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Quick and Easy, Healthy Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas

healthy buffalo chicken quesadilla standing on end on parchment paper

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These buffalo chicken quesadillas are just SO good. They're a quick, 5 ingredient recipe that will make healthy eating a breeze. Enjoy these as an easy weeknight meal and save the leftovers for lunch. 

Ingredients

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  • 1 pound Raw Chicken Breast
  • 1 Small Onion Diced (about 1/4 Cup)
  • 1/2 cup Buffalo Sauce
  • 1 cup Shredded Cheese
  • 4 Tortillas

Instructions

  1. Heat a large pan over medium heat, and add 1 teaspoon of olive oil or avocado oil to the pan if it's not a non-stick pan
  2. Dice the raw chicken into bite size pieces. Add the cut up chicken and diced onion to the heated pan, use a wooden spoon or rubber spatula to move the chicken around in the pan to ensure it is cooked through
  3. Once the chicken is cooked and the onion is soft, about 5-8 minutes, turn the heat to low and pour in the buffalo sauce and cheese.
  4. When the cheese is melted and the buffalo sauce is coating all the chicken, turn the heat off and remove the pan from the stove.
  5. Set your tortillas out and divide the filling evenly between two of them, then top with another tortilla, and wash the pan that the filling was in.
  6. Place the clean pan back onto the stove and heat it over medium/ low heat. Spray one side of the quesadilla with cooking spray or smear a bit of butter on it, place that side of the quesadilla down in the pan and let it cook and get golden and crispy. This will take about 2-3 minutes.
  7. While the one side of the buffalo chicken quesadilla is cooking, spray or smear butter on the other side. After 3-4 minutes, use a rubber spatula to carefully flip the quesadilla and let the other side get crispy.
  8. Cook another 2-3 minutes on that side then use the same spatula to carefully remove the healthy quesadilla and put it on a plate. Cut into halves or quarters and allow it to cool while you cook the second buffalo chicken quesadilla.
  9. Repeat steps 6-8 on the second quesadilla and enjoy!

Notes

  • *calories calculated are an estimate*
  • This "recipe" is more of a guide! Feel free to adjust it to your taste preferences
  • You can totally use 3 cups of rotisserie chicken instead of cooking chicken to save time! Just skip the cooking step 2 of the instructions.
  • Not a fan of spicy food? Replace the buffalo sauce with BBQ or eliminate the sauce all together! Like I said, this recipe is way more of a guide than a step-by-step recipe
  • Use dairy free cheese in place of regular cheese and be sure to use the Primal Kitchen buffalo sauce to make these dairy free buffalo chicken quesadillas
  • You can use any kind of tortillas for these quesadillas! Siete Foods makes great gluten and grain free tortillas, as well as many other brands!
  • Cut the buffalo chicken quesadillas into small triangles and have an easy appetizer that everyone will love

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