This layered cheesy, Quesadilla Recipe is a delicious Mexican Dinner. It’s an easy Quesadilla recipe oozing with cheese, rice, and chicken. Top with your favorite Mexican food toppings and dig into crunchy delicious oven-baked Chicken Quesadillas tonight. Come on in and I’ll share the recipe with you…
Chicken Quesadillas Recipe
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Here’s the printable and recipe for these Cheesy Oven Baked Quesadillas…
Layered Chicken Quesadillas with Cheese, Rice and Beans
Ingredients
Rice Ingredients:
- 1 10 oz. Spanish Rice – Cooked according to package directions
- 1 15 oz. diced tomatoes – this will be needed for the rice recipe
Other Ingredients:
- 3 large Chicken Breasts – cooked and cubed
- 1 15 oz. black beans – rinsed and drained
- 1 15 oz. sweet corn – drained
- 1 1 oz. taco seasoning
- ⅔ cups water
- 9 burrito sized flour tortillas – burrito size
- 8 oz. shredded cheese – Monterey Jack Blend
Instructions
- Cook rice according to package directions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
- In a medium saucepan over medium/high heat – combine the cooked chicken, beans, corn, seasoning, and water
- Stir occasionally until the water has cooked down, about 5 minutes
- Grease a baking sheet with cooking spray
- Place 3 flour tortillas down separately
- Place heaping spoonfuls of rice onto each tortilla – spread the rice out
- Sprinkle cheese generously over the rice
- Add another flour tortilla over the rice and cheese
- Add a heaping spoonful of the chicken and beans mixture – Spread that around
- Add a flour tortilla to the top of the chicken and bean mixture
- Place another heaping spoonful of Spanish Rice onto those tortillas
- Sprinkle generously with cheese
- Pop into the oven for about 10 minutes, or until the middle is warm, and the cheese is nicely melted
Notes
- Serving Suggestion: Serve with sour cream, salsa, and taco toppings – like olives, tomatoes, and lettuce
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