Chicken Quesadillas

4.50 (4)
⏱ 30 mins 🍽 2 serving(s) 🌶 mexican 🏷 One Dish Meal

These chicken quesadillas are a speedy and low-fat dinner option. The recipe uses cooked chicken breast, shredded cheddar cheese and sliced green onions layered between tortillas. They are toasted in a pan until crisp and golden brown, then sliced and served with salsa. You can add rice or sour cream for dipping if you like.

Chicken Quesadillas

Ingredients

  • 4 tortillas
  • 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1 cooked chicken breast, chopped (cooked without skin)
  • 2 green onions, sliced
  • salsa

Method

  1. Put one tortilla into a frying pan that has been coated with cooking spray.
  2. Add one tablespoon of salsa to the tortilla and spread it across the surface, using a modest amount.
  3. Arrange half of the shredded cheese, chopped chicken and sliced green onions over the salsa.
  4. Top the filling with a second tortilla and lightly spray its surface with cooking spray.
  5. Cook the quesadilla until it turns a golden brown colour, then carefully flip it to brown the opposite side.
  6. Use the remaining tortillas and ingredients to assemble and cook a second quesadilla.
  7. Cut each cooked quesadilla into wedges, like slices of pie.
  8. Present the wedges with extra salsa for dipping.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium1103000 mg

Recipe details

CategoryOne Dish Meal
Cuisinemexican
Authorrumpie1