Recipe for tortilla dishes - with chicken and cheese at home

Classic Mexican tortilla recipe

The tortilla recipe is not particularly original. You will need the simplest products, because the classic tortilla is unpretentious:

half a kilo of good wheat flour;
250 ml. water;
50 gr. butter;
1 small spoon of salt.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

Mix flour with salt in a sieve and sift onto a clean table. Cut a piece of butter onto it. Grind the entire mixture into small crumbs.
Heat the water until hot, but so hot that you can touch it with your hand. Pour it into the center of the flour-butter slide, while kneading.
It is necessary to achieve smoothness and plasticity of the dough.
Wrap the lump in cling film and send it to rest in a warm place for 15 - 20 minutes.
Cut the lump into 8 pieces. Roll out each of them thinly on a table sprinkled with flour. The tortilla should be very thin, 3-5 mm thick.
You need to fry these pancakes in a dry frying pan for a minute on each side, having prepared a damp, clean towel in advance.
When removing, cover them with a towel to prevent them from drying out.

You can make a Spanish tortilla if you add grated hard cheese to the dough. This option is great for savory snacks, and can also be used in the form of bread. There is no yeast in the composition, so the benefits will be much greater. Recipes for stuffed tortillas are based on just this cooking option.

Step-by-step preparation

Take 1 tortilla and grease its edges and center with 20 g of processed cheese.
In the middle of the flatbread we place vegetables cut into strips: 30 g of Chinese cabbage, 50 g of tomato and 70 cucumbers.
Also add 50 g of fried and chopped chicken breast to the center.
Carefully wrap the tortilla to form a roll. Using a mat, shape the appetizer into a square.
Cut the roll into equal pieces of medium thickness.
Using a pastry bag, decorate the dish with rosettes of garlic sauce. The snack is ready!

Did you know? Tortilla means “omelet” in Spanish and is considered the same national product in Mexico as lavash is in Armenia. Traditionally, this flatbread is made from corn or wheat flour. Thanks to this simple and quick recipe, you will get an incredibly appetizing and healthy snack that will become an unusual decoration for any table. In combination with the sauce, such a roll will have a very juicy and rich taste, and its appearance will resemble a real gourmet dish.

Useful tips

Follow these tips to ensure your tortilla snack turns out perfect:

If you want your roll to have a more colorful and interesting taste, choose a tortilla made from corn flour. This tortilla is considered a traditional product of Mexico.
Be sure to brush the edges of the tortilla well with cream cheese, otherwise it will not hold its roll shape.
To save your time and not fry the chicken breast, you can buy ready-made smoked meat in the store. It also works well for this type of roll.
If you don't like garlic sauce, you can replace it with any other one. The main thing is that it is thick in consistency and holds the desired shape.

Tortilla with chicken

In today's hectic pace of life, there is very little time left to prepare a full dinner. To avoid being hungry, chicken tortilla is perfect. Thin, lavash-like bread, combined with chicken, will not harm the stomach, but will give you several delicious minutes. To prepare this delicious dinner substitute yourself, you need:

5 tortillas;
a couple of juicy tomatoes;
one carrot;
one onion;
300 gr. chicken fillet;
salt, spices (to taste);
mustard sauce;
bunch of lettuce leaves.

You can prepare homemade tortillas using the following instructions:

Slice the meat thinly, roll in spices, add salt and fry until cooked at high temperature. To make the chicken tortilla more interesting, use a little smoked chicken leg.
Chop the onion and fry in a separate pan. Chop the tomatoes into cubes, pepper into thin strips, grate the carrots on any grater.
Place the bread on a baking sheet and place in the oven. They should warm up, but not dry out.
While warm, coat them with mustard sauce, add meat and chopped vegetables.
Roll to form a tortilla roll. You can also wrap it in a regular envelope.

Chicken tortillas are ready to eat. You need to eat them right away so they don’t have time to cool down.

Video recipe

Mexican wheat or corn tortillas are used to prepare a wide variety of unusual dishes. We invite you to watch a video with an interesting recipe for a juicy tortilla roll with chicken and garlic sauce.

Incredibly tasty and healthy Mexican tortilla has won the hearts of many gourmets. Have you ever used it to prepare your dishes?

Did you like this version of the chicken roll? Leave your personal opinion about the proposed recipe in the comments and feel free to share your culinary tips.

Tortilla with cheese

Not everyone eats meat products, but this is not a reason to deny yourself the pleasure of eating a dish like cheese tortilla. It is a modification of a natural Mexican dish, but this does not make it any less tasty. For cooking you will need:

1 zucchini;
1 onion;
1 leek;
100 gr. sharp hard cheese;
1 sweet fleshy pepper (preferably red);
clove of garlic;
6 chicken eggs;
50 gr. olives (green);
50 gr. pitted olives;
3 pcs. celery stalk;
vegetable oil for frying;
salt, spices, herbs (to taste).

Tortilla with cheese is prepared in an interesting way and can be used to feed a large group of guests.

Chop all the vegetables. Zucchini and onions - in thin rings, pepper - in slices, celery in pieces. Homemade tortilla should be juicy and bright.
Lightly fry the onion and garlic in a frying pan, adding oil.
Add all the chopped vegetables to the onion, stir, add a pinch of salt, season with spices and simmer for 15 minutes over medium heat. At the end of this period, add olives and olives to the mixture. The number of black olives depends entirely on your taste. In addition, you can use olives with various flavorings. Spanish tortillas are also prepared using this principle.
Beat the eggs into a bowl, stir with a whisk, add grated cheese, salt and various herbs.
Carefully place all the vegetables in a baking dish, pour in the egg and cheese mixture and place in the oven at 220 degrees for half an hour.
When the tortilla is cooked at home, garnish with lettuce or dill and place olives on top.

Quesadilla with cheese and guacamole

Traditionally, quesadillas are prepared with cheese, but if desired, you can add greens, chicken, corn, mushrooms, avocado, olives, and tomatoes to the cheese filling. Guacamole – avocado sauce with the addition of tomatoes and chili peppers (optional). It complements spicy Mexican dishes well.

Quesadilla Ingredients:

hard cheese – 300 g,
cilantro – 1 bunch,
wheat tortilla – 3-5 pcs.

Ingredients for guacamole:

avocado – 3-4 pcs.,
lime – 1 pc.,
chili pepper – 1 pc.,
tomato – 1 pc.,
olive oil – 1-2 teaspoons,
salt - to taste.

How to cook:

Peel and remove the seeds of ripe avocados, cut the pulp into large pieces and place in a bowl. Squeeze the lime juice onto the avocado to prevent it from browning and mash with a fork until smooth (you can also puree the avocado in a food processor).

Remove the seeds from the chili pepper, chop the pepper and tomato finely. Add peppers, tomatoes and olive oil to the avocado, add salt to taste and stir. Leave the guacamole to sit for 20-30 minutes.

Grind the cheese on a coarse grater, finely chop the herbs, mix everything in a bowl. Heat a non-stick frying pan on the stove. Place one tortilla in the pan and heat for 1 minute. Turn the tortilla over to the other side and spread the cheese filling on one half. Immediately cover with the other half of the tortilla and cook until the cheese has melted. Serve immediately by cutting the quesadilla into 2-3 pieces. Serve guacamole in a separate salad bowl.

Tortilla filling

In order not to be considered a culinary ignorant, you need to be able to understand the composition of this dish. The tortilla filling is replete with different types and bright colors. The most common fillings:

canned beans stewed with onions and spices + goat cheese;
chicken fillet fried in spices + tomatoes + herbs;
vegetables stewed in vegetable oil + olives;
strawberry + banana;
minced meat fried with onions and spices and avocado.

Looking at the bright photos from foreign resorts, you can see that the variations of dishes are very diverse. There is tortilla lavash, in which meat, fish, and vegetables are wrapped. And there are also tortilla rolls, when the finished roll is cut diagonally, revealing the multi-colored filling. And cooking tortillas is a hearty, tasty dish that any housewife can do.

Taco with chicken, avocado and salsa

For tacos, it is better to buy or bake small corn tortillas, since the filling is not wrapped in the tortilla, but simply placed on top, folding the tortilla in half. Chicken breast can be replaced with turkey in the recipe.

Ingredients:

chicken breast – 1 pc.,
bell pepper – 1 pc.,
avocado – 1 pc.,
greens – 1 small bunch,
salsa sauce - to taste,
salt, pepper - to taste,
vegetable oil for frying,
small tortillas – 5-6 pcs.

How to cook:

Thinly slice the chicken breast and fry in hot vegetable oil until golden brown. Remove the pan from the heat, salt the meat and cool. Cut the bell pepper into thin strips. Peel the avocado, remove the pit and slice thinly. Finely chop the greens.