Barbecue Chicken Quesadillas Recipe
This Barbecue Chicken Quesadilla recipe is the perfect lunch or dinner recipe for your family! Use leftover chicken from a previous meal or grab a cheap rotisserie chicken on your way home from work and you’ve got a simple dinner everyone will love.
Barbecue Chicken Quesadillas Recipe
Ingredients
3 cups cooked chicken (shredded)
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
1/2 cup salsa
1/4 cup mild or medium taco sauce
2 ounces green chilies (chopped)
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
8 flour tortillas
Sour cream and extra salsa for serving
Directions
Preheat oven to 450°.
In a large bowl, combine chicken, barbecue sauce, taco sauce, salsa, and chilies.
Place four tortillas on baking sheet(s). Divide the chicken mixture evenly and spread across the tortillas. Sprinkle the cheese over the top of the chicken mixture. Place remaining four tortillas on top of each quesadilla.
Bake 6-8 minutes at 450°. Once the tortillas are lightly browned and the cheese is melted, remove the quesadillas from the oven.
Slice each quesadilla into wedges with a pizza cutter or sharp knife. Serve with sour cream and salsa.
Enjoy!
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Looks delicious and easy. I often buy rotisserie chickens and freeze the meat so I have chicken on hand for recipes like this.
These look really good. My family would love these.
This is a great idea for using leftovers. I’m really trying to minimize food waste these days.
These look really good. Great way to use leftover chicken!
Yum! And so easy!
Oh these sound yummy! Would be fun and quick dinner for baseball or soccer nights.
This looks so yummy and I will have to try out the recipe 🙂
Yummy! I can’t wait to make this for my family!
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Oh my goodness, thank you for this! My daughter is a picky eater but loves chicken. So any chicken recipe is great, but this sounds absolutely delicious.
This is a great idea for leftover chicken! I always have leftovers and never know what to do with it! Looks delicious!