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Chicken Quesadillas cut into triangles on a board, with one on a plate

Chicken quesadillas

Name: Chicken quesadillas
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 8 flour tortillas; 2 chicken breasts cooked and sliced; 150g Peppadew sweet peppers drained and roughly chopped; 1/2 red onion finely sliced; a handful rocket; 200g Gruyère cheese or comté grated

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: September 15, 2022 at 4:07 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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These easy chicken quesadillas make a great spicy snack or meal and are ready in under 30 minutes. Make use of cooked chicken slices and a jar of sweet red peppers

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Ingredients

Nutrition

8 flour tortillas
2 chicken breasts

cooked and sliced
150g Peppadew sweet peppers

drained and roughly chopped
1/2 red onion

finely sliced
a handful rocket
200g Gruyère cheese or comté

grated

Nutrition: per serving

kcal562
fat24.3g
saturates12.1g
carbs48.3g
protein40.5g

Method

step 1

Sprinkle 4 tortilla wraps with the ingredients. Top with the remaining tortillas.
step 2

Heat a non-stick frying pan, add a quesadilla for 3-4 minutes until the tortilla browns, then flip and cook the other side. Repeat with the other quesadillas, then serve in wedges.

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