Tex Mex
Chicken Quesadilla
Chicken Quesadilla is Tex Mex home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 large flour tortillas
- 2 cooked chicken breasts
- 2 cups shredded cheddar and Monterey Jack
- 1 bell pepper
- 1/2 onion
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 1/2 cup sour cream
How to cook it
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a skillet and soften the bell pepper and onion with the cumin and chili powder, about 5 minutes.
- Toss the shredded chicken with the peppers to warm through.
- Lay a tortilla in the skillet, cover half with cheese, chicken, and peppers, fold over, and cook until golden, about 3 minutes per side.
- Repeat with the remaining tortillas and serve with salsa and sour cream.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chicken Quesadilla carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Burrito Bowl |
| Gluten | Yes | Beef Enchiladas |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, Dairy, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Chicken Quesadilla takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on chicken, tortilla, cheese, and bell pepper.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.