Enjoying the company of family and friends in your home doesn't always necessitate a special occassion and tons of work. Here is the perfect dish to enjoy with coffee, tea or serve with some salsa and sour cream. Chicken and cheese are flavored with tomatoes, herbs and buttermilk dressing and encased in a crunchy tortilla. You can do all the prep work ahead of time and simply brown them in the skillet once your guests have arrived. This is also a great option for a quick and delicious weeknight dinner. I make this quite often and especially when we have a houseful of teenagers.
Yields: 5-6 quesadillas
Ingredients:
5 ½ cups cooked chicken, chopped
½ cup parmesan cheese, grated
¼ cup sun-dried tomatoes, minced (or 1-2 small tomatoes, seeded and chopped)
⅓ - ½ cup red bell pepper, minced
1 small garlic clove, minced
1 ½ Tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
¾ cup mayonnaise
¾ cup buttermilk or Greek yogurt
salt, ground black pepper, to taste
6-8 oz grated mozzarella cheese
10-12 medium flour tortillas
butter or oil, for cooking the quesadillas
Instructions:
Chop the cooked chicken. You can use a rotisserie chicken, smoked chicken, roasted or cooked chicken. I usually use leftover roast chicken or cooked chicken after making chicken broth.
Combine the chicken, parmesan cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, pepper, garlic, and parsley in a large bowl. 
Whisk the mayonnaise and buttermilk together, add to the chicken. Mix to combine. Season with salt and ground black pepper to taste. 
Spread about ½ a cup of the filling on one of the tortillas. 
Sprinkle about ½ cup of the mozzarella cheese on top of the filling. 
Top with another tortilla.
Melt ½ Tablespoon of butter or heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. When the butter stops sizzling, add the tortillas. Cook, covered, over medium low heat until golden brown on both sides.
Repeat with all the quesadillas.
You can serve the quesadillas with salsa, sour cream, Ranch dressing, etc.
Chicken Quesadillas
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 5 quesadillas
- Category: Appetizer
Ingredients
- 5 ½ cups cooked chicken, chopped
- ½ cup parmesan cheese, grated
- ¼ cup sun-dried tomatoes, minced (or 1-2 small tomatoes, seeded and chopped)
- ⅓ - ½ cup red bell pepper, minced
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- 1 ½ Tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- ¾ cup buttermilk or Greek yogurt
- salt, ground black pepper, to taste
- 6-8 oz grated mozzarella cheese
- 10-12 medium flour tortillas
- butter or oil, for cooking the quesadillas
Instructions
- Chop the cooked chicken. You can use a rotisserie chicken, smoked chicken, roasted or cooked chicken. I usually use leftover roast chicken or cooked chicken after making chicken broth.
- Combine the chicken, parmesan cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, bell pepper, garlic, and parsley in a large bowl.
- Whisk the mayonnaise and buttermilk together, add to the chicken. Season with salt and ground black pepper to taste.
- Spread about ½ a cup of the filling on one of the tortillas.
- Sprinkle about ½ cup of the mozzarella cheese on top of the filling. Top with another tortilla. Repeat with the rest of the tortillas, chicken filling and grated cheese.
- Melt ½ Tablespoon of butter or use oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. When the butter stops sizzling, add the tortillas. Cook, covered, over medium low heat until golden brown on both sides. Repeat with all the tortillas.
- You can serve the quesadillas with salsa, sour cream, Ranch dressing, etc.
Husband loved this!
That's great!
Looks delicious! How would you change the ingredients to used pulled pork instead of chicken? Or would it work as is by simply substituting shredded pork for the chicken?
Hi Olga,
These look amazing! Cant wait to try 🙂 ...can you freeze them?
I've never tried it, Anna. I usually make Chicken Quesadillas from leftover chicken, so I don't think the flavor of the chicken will be that great after freezing it, from past experience of freezing leftover meat.
These were yummy. I will be making again!! I did however realize that its easier to use one tortilla and just fold it in half and stuff that instead of using two (it was a lil messy). Thanks so much for sharing.
Hi Olga,
Can you put this receipe with zip list please. It would help me a lot when i go to the grocery store because that is the only way I remember to buy things that I need. Thanks.
Done:).
I just made these. My brother said it's like chicken quesadillas at taco bell except these taste better. Thank you for the recipe 🙂 may God bless you
Thanks, Vera! God bless you too.
What could I use instead of Buttermilk?
You can use some sour cream, or omit the buttermilk altogether:).
Wait, looks beyond amazing and delish!!!! But how do you flip entire quesadilla with the filling over, to brown the top tortilla???
Hi Oksana,
It's actually a lot easier than it looks. I have a nice sized spatula that I use and hold the top side slightly with one hand and flip.
Wait, looks beyond amazing and delish!!!! But how do you flip entire quesadilla with the filling over, to brown the top tortilla???
Olga thankyou for.sharing this recipe . I've made this today and yes like many of you said the best ones. I loved them they are delicious i couldnt stop my self from eating the whole thing. Thank you . God bless you:-)
It's awesome when I see our family favorites enjoyed by others:)
My husband loves Quesadillas, will deff. try this recipie soon!
That's great, Olia! Gotta please the man:). Every time I make something that my husband raves about it, I enjoy it even more. He's the one I'm working to please, anyway. I'm lucky that my husband is so sweet and always notices and is never stingy on compliments.
These were by far some of the best quesadillas I have ever had.. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Hi, these were soooooooooooo good! thanks for sharing this recepie!
This looks better than any Quesadillas I have tried in the past. Great job Olga 🙂
Yummy! I Love that you add lots of veggies. Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipes, love your blog.