Chicken Quesadillas (easy meal or appetizer)

Chicken quesadillas are a delicious low key dinner or appetizer you can make at home in less than twenty minutes.

We totally pass these chicken quesadillas off as dinner, especially in the summer time when we’ve been at the pool or our doing all the summer things. These would also be fantastic for the upcoming college football season as a game-watching snack.

Ingredients

For best results, use the best quality ingredients you can find. The ingredient lineup here is pretty simple, yet totally delicious!

I love using my Mexican shredded chicken in chicken quesadillas. However! Sometimes you need a quicker option.

You can totally use basic cooked chicken, like diced up meat from a store-bough rotisserie chicken. Many stores even sell prepped and cooked chicken, ready to go. That is what was used here, and it worked great.

Traditional flour tortillas are what we always use to make chicken quesadillas. But! Feel free to use the tortilla of your choice. 

You can also use cooking spray in place of the butter. We like the way the butter tastes, though.

Making chicken quesadillas

First, make the filling. Add the shredded chicken, corn, peppers, onion and black beans to a medium size bowl and lightly toss. Pour on the lime juice, garlic powder, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper and toss lightly to coat everything. 

You can add cheese to the filling, as seen above. Honestly, I like it better separate. When separated out, it works like the “glue” that holds everything together.👌🏻 Or, if you like lotsa cheese, you can do both!😉

Make the chicken quesadillas. Heat a skillet on the stovetop to medium heat. Spread some of the butter onto one of the tortillas. Enough to cover the tortilla in a light layer of butter. 

Add the tortilla, butter side down, to the hot pan and sprinkle on some of the cheese, then spread ½ of the filling onto the tortilla, covering the whole surface of the tortilla. Top with more cheese and another tortilla.

Spread more butter onto the other tortilla quickly. Let it cook for about 1-2 minutes, then carefully use a large flipper/ spatula to flip the quesadilla over.

Let it cook for 1-2 more minutes until it is nice and golden brown. Remove the quesadilla from the pan and let it cool for a few minutes. Cook the other quesadilla while the first one is cooling. 

Serve.  Slice the chicken quesadillas into triangles and serve with some homemade salsa and sour cream. Top with fresh cilantro. 

Chicken Quesadilla Recipe

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Chicken Quesadillas

Chicken quesadillas are a delicious low key dinner or appetizer you can make at home in less than twenty minutes.

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine Tex Mex

Keyword chicken quesadillas

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

cool time 2 minutes

Total Time 17 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 373 kcal

Author Marjorie @APinchOfHealthy

Ingredients

For the filling

• 1 ½ cups cooked shredded chicken
• ½ cup corn kernels cooked corn or sliced corn off of a corn cob, canned (drained) corn can also be used
• ½ green bell pepper diced
• ½ red bell pepper diced
• ¼ cup diced red onion diced
• ½ cup black beans drained, rinsed
• 1 Tablespoon lime juice
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon Red wine vinegar
• Salt and pepper
• 1 cup shredded mexican cheese blend

Additional ingredients

• 4 Flour tortillas or whole grain, tortillas of choice
• 2 tablespoon butter softened, so spreadable
• Salsa
• Sour cream
• Cilantro

Instructions

1. Make the filling. Add the shredded chicken, corn, peppers. Onion and black beans to a medium size bowl and lightly toss. Pour on the lime juice, garlic powder, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper and toss lightly to coat everything.

2. Heat a skillet on the stovetop to medium heat. Spread some of the butter onto one of the tortillas. Enough to cover the tortilla in a light layer of butter. Add the tortilla, butter side down, to the hot pan and sprinkle on some of the cheese, then spread ½ of the filling onto the tortilla, covering the whole surface of the tortilla. Top with more cheese and another tortilla. Spread more butter onto the other tortilla quickly.

3. Let it cook for about 1-2 minutes, then carefully use a large spatula to flip the quesadilla over. Let it cook for 1-2 more minutes until it is nice and golden brown.

4. Remove the quesadilla from the pan and let it cool for a few minutes. Cook the other quesadilla while the first one is cooling.

5. Serve. Slice the quesadilla into triangles and serve with some homemade salsa and sour cream. Top with fresh cilantro.

Recipe Notes

Nutritional information is approximate and was calculated using a recipe nutrition label generator.

Nutrition Facts

Chicken Quesadillas

Amount Per Serving

Calories 373 Calories from Fat 180

% Daily Value*

Fat 20g31%

Saturated Fat 10g63%

Trans Fat 1g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 7g

Cholesterol 73mg24%

Sodium 981mg43%

Potassium 381mg11%

Carbohydrates 28g9%

Fiber 4g17%

Sugar 4g4%

Protein 20g40%

Vitamin A 893IU18%

Vitamin C 43mg52%

Calcium 233mg23%

Iron 2mg11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.