Chicken and Vegetable Quesadillas

Recipesfull introduces to you: Cinco de Mayo Recipes. (Chicken and Vegetable Quesadillas). I came up with this recipe one random day when I craving a light southwest meal. It is simple and healthy! Mix and match vegetables to optimize to your taste. It is quite easy to overfill the quesadillas, making them a disaster to flip. Fill according to tortilla size and flip carefully or use a quesadilla maker.

Brief

Prep 25 mins

Cook: 15 mins

Total: 40 mins

Servings: 2

Yield: 2 servings

Chicken and Vegetable Quesadillas

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 cloves garlic

minced

or more to taste

½ yellow squash

cut into 1/2-inch cubes

¾ cup diced rotisserie chicken meat

½ red bell pepper

cut into 1/2-inch squares

salt to taste

olive oil cooking spray

4 whole wheat tortillas

2 slices sharp Cheddar cheese

½ cup rinsed and drained canned black beans

½ avocado

mashed

1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

Bruschetta Chicken Bake

World Cuisine

Directions

Step 1

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute garlic in hot oil until fragrant about 1 minute. Add yellow squash; cook and stir until slightly softened 1 to 2 minutes. Stir chicken and bell pepper into squash mixture; cook and stir until heated through about 2 minutes more. Season chicken mixture with salt and transfer to a bowl.

Step 2

Spray one tortilla with olive oil cooking spray and place in the hot skillet. Place 1 slice Cheddar cheese on the tortilla and spread 1/2 the chicken-vegetable mixture on top. Spoon 1/2 the black beans over chicken-vegetable mixture and 1/2 the avocado over the black beans. Sprinkle 1/2 the cilantro over the avocado. Spray another tortilla with cooking spray and place on top. Continue to cook until bottom tortilla is crispy 2 to 3 minutes; gently flip quesadilla over and cook until cheese is melted and bottom tortilla is crispy about 4 minutes more. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make second quesadilla.

Nutritional Information

Chicken and Vegetable Quesadillas

Servings Per Recipe:2

Calories: 640.7

% Daily Value *

Protein: 33.3g 67%

Carbohydrates: 71.9g 23%

Dietary Fiber: 14.1g 56%

Sugars: 1.7g

Fat: 31.8g 49%

Saturated Fat: 10.1g 51%

Cholesterol: 70.7mg 24%

Vitamin A Iu: 1538.7IU 31%

Niacin Equivalents: 11.9mg 91%

Vitamin B6: 0.7mg 41%

Vitamin C: 50.1mg 84%

Folate: 133mcg 33%

Calcium: 283.8mg 28%

Iron: 4.6mg 26%

Magnesium: 135.6mg 48%

Potassium: 944mg 26%

Sodium: 898.5mg 36%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 22%

Calories From Fat: 286.5

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.