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Weeknight Chicken Quesadillas

Dinner 🍽️Lunch 🥪Snack 🍿 Tex-Mex 🇺🇸🇲🇽Mexican

Weeknight Chicken Quesadillas are packed with tender seasoned chicken, creamy black beans, fluffy rice, and a generous layer of melted Mexican cheese tucked inside crisped flour tortillas. Each bite balances mild spice, cheesy richness, and satisfying texture. Ideal for a quick family dinner or casual game-night spread, especially with salsa and sour cream on the side.

  • Prep20 min
  • Cook25 min
  • Serves8
  • DifficultyEasy
Weeknight Chicken Quesadillas
  1. 1

    Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir the chicken with 1 packet sazon seasoning and 1 teaspoon garlic salt, shredding the chicken as it cooks until it is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 8 to 10 minutes.

  2. 2

    Bring the rice and water to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed, 5 to 10 minutes.

  3. 3

    Stir the black beans, 1 packet sazon seasoning, and teaspoon garlic salt together in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave until heated through, about 2 minutes. Stir the black bean mixture into the rice.

  4. 4

    Place each tortilla on a work surface; layer one half of each tortilla with the bean-rice mixture, Mexican cheese, shredded chicken, and more Mexican cheese. Fold each tortilla in half. Spread a thin layer of softened butter on top of each quesadilla.

  5. 5

    Heat a large skillet over medium heat; cook each quesadilla, butter-side down, until the cheese is melted and the outside is crisp and browned, about 5 minutes per side. Cut into wedges.

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