes or until tender. Remove onions from pan; reduce heat to medium. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons cheese over each of 4 tortillas. Top each cheese-covered tortilla with one-fourth of onions, 1/2 cup turkey, 2 tablespoons cheese, and 1 tortilla.

Step 3

Recoat pan with cooking spray. Add 1 quesadilla to pan; cook 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned and cheese melts. Repeat with remaining quesadillas. Cut each quesadilla into 6 wedges. Serve with cranberry salsa and sour cream.

Chef's Notes

This salsa is also great on turkey sandwiches. To make meatless quesadillas, use sautéed vegetables in place of the turkey.

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Ratings & Reviews

Unique

2015-09-17T16:46:02-04:00 noelle71

We have made these for years. Almost always have them in the days after Thanksgiving - good way to use up leftover turkey. Chicken breast is a fine substitution. Always a hit with the family. Serving size is a bit small (3/4 of a quesadilla?!) but they are good.

dorktowel's Review

2014-02-04T09:14:04-05:00 Holly3

This was an awesome dish. My wife had made a turkey for a random Sunday dinner, so I didn't have any cranberry sauce. I just made some from some frozen berries and stuck it in the freezer as I made the rest of the dish. I dug this salsa so much, I'm going to replace my usual cranberry sauce with this new recipe. It was AWESOME!!

emell25's Review

2013-12-26T17:21:29-05:00 emell25

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JNBank's Review

2013-11-30T16:05:08-05:00 ChefLeesher

The salsa was fantastic. Used lime zest instead of the juice. The tortillas were a bit dry from the turkey but the salsa made them wonderful. I added arugula to the tortilla dunce one if my favorite quesadilla recipes from cooking light has it in it.

itravel's Review

2013-10-09T16:40:46-04:00 Dougal13

I liked this. I started it in a cast iron skillet but couldn't figure out how to flip it so I sprayed top tortilla with a little cooking spay and put it under broiler for about 3 mins. I also added a little hot sauce to chicken and cheese filling which was a nice contrast to the sweeter salsa. Yum!

noelle71's Review

2013-04-26T03:36:52-04:00 emmee915

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BoxerMomLaura's Review

2012-12-26T08:15:18-05:00 dorktowel

The best recipe for leftover turkey EVER! My dad fell in love with this when I fixed the leftovers after Thanksgiving last year. Claimed it was the best meal he'd had in a year!

ChefLeesher's Review

2012-07-02T10:36:18-04:00 stephil

This was better than I thought it would be. Heat & sweet. We used grilled chicken cutlets and whole wheat tortillas. I am not a huge fan of sour cream but it works really really well here.

emmee915's Review

2012-02-09T16:08:48-05:00 grammyt

awesome recipe. salsa is,a great addition.did not have turkey so i substituted chicken

Toomanypaws's Review

2011-11-28T06:47:27-05:00 sherylb1

Really tasty. Used a Gala apple instead of a pear in the salsa. Great way to use up a bit of the leftover turkey and the cranberry sauce, withough feeling like you're having yet another leftover meal.

Jack Quesadillas with Cranberry Salsa

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