Description
Delightful quesadillas filled with BBQ chicken, gooey cheese, and a kick of hot honey, perfect for easy weeknight dinners.
Ingredients
Scale
- Cooking oil of choice
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs (or chicken breasts)
- Kosher salt
- Pepper
- BBQ seasoning blend
- 3 tablespoons BBQ sauce (plus more to drizzle in quesadillas)
- 2 tablespoons hot honey (plus more to drizzle in quesadillas)
- 4 large burrito-size flour tortillas
- 3 cups shredded cheese of choice
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro (optional)
- Optional toppings: sour cream, jalapenos
Instructions
- Preheat your griddle to medium heat. Add a drizzle of your favorite cooking oil.
- Toss in the chicken thighs (or breasts) along with a pinch of kosher salt, black pepper, and BBQ seasoning. Cook for about 6 minutes, mixing occasionally with spatulas, until the chicken is tender and fully cooked.
- Add in 3 tablespoons of BBQ sauce and 2 tablespoons of hot honey. Stir well and cook for an additional 2 minutes, allowing those flavors to meld beautifully.
- Remove the chicken mixture from the griddle and scrape it clean. Lower the heat to medium-low.
- Add a little more cooking oil to the griddle and place the tortillas flat on the surface. Sprinkle half of the cheese on one side of each tortilla.
- On the cheesy side, layer the cooked chicken, drizzle on more BBQ sauce and hot honey, and sprinkle with cilantro if using. Top with the remaining cheese.
- Fold the empty side of each tortilla over the filled side and cook for about a minute or two per side, until the cheese is melted and the tortillas are crisped to your liking.
- Remove the quesadillas from the griddle and slice them into wedges.
- Serve warm, accompanied by sour cream and jalapenos for an extra flavor boost, if desired.
Notes
Feel free to customize with your favorite toppings and variations.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 quesadilla
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 700mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 27g
- Cholesterol: 80mg