Barbecued Chicken And Chickpea Quesadillas Recipes

BBQ CHICKEN QUESADILLA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a large skillet, add chicken breast and season both sides with salt and pepper.
• Cook 15-18 minutes, flipping halfway and adding the onions when you flip the chicken. (Cooking times may vary depending on thickness of the chicken breast).
• Remove the chicken from the pan and continue to stir onions.
• Shred the chicken while onions are cooking.
• Return the shredded chicken to the pan with the onions. Add the BBQ sauce and stir. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Place a tortilla in a pan and add a layer monterey jack and cheddar cheese on half of the tortilla.
• Place cooked chicken and onions, and top with the rest of each cheese. Fold in half and cook 6 minutes, flipping halfway.
• Serve with extra BBQ sauce and garnish with fresh parsley.
• Enjoy!

CHICKEN BARBECUE QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat the chicken, barbecue sauce, and onion together in a small saucepan until warmed through.
• Meanwhile, have your kids use 2 1/2- or 3-inch cookie cutters to cut the tortillas into pairs of matching shapes (ideally, you'll end up with 12 to 16 pairs).
• Place one of each pair of shapes on your work surface and sprinkle cheese on them.
• Add a tablespoon of the chicken mixture and a little more cheese, then top with the matching tortilla shapes.
• Right before serving, place the assembled tortillas, a few at a time, on a warmed griddle and cook over moderate heat for 2 minutes on each side.
• As you cook them, transfer the tortillas to a baking sheet kept in a warm oven until the whole batch is done. Serve at once.

BARBECUE CHICKEN QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients; toss to combine., Divide four tortillas between two baking sheets; spread with chicken mixture. Sprinkle with cheese and top with remaining tortillas., Bake 6-8 minutes or until lightly browned and cheese is melted. Cut each quesadilla into six wedges. If desired, serve with sour cream and additional salsa.

BARBECUE CHICKEN QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Saute onions and bell peppers (if using) in pan with butter. Remove from pan and set aside.
• In another pan heat through shredded chicken with bbq sauce.
• Lightly butter one side of a tortilla.
• Place butter side down in saute pan.
• Quickly add some of the cheese, chicken and onions (peppers and cilantro, if using) to one half of tortilla. Then quickly fold in half forming a semi-circle.
• Continue to cook until bottom side is golden brown, then carefully flip quesadilla over.
• Brown other side and remove from pan.
• Repeat with remaining ingredients.
• Cut quesadilla into wedges and serve with additional barbecue sauce.

BARBECUED CHICKEN AND CHICKPEA QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°F.
• Combine the chicken and barbecue sauce in a medium bowl, season to taste with salt and pepper, and toss gently to coat.
• In a separate medium bowl, combine the chickpeas and the reserved liquid, garlic, and scallions and mash the ingredients together with a potato masher, leaving the mixture slightly chunky. Season to taste with salt and pepper and stir to combine.
• To assemble the quesadillas, lay the tortillas on a flat work surface and spread the chickpea mixture over half of each tortilla, dividing it evenly. Top with the chicken and sprinkle each with a few cilantro leaves and the cheeses. Fold the tortillas in half to form half-moons.
• Lightly grease a grill pan or cast-iron skillet with olive oil and heat it over medium-high heat until it's hot. Place two of the quesadillas in the skillet to grill for about 2 minutes per side, turning once, until the cheese is melted and the tortillas are golden brown. Transfer the quesadillas to a baking sheet and place them in the oven to keep them warm. Repeat the process with the remaining quesadillas, adding more oil to the pan if it's dry. Cut the quesadillas into wedges and serve warm.