Easy Bein’ Cheesy Chicken Quesadillas
with Smoky Red Pepper Crema
- Wheat
- Soy
- Milk
This quesadilla is big on flavor AND ready in just 15 minutes with the help of a few kitchen tricks. We start with already-cooked chicken breasts, which are sliced and sautéed with scallions and Southwest spices to make the zesty filling. It’s layered onto tortillas with pepper jack and Monterey Jack cheese, then pan-toasted to achieve perfectly golden, gooey results. Each quesadilla is finished with a drizzle of hot sauce and paired with smoky red pepper crema for dipping. A good thing just got a whole lot better.
Ingredients
2 unit
Flour Tortillas
(Contains: Wheat, Soy)
4 tablespoon
Smoky Red Pepper Crema
(Contains: Milk)
½ cup
Pepper Jack Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
¼ cup
Monterey Jack Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Fully Cooked Chicken Breasts
2 unit
Scallions
1 tablespoon
Southwest Spice Blend
1 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Olive Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens.
• Pat chicken* dry with paper towels. Thinly slice crosswise into strips. • Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a medium pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken, scallion whites, and Southwest Spice. Cook until chicken is warmed through and scallions are slightly softened, 2-3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. • Turn off heat; remove from pan and set aside. Wash out pan.
• Place tortillas on a clean work surface. Evenly sprinkle pepper jack onto one half of each tortilla. Top with chicken filling, then sprinkle with Monterey Jack. Fold tortillas in half to create quesadillas. • Heat a large drizzle of oil in pan used for filling over medium heat. Add quesadillas and cook until tortillas are golden brown and cheeses have melted, 3-4 minutes. TIP: Depending on the size of your pan, you may need to work in batches.
• Cut quesadillas into wedges and divide between plates. Sprinkle with scallion greens and drizzle with hot sauce if desired. Serve with smoky red pepper crema on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the taste, calling it delicious and restaurant-quality. Some found it a bit bland, suggesting extra seasoning or added veggies 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Customers raved about how quick and easy these quesadillas were to make, perfect for busy nights or beginners.
- Suggestions: Consider adding veggies like bell peppers or onions for more flavor and nutrition. Some recommended including beans, rice, or guacamole as sides.
- Portions: Several felt the meal was small for dinner; adding a side dish or increasing cheese quantity could make it more filling.
- Cheese: Many wished for more cheese to make the quesadillas truly "cheesy." Consider adding extra or having some on hand.
- Chicken: While some loved the pre-cooked chicken for convenience, others found it dry or rubbery. Cooking fresh chicken might improve texture.
Reviews from our home cooks
Excellent meal. Providing the pre-cooked chicken makes this especially quick and easy to prepare. It is very delicious. The southwest spice blend is very good. We actually use two pans to prepare, a medium sized one to prepare the chicken mixture and then a big chicken fryer sized pan that both quesadillas fit into at the same time. I do think the recipe should say that the quesadillas need to be cooked 3 to 4 minutes on each side. When filling the quesadillas, we just put the tortillas on the plates that they will be served on when they are ready to serve. In addition, I prefer to put some smoky red pepper sauce on my cut up quesadillas and then the scallion greens so they stay in place when eating them better. My suggestion is that a Roma tomato would be an excellent addition to this meal so it could be chopped and served on top of the completed quesadillas along with the scallion greens and the smoky red pepper cream. Would have added the chopped tomato myself, but didn't have any. Love this meal and order it often.
Definitely one of my favorites just because of how simple and fast it was to cook compared to other in depth recipes, and this one tasted just as great as other more complicated dishes. I was astonished how much flavor was in a quesadilla, and the chicken was actually perfectly cooked. Chive included recipes are the best.
The Easy Bein' Cheesy chicken quesadillas were divine! They were much larger than I expected but so so so good! I loved the seasoning and they were quite filling!
Very tasty. I liked having the red pepper crema in the packets already ready to squeeze on with no prep, but it wasn't too creamy. The first packet I opened and squeezed out was very watery. I tried to massage the next few packets, but they came out a not very creamy consistency....a little lumpy, yet watery at the same time. It had a great flavor though! This prep time was actually accurate. (and I didn't even have to cook the chicken). MANY of the recipes we've tried so far have suggested 5 minutes of prep and I laugh because it usually takes me MUCH longer!
The chicken & crema was tasty and the meal was easy, but the quantity was lacking, with just 1/2 a quesadilla per person for a dinner. We were also disappointed that there was no vegetable to speak of with this meal. Would be good to have a little side salad or something to make it more well-balanced.
These were super quick, simple and delicious!! I was a bit skeptical of this meal in the beginning because of the pre-cooked chicken but the quesadillas came out so tasty and fresh! The only negative was this portion alone was not enough for a full meal.. perfect snack or quick meal.
These were great - I love quesadillas and this was a relatively easy to prepare and easy clean-up post-meal dish. The only thing I struggled with was doing the cooking of the quesadillas in the oil (and getting the quesadillas to seal up so that they did not fall apart).
We really enjoyed these Quesadillas! They were excellent. The chicken was very fresh, and the red pepper crema really made the dish.
Smoky Red Pepper Crema was delicious and a wonderful additive to this extremely easy meal. Great for lunch.
These were so tasty and easy to make, wish there had been more spicy crema to dip them in, I had more quesadilla left but no more crema.
