Healthy Chicken Quesadillas

These healthy chicken quesadillas are super easy to make and are loaded with roasted veggies (dinner leftovers?), shredded chicken, and cheddar jack cheese.

Course Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine American

Keyword chicken quesadilla, healthy chicken quesadilla, healthy quesadilla

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 375kcal

Author Kelli Shallal MPH RD

Ingredients

4 whole-grain tortillas
1 cup organic cheddar jack cheese blend
½ cup broccoli or other veggies
½ cup cauliflower or other veggies
1 red bell pepper
1 cup shredded chicken or rotisserie chicken
½ cup guacamole

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400F. Roast veggies (or use any leftover roasted veggies you have) by placing on a foil-lined baking sheet. Spray with cooking spray or toss with oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and bake for 15-20 minutes until fork tender.*
Build quesadillas by adding ¼ cup organic shredded FULL FAT cheddar jack blend to one tortilla, top with ¼ cup shredded chicken, ½ roasted veggies, ½ chopped bell pepper (de-seeded & deveined), and finish with ¼ cup shredded cheese. Spread ¼ cup guac accross the second tortilla and place on top of the first one, guac side down.
Heat a skillet on medium and add quesadilla to the skillet. When quesadilla is crispy on one side and beginning to get hot throughout, flip to the other side using a very wide spatula or two spatulas at once. It should be about 5 minutes on each side.
Enjoy your quesadilla!

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Notes

Whole Grain Tortillas - Make sure to get 100% whole wheat tortillas, or for gluten-free, I love Food for Life Brown Rice Tortillas. For low carb, La Tortilla Factory makes an excellent low carb tortilla. You can use any tortilla you want, BUT, you want it to be big enough to get in all the ingredients, should be at least 10-inches.

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