Dairy Farmers of Canada

Cheese and Chicken Quesadillas

This is the Cheese and Chicken Quesadillas recipe.

  • Prep: 15 min
  • Cooking: 6 min - 8 min
Yields 4 quesadillas
Cheesy Quesadillas

Ingredients

  • 8 large tortillas
  • 1 cup (250 mL) mild Mexican salsa
  • 2 cups (500 mL) cooked chicken cut in pieces
  • 2 cups (500 mL) Canadian mild Cheddar cheese or Canadian Monterey Jack grated
  • Vegetable oil
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Preparation

Place one tortilla on large plate. Spread with salsa and arrange chicken pieces evenly over salsa. Sprinkle with Canadian mild Cheddar or Canadian Monterey Jack cheese. Cover with another tortilla. Repeat three times.

Warm some vegetable oil in large skillet. When hot, slide quesadilla into skillet. Cook over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes on both sides. Quesadilla can also be cooked on buttered barbecue grill.

Place cooked quesadillas on plate and cut into 4 wedges. Top with sour cream and guacamole. Serve quesadillas cold or hot. Quesadillas can be heated in oven.

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Nutritional information

Per serving
Energy: 752 Calories
Protein: 70 g
Carbohydrate: 51 g
Fat: 29 g
Fibre: 3.9 g
Sodium: 878 mg
(% DV*)
Calcium: 46 % / 503 mg