Easy Chicken Tortillas

Most of you know that when I buy, I buy in bulk.  I do go to our local Sam's Club to buy certain

things.  This past shopping trip I picked up some Mission Flour Tortillas and two Rotisserie Chickens.  One for Sunday lunch and the other to freeze for later or just to cook other things.  

I cut the other chicken from the bone, shredded and pulled apart for this purpose.  Needless to say with lunches to prepare for work, we can finish off two of these wonderful chickens very quickly.

I don't profess to be in any way an expert of tortillas.  In fact my knowledge of them is to eat them at restaurants.  In the past I have eaten some fabulous ones homemade by the Spanish Workers in the strawberry fields.  Now you talk about some delicious food that was!  We were far too busy for me to get any of their recipes but now I wish I had.

Today I share my little quick lunch made with fresh veggies, Sam's Rotisserrie Chicken, cheese and that's about it.  The chicken has about 160 calories per 3 oz., Each Flour Tortilla has 140 calories, the cheese I don't know but I only added a very minimal amount. 

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Ingredients

6 Mission Flour Tortillas
2 Cups Rotisserie Chicken (Sam's) cut from bone and pulled into small pieces
1 Bell Pepper Chopped
1 Small Onion Chopped
4 Ribs of Celery Chopped
1 Tomato Chopped
1 Head of Romaine Lettuce cut crosswise into thin strips
1/4 Cup Fresh Cilantro Chopped
1 Cup Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Olive Oil to coat the pans
Red Pepper
Celery Salt or Salt
Chili Powder
Paprika
Cumin
1/8 cup warm water

 Instructions

Grate the cheese, set aside for later
Chop the tomato, cilantro, and lettuce set aside for later
Chop the onion, celery, and bell pepper.  Saute them in a small amount of olive oil until crisp tender
Remove from pan
Add pulled chicken to pan sprinkle with cumin, chili powder, celery salt, paprika and red pepper on top of chicken lightly coating with each ingredient.  Taste to see what you would like to add if anything.
When browned add the 1/8 cup warm water to coat the pan and heat through.  Remove from heat and add to the sauteed vegetables, set aside

Filling The Tortilla

Take the tortilla and layer very small amount of cheese in center and away from sides.
Fill center of tortilla with chicken-vegetable mixture
Top with lettuce, tomato and cilantro
Fold
Place in grill pan with minimal olive oil on medium low heat.
Place filled tortillas onto pan cooking until lightly browned on each side.

Eat while warm.  Simple, quick, easy and really delicious.
Feeds 6 or 3 hungry men

This is what I would call a TV Dinner because I used the prepared tortillas and chicken that were already prepared instead of making them homemade myself. That is as close to prepackaged as I care to be..I got the wonderful cilantro from my children's friend Nina and it is so delicious.  She grows some fabulous vegetables in Mount Pleasant.

Have a great Easter if I don't get to speak to you again before then.