15-MINUTE EASY CHICKEN QUESADILLA RECIPE
This easy chicken quesadilla is the best and ready in 15 minutes – cheesy, creamy, spicy, healthy-ish and super delicious. Plus the quesadilla recipe is so simple to make for a quick cozy weeknight dinner!
Author: Homemademastery/Photo credit to homemademastery.com
Ingredients
- 1 cup shredded chicken
- 2 Tbsp cream cheese
- 1½ tbsp tomato paste
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- ⅓ tsp cumin
- ⅓ tsp coriander
- ½ tsp crushed red pepper
- 1 jalapeno, chopped
- ½ cup chopped arugula
- handful basil leaves or some chopped dill
- ½ cup shredded cheese
- 2 flour tortillas
Instructions
- In a small bowl mix the cream cheese, garlic, tomato paste, cumin, coriander and crushed red pepper, a tsp of water until smooth.
- Add the chicken, basil (or dill), chopped jalapeno and the arugula to the mix.
- Spread ½ of the mixture on one half of a flour tortilla and top with cheese of your choice - mine was mozzarella. Repeat for the other tortilla.
- Fold each tortilla in half and toast in a non-stick pan with olive oil until golden brown. Flip and toast on the other side as well.
- Slice in 3-4 pieces and serve like this, or with guacamole.