How To Make Chicken Quesadillas At Home

This is a fabulous recipe for kitty parties or any small parties. In my family, everyone loves these chicken quesadillas because they taste amazing and easy to make. This mouth-watering quesadilla is loaded with fajita-style chicken, a lot of cheese, and pepper filling. Quesadillas is a popular Mexican dish which is made with fajita-style chicken filled in one tortilla and place another tortilla on top and shallow fry both sides of the tortilla and cut into 4 parts and serve it.

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Prep time 10 minutes

Cook time 20 minutes

Total time 30 minutes

Servings 3

Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients to make chicken quesadillas

• 250 gm skinless and boneless chicken breast (diced).
• 6 flour tortillas.

Ingredients for marinate

• ½ tablespoon olive oil.
• ½ teaspoon red chili powder.
• ½  teaspoon cumin powder.
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano.
• 1 tablespoon taco seasoning.
• 2 teaspoon lemon juice.
• Salt (as required).

Ingredients for filling

• 1 large onion (sliced).
• 1 green bell pepper, and 1 yellow bell pepper (sliced).
• 1 large tomato (separate the seeds) (sliced).
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese.
• 1 cup shredded Monterey jack cheese.

Step by step process to make chicken quesadillas

1. Firstly take the chicken in a large bowl and then add olive, lemon juice, red chili powder, cumin powder, dried oregano, and taco seasoning mix all the ingredients well and marinate the chicken for 15 to 20 minutes.
2. Then heat the pan and add 2 teaspoon oil and add onion, bell peppers, and tomato and fry it for 2-3 minutes ( don’t overcook).
3. After that remove the veggies from the pan and add marinated chicken and fry it for 2 to 3minutes.
4. Then cover the lid and cook it for 5 minutes on medium flame.
5. Remove the chicken from the pan and place the one flour tortilla in the pan and spread both cheeses simultaneously then spread some veggies and chicken then again spread both cheeses and place another tortilla on the top.
6. And then bake the tortilla until it golden brown then flip and bake another side tortilla until it crispy and golden brown ( bake the tortilla on low flame ).
7. Repeat the same process for the remaining tortillas.
8. Remove it from the pan and cut it into 4 parts and serve it.

Serving suggestions

• Serve these tasty chicken quesadillas with sour cream or with tomato sauce.