How To Make Chicken Quesadillas
These chicken quesadillas are a great quick meal option! It’s a savory Mexican dish loaded with chicken and stretchy cheese in a pan-fried tortilla.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4large flour tortillas
- 1tbspolive oil,plus extra as needed
- 1small bell pepper,red or green
- ⅓cuponion,diced
- 1½cupschicken,cooked, shredded or cubed
- 2tbsptaco seasoning,or fajita seasoning
- 2cupsmonterey jack cheese,or mexican blend, shredded
Instructions
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Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium-high heat.
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Cook the onions for 2 to 3 minutes or until softened. Add the bell peppers, then cook for an additional 2 to 3 minutes.
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Stir in the chicken, seasoning and ¼ cup water. Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated.
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Lay out the tortillas, then sprinkle ½ cup of cheese on one half of each tortilla. Add ¼ of the chicken mixture.
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Fold half of the tortilla over the filling, then brush the outside of each tortilla with olive oil.
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Heat a non-stick pan over medium-low heat. Lightly brown each quesadilla for 3 to 4 minutes per side or until golden and the cheese is melted.
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Cool for 2 to 3 minutes, then cut each tortilla into 3 pieces. Serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 595.64kcal
- Fat: 35.98g
- Saturated Fat: 16.07g
- Trans Fat: 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.84g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.98g
- Carbohydrates: 35.47g
- Fiber: 2.65g
- Sugar: 3.76g
- Protein: 31.35g
- Cholesterol: 98.12mg
- Sodium: 1196.49mg
- Calcium: 602.37mg
- Potassium: 335.43mg
- Iron: 3.42mg
- Vitamin A: 181.25µg
- Vitamin C: 25.45mg
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