Need a quick and easy dinner recipe for busy weeknights? Try this 10-Minute tasty, spicy chicken quesadilla recipe with feta cheese that’s healthy but doesn’t taste like health! This easy meal is filled with tasty healthy ingredients: shredded chicken (a great way to use leftovers!), avocado, feta cheese, herbs, spices and last but not least: garlic. Great quick dinner idea for clean eating!
Spicy Chicken Quesadilla With Feta Cheese
I’m not even gonna pretend like this is a brand new recipe. It’s totally a variation of my feta cheese quesadilla that I made a while back and then filmed again last week. Still, this recipe is a total winner on its own too! You’ll love the flavors! It’s spicy, it’s salty from the feta and olives, it’s kinda sweet from the tomatoes, it’s umami too and it’s just so delicious!
Ingredients for This Quick and Easy Chicken Quesadilla
- Feta cheese
- Avocado
- Greens of choice
- Tomato
- Shredded chicken
- Garlic
- Tomato paste
- Olives
- Jalapeno
- Black pepper
- Tortillas
I know the list isn’t short, but you probably have most of these things already at home and if you don’t, feel free to experiment and improvise to make this dish your own.
How To Make Spicy Chicken Quesadilla In 10 Minutes
One word: Leftovers. Cooked some chicken on the weekend? Shred it and use it for the filling here. Everything else, you probably have in the fridge/pantry.
Here’s what you need to do to make these quesadillas:
- Mash the feta cheese with avocado in a bowl
- Mix in the rest of the ingredients
- Spread on ½ tortilla
- Toast the tortilla in a pan on both sides until golden brown
- Slice and eat!
You’re ready, this thing takes 10 minutes and if you make a salad to go along while the tortillas are toasting – you’ve got healthy dinner figured out.
Options
Options here are endless. You can use other herbs, you can leave out ingredients if you don’t like them, you can choose different types of tortillas to make these even healthier, you can make them spicier. This recipe is quite forgiving, so feel free to experiment and work with whatever you have!
Here’s the printable recipe, I hope you enjoy it!
10-Minute Spicy Chicken Quesadilla Recipe With Feta Cheese
Need a quick and easy dinner recipe for busy weeknights? Try this 10-Minute tasty, spicy chicken quesadilla recipe with feta cheese that’s healthy but doesn’t taste like health!
Ingredients
- ½ cup feta cheese
- ¼ avocado
- ½ cup greens
- 1 small tomato
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 cup shredded chicken
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- handful olives, pitted, chopped
- 2 smaller tortillas
- pickled jalapeno, sliced
- black pepper
Instructions
- Mash the feta cheese and avocado in a bowl. Mix in the chicken, greens (I used some arugula, mint and basil from the garden - but anything will work), tomato, garlic, pepper, tomato paste and olives.
- Spread 1/2 of the mixture on one half of a tortilla, top with jalapenos, then fold.
- Toast in a pan with olive oil until golden brown on both sides. Slice and enjoy.
Notes
This recipe makes 2 servings and I recommend serving with some salad or a sauce of choice. If you’re making these for the family make sure to double the recipe.
Nutrition Information
Yield 2 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 479Total Fat 23gSaturated Fat 9gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 13gCholesterol 84mgSodium 851mgCarbohydrates 40gFiber 7gSugar 3gProtein 29g