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These Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas are to die for!!! Kickin’ buffalo chicken makes this the best chicken quesadillas recipe you will ever make!
I’ve been on a Mexican food kick lately. We’ve had Instant Pot Taco Chicken and Chicken Chimichangas. Then I remembered a while back my husband and I went out to eat at Chili’s and I had their chicken quesadillas. They were pretty good and I thought they would make a quick and easy meal that my kids would like. After trying a few different flavors of chicken filling I landed on this buffalo chicken filling. The flavor combination is amazing. Dip, dunk or slather them in sour cream, guacamole and tomatoes! Be warned though, these buffalo chicken quesadillas are seriously addicting!!!
How to make these buffalo chicken quesadillas:
- First, make sure you’ve planned ahead enough to make the buffalo chicken filling. You can make it a day ahead and reheat it. Prepare the buffalo chicken filling as instructed in the recipe.
- Preheat your griddle, (affiliate link) I set mine to about 300 degrees, and prepare your buffalo chicken quesadillas. I like to use the 4 inch Street Taco size flour tortillas. Also, just a note, I made these once with corn tortillas and they were not very good. I recommend only using flour tortillas. Scoop about an 1/8 cup of the buffalo chicken filling onto a tortilla. Spread it out evenly using a fork. Sprinkle with cheese and top with another tortilla.
- Drizzle a little bit of olive oil on the top tortilla and brush it around with a pastry brush. (affiliate link)Place you buffalo chicken quesadillas oil side down on a preheated griddle. Brush olive oil across the now, top tortilla.
- Cook until golden brown, flip, and brown the other side. Remove from the griddle.
- Cut the quesadillas in quarters and serve!
What is the best cheese for quesadillas?
I love the pre-shredded mexican blend, or taco blend of cheese you can get at any grocery store.
How do you make quesadillas crispy?
In step 3 above, it says to brush the top tortilla with olive oil and place it olive oil side down on the griddle. Then brush olive oil on the tortilla that is now on top. Doing this will make them crispy!
What do you serve with quesadillas?
I recommend serving these with sour cream, fresh Guacamole, fresh Salsa, Pico De Gallo, and chopped tomatoes, red onion and cilantro! If you are interested in the “chips and salsa” serving dish my Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas are pictured in above you can purchase them HERE (affiliate link).
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Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas Recipe
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 Hours
- Total Time: 5 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: 16 (4 Inch) Quesadillas 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas are to die for!!! Kickin’ buffalo chicken makes this the best chicken quesadillas recipe you will ever make!
Ingredients
Buffalo Chicken Filling:
- 1 1/4 lbs. Boneless skinless Chicken Breasts
- 3 Tbs. Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 1/2 cup Honey
- 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
- 2 Tbs. Soy Sauce
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Chili Powder
- 1/2 tsp Ground Cumin
- 1/4 tsp White Pepper
- 1 Tbs. Water
- 1 Tbs. Cornstarch
- 4 oz. Cream Cheese
Other ingredients:
- 3 (12 oz) packages of Street Taco Mini Flour Tortillas
- 1 (16 oz) bag of Fiesta or Mexican blend shredded cheese
- Olive Oil
- Guacamole (how much you need depends on how much you love it)
- Sour cream
- 1 Large Tomato Diced
Instructions
- Place the chicken breasts in a 2 quart crock pot that has been lightly sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the buffalo wing sauce, honey, brown sugar, soy sauce, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, chili powder, cumin and white pepper. Don’t add the cornstarch, water, or cream cheese, yet.
- Pour half of the sauce over the chicken in the crockpot and cook on high for 3-4 hours.
- Remove the chicken from the crockpot and shred it. Return to the crockpot.
- Whisk the water and cornstarch together. Pour over the shredded chicken. Stir.
- Cube the cream cheese and add to the chicken.
- Cook on high for another 30-45 minutes.
- Stir in the remaining buffalo sauce and mix until well combined.
- Preheat your griddle to between 250 and 300 degrees.
- Top a tortilla with an 1/8 cup of hot buffalo chicken filling.
- Sprinkle with cheese and top with another tortilla.
- Brush the tortilla with olive oil and place it oil side down on the preheated griddle. Brush oil on the tortilla that is now on top.
- Cook until both sides are golden brown.
- Remove from griddle, quarter and serve with sour cream, guac, and tomatoes.
Notes
Street Taco Tortillas are 4 inches in diameter.
Keywords: Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas, Quesadillas
Buffalo Chicken Filling recipe adapted from Carlsbad Cravings Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Chicken Taquitos.
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This is really fantastic! And kids love it!
Thanks.
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