The other day, I went to El Pollo Loco and had their chicken quesadillas with avocado salsa verde. It was delicious, so I sought out how to make a healthy version at home using my air fryer. Though my version doesn’t taste as good as El Pollo Loco’s, it’s healthier, still tastes pretty good, and is much cheaper. For the salsa, I found one that tastes almost the same as El Pollo Loco’s. Here’s my recipe.
Ingredients
- Tortilla (I get the zero-net-carbs kind)
- Shredded cheese (I get a blend of Monterey Jack, cheddar, queso quesadilla, and asadero cheeses)
- Pre-cooked chicken breast strips
- Guacamole salsa (I get this Guacasalsa from Trader Joe’s, but there are alternatives at Costco)
- Avocado oil spray
Directions
- Heat the precooked chicken breast strips in a microwave
- Spray avocado oil on the air fryer basket
- Place a tortilla in the air fryer
- Put cheese on one half of the tortilla
- Place some chicken breast strips over the cheese
- Top the chicken strips with more cheese
- Fold the other half of the tortilla over the first half
- Spray avocado oil on the folded half
- Keep the tortilla from unfolding by either sticking a toothpick through both sides of it or placing a metal air fryer rack over it
- Cook at 390 degrees F for about 4 minutes
- To consume, dip it in the guacasalsa or spoon some guacasalsa on it
