Chicken Quesadillas

⏱️ 25 min 👥 4 servings 📊 Medium
dinner
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Dinner is served in under half an hour! Enjoy hot, cheesy, easy shredded Chicken Quesadillas made with Old El Paso™ Flour Tortillas. Perfect if you love Mexican cuisine.

📝 Ingredients

  • 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 package (11 oz) Old El Paso™ Flour Tortillas for Burritos (8 Count)
  • 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese (4 ounces)
  • 1 can (4 oz) Old El Paso™ Chopped Green Chiles, drained
  • Thick & chunky salsa, if desired

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. 1Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. Mix chicken and cilantro.
  2. 2Place 1 tortilla on 30x18-inch piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Top with one-fourth of the chicken mixture, 1/4 cup of the cheese and one-fourth of the chilies. Top with another tortilla. Wrap foil securely around tortillas; pierce top of foil packet once or twice with fork to vent steam.
  3. 3Repeat with remaining tortillas, chicken mixture, cheese and chilies. Cover and grill foil packets, seam sides up, 4 to 6 inches from medium heat about 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.
  4. 4Cut quesadillas into wedges. Serve with salsa.

About the Chef & Original Recipe

This recipe was published by Old El Paso on oldelpaso.com. Visit the original source for step-by-step photos, chef notes and additional details.