Chicken Quesadilla Recipes: How To Cook At Home And Photos

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Cooking delicious Mexican quesadilla with chicken

Bright sombreros, songs with a guitar, bizarre cacti, tequila, colorful Spanish - what associations do these words evoke in you? Of course, this is Mexico! Among other things, Mexico is famous for its spicy national cuisine, many of which have gained popularity far beyond the borders of this country. Among the many dishes, there is one that will surely please all cheese lovers - quesadillas. We have collected for you 5 of the most interesting recipes for chicken quesadilla.

Content

• 1 What is Quesadilla

• 2 Step by step recipes for quesadilla with photos

  • 2.1 Classic quesadilla with chicken and cheese

    2.1.1 Video: preparing a classic quesadilla with chicken at home

  • 2.2 With chicken, mushrooms and salsa sauce

    2.2.1 Video: how to cook Mexican quesadilla with chicken and mushrooms

  • 2.3 With boiled chicken and eggs
  • 2.4 With corn and red beans
  • 2.5 With grilled pineapple and spicy BBQ sauce
  • 2.6 Another option from the forum
• 3 Video: how to make guacamole sauce

What is Quesadilla

In the original version, quesadilla is a traditional Mexican corn or wheat tortilla - a tortilla - stuffed with cheese, folded in half and fried. However, it just so happened that almost all recipes are subject to experiments by both professional chefs and amateur cooks. Therefore, now the classic version of quesadilla is increasingly considered a dish, in the filling of which there is not only cheese, but also chicken meat.

Classic chicken quesadilla with ingredients reminiscent of Italian pizza

Depending on your taste preferences, the classic recipe can be modified by adding other ingredients: mushrooms, vegetables, fruits and herbs, different types of meat and sausages, as well as legumes.

Step-by-step recipes for quesadilla with photos

Classic quesadilla with chicken and cheese

Knowing the principles of preparing a wonderful Mexican dish, you can fantasize and delight yourself with your favorite dish whenever you want. Cooking quesadilla is a simple and interesting process that even novice cooks can master.

You will need:

• 300 g chicken fillet;
• half each fresh bell pepper, red and yellow;
• 1 red onion head;
• 180 g of hard cheese;
• 2-3 sprigs of fresh parsley;
• 4 corn tortillas;
• vegetable oil;
• spices (black pepper, paprika, chili) - to taste;
• salt.

Cooking procedure:

1. Place the chicken fillet on a cutting board, cover with a piece of cling film and beat lightly. Season the meat with a little salt and spices to taste.

   

   Lightly beat the chicken fillet and sprinkle with spices to taste

2. Place the chicken in a skillet with well-heated vegetable oil and fry for 5-7 minutes on each side (until the meat is tender). Transfer the fried fillets to a plate and set aside for a while.

   

   Fry the chicken until tender

3. Cut the bell pepper peeled from seeds into small squares, onion - into thin half rings or quarters of rings.

   

   Chop vegetables

4. Stirring constantly, fry the onion over moderate heat (5-7 minutes), then add bell pepper to it, lightly salt the vegetables and continue simmering until soft over medium or low heat. Do not forget to stir the vegetable mass periodically.

   

   Fry vegetables in a little vegetable oil

5. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Cut the cooled chicken fillet into small cubes. Rinse the greens, dry and chop finely with a knife.

   

   Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater

6. Place one flatbread in a hot skillet with a little vegetable oil. Quickly place the ingredients on it in the following order: 1/4 grated cheese, 1/2 chicken meat, 1/2 fried vegetables and herbs, and then 1/4 cheese again. You can first make a preparation with vegetables, and then transfer it to the pan - as you like.

   

   Place prepared ingredients on a flatbread and fry until cheese is melted

7. When the bottom of the cheese is melted, cover the piece with a second flat cake, lightly press down so that the piece sticks to the filling, but does not come out at the edges.

8. Using two wide scoops, quickly turn the quesadilla over and cook for a few more minutes, until browning.

   

   Quickly turn the blank covered with the second cake to the other side and cook until browned

9. Transfer the finished meal to a large flat dish, cool slightly, cut into portions and serve.

   

   Cut the quesadilla into portions

Video: preparing a classic chicken quesadilla at home

With chicken, mushrooms and salsa sauce

Delicate chicken meat, delicious cheese and aromatic mushrooms are one of those flavor combinations that often delight us in salads and appetizers, first and second courses, and baked goods. This wonderful "unity" can be applied to Mexican food as well.

Ingredients:

• 8 corn tortillas;
• 500 g chicken fillet;
• 200 g of cheese;
• 200 g of champignons;
• 4–5 ripe tomatoes;
• 2 heads of onions;
• 1 bell pepper;
• 1/2 chili pod;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 1.5 tablespoons lime juice;
• 1 small bunch of fresh parsley
• salt to taste;
• sugar to taste.

Preparation:

1. Prepare the ingredients for the first step: cut the champignons into slices (or as convenient), the chicken fillet - into medium-sized cubes, 1 onion - in half rings.

   

   Cut the champignons into slices or free-form pieces

2. Place the onions in a preheated skillet and fry a little. When the vegetable is golden brown, add the chicken to it and continue to fry everything together for another 3-5 minutes.

   

   Saute the onions and chicken fillet

3. Add champignons to onion and chicken. Cook for a few more minutes.

   

   Add chapignons to onions and chicken

4. Add the pre-seeded and julienned bell pepper and chopped chili. While stirring, continue to brown the filling for about 5 minutes, then remove the pan from the stove.

   

   The next step is to add bell pepper and chili

5. Make salsa sauce. Pour over ripe tomatoes with boiling water, peel, then chop in a blender or just chop finely with a knife. Chop a clove of garlic, a second onion, and a bunch of fresh parsley. Mix all the ingredients with the tomato paste, add lime juice, salt and sugar to taste to the sauce.

   

   To prepare the sauce, you will need chopped ripe tomatoes, onions, garlic, herbs and lime juice; all ingredients must be mixed

6. Place corn cakes on a work surface. Distribute the filling evenly between all the pieces, sprinkle each portion with grated cheese. Gently fold the cakes in half. It is important to ensure that there is not too much filling.

   

   Place the filling on one side of each tortilla, sprinkle with cheese and fold the tortillas in half

7. Fry the blanks in a hot dry frying pan so that the cheese melts inside and an appetizing golden brown crust appears on both sides of the dish. Done!

   

   Fry each quesadilla on both sides until a delicious crust appears

Video: how to cook Mexican quesadilla with chicken and mushrooms

With boiled chicken and egg

This dish makes a great breakfast or mid-day snack. The recipe below shows the products per serving. If you need to make quesadillas for more people, simply increase the amount of ingredients in proportion to the number of servings needed.

You will need:

• 1 corn or wheat tortilla
• 150 g of boiled chicken meat;
• 150 g of cheese;
• 1 boiled egg;
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 1 teaspoon mayonnaise;
• a sprig of fresh parsley or cilantro;
• salt and spices to taste;
• vegetable or butter for frying.

Cooking steps:

1. Cut the boiled chicken meat (boneless pulp or fillet) into small pieces of arbitrary shape.

   

   Cut the boiled boneless chicken into strips or cubes, as you like

2. Chop the boiled egg with a knife. Grate the cheese.

   

   Chop a boiled egg and grate cheese

3. Brush the flatbread with mayonnaise and mustard.

   

   Brush the tortilla with mayonnaise and mustard

4. Place the chicken on half of the flatbread.

   

   Place the first layer of filling - boiled chicken meat on one side of the tortilla

5. The next layer is a boiled chopped egg.

   

   Place the chopped egg on top of the chicken

6. Sprinkle the filling first with grated cheese and then with chopped fresh parsley.

   

   Final filling ingredients - grated cheese and chopped fresh herbs

7. Fold the flatbread in half, so that the free part of the blank completely covers the filling. Transfer the quesadilla to a preheated skillet with a little oil and sauté on each side for 2-3 minutes. Serve the finished dish immediately, until it has cooled down.

   

   Fold the workpiece in half and fry on both sides in butter or vegetable oil

With corn and red beans

Lovers of legumes will like this dish. Hearty spicy filling is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent.

Ingredients:

• 2 corn tortillas;
• 300 g chicken fillet;
• 200 g of boiled red beans;
• 100 g canned corn;
• 1 bell pepper;
• 1/4 hot pepper pod;
• 1-2 tomatoes;
• 100-150 g of cheese;
• 1-2 sprigs of fresh cilantro or parsley;
• salt and spices to taste;
• vegetable oil for frying.

Preparation:

1. Cut the chicken fillet into cubes, fry with the addition of vegetable oil until tender, salt, season with spices to taste.

   

   Sear the chicken fillet and season to taste

2. Cut the bell pepper into medium-sized squares, pass a piece of chili through a press or chop very finely with a knife. Place vegetables in a deep skillet with hot vegetable oil, add red beans, canned corn, diced ripe tomatoes, chopped herbs, salt to taste. Cook until vegetables are tender.

   

   In a deep skillet, simmer peppers, beans, corn, other vegetables and herbs, adding salt to taste

3. Place one tortilla in a dry cast iron skillet or a round baking dish, sprinkle with half of the grated cheese on the tortilla. Put the fried chicken meat, the vegetable part of the filling, and then the second part of the cheese on the workpiece.

   

   Place all filling ingredients on top of the corn tortilla

4. Cover the filling with a second flatbread and press down lightly. Place the quesadilla in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and cook for 7-10 minutes. Serve with sour cream or any other sauce!

   

   Cover the preparation with a second flatbread and send to the preheated oven for 7-10 minutes, and then serve with sour cream or your favorite sauce

With grilled pineapple and spicy BBQ sauce

When simple recipes have already been tried and you want to experiment, you can prepare quesadillas, adding variety with exotic fruits. Often one of the ingredients of Mexican food is avocado, less often oranges and limes. Here's how to make a delicious pineapple filling.

You will need:

• 8 cakes;
• 3 small chicken breasts (400-500 g);
• 1 peeled pineapple;
• 200 g of cheese;
• 1 green chili
• 3 tablespoons of BBQ hot sauce
• 2-3 sprigs of fresh cilantro;
• butter;
• salt and black pepper to taste.

Cooking steps:

1. Cut the peeled pineapple into cubes or cubes, string on skewers and, occasionally turning, fry on all sides on a grill or pan. The fruit should be covered with a slight blush.

   

   Fry pineapples until light blush

2. Lightly beat the chicken fillet, sprinkle with salt and black pepper to taste. Fry the meat in a little butter on both sides. Brush the finished chicken fillet with barbecue sauce and cut into small pieces.

   

   Brush the fried chicken fillet with the sauce

3. Grate the cheese. Peel the chili pepper and cut into rings. Chop the cilantro finely with a knife. After preparing the filling ingredients, place the tortillas on the grill and fry a little.

   

   Fry the tortillas in butter

4. Put four cakes on the work surface and immediately sprinkle with some of the grated cheese: on warm blanks, it will begin to melt, and the edges of the quesadilla can be fastened without difficulty. Place the chicken, toasted pineapple, pepper slices and chopped herbs on top of these tortillas. Add more sauce if desired. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

   

   Place all the filling ingredients and cheese on 4 tortillas

5. Cover the tortillas with the remaining tortillas and press down slightly. Cook in the oven or grill until golden brown.

   

   Cover the pieces with the remaining tortillas and grill or oven until browned

6. Cut the finished quesadilla into portions and serve with low-fat sour cream and lime slices.

   

   Serve the sliced quesadilla with sour cream and lime

Another option from the forum

Guacamole is considered a traditional addition to real Mexican quesadilla - a simple and tasty sauce made from avocado, tomatoes, fresh onions, hot chili peppers, cilantro and lime juice. On culinary sites and forums, you can find many variations of guacamole preparation. You can also top up your quesadilla with this sauce.

Video: how to make guacamole sauce

Cooking quesadillas will not take much of your time, so you can please not only your family, but also your friends unexpectedly with this nutritious Mexican dish. The wonderful aroma of melted cheese, tender chicken, fresh vegetables, herbs and spices will certainly delight everyone at the table. Help yourself to your health!