Italian Chicken Quesadillas

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Italian Chicken Quesadillas

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These Italian chicken quesadillas are a simple, flavorful and wonderful dinner. Cooking them in a waffle iron gives them a great texture, too!

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These Italian chicken quesadillas are a simple, flavorful and wonderful dinner. Cooking them in a waffle iron gives them a great texture, too!

1HR

Total Time

$2.07

Cost Per Serving

Ingredients

Servings

6

us / metric

1 jar
(8.5 oz)

Sun-Dried Tomatoes in Olive Oil, julienned

reserve 2 tbsp of the oil for cooking

2 cloves

Garlic, minced

1

Small Onion, diced

1 lb

1 pinch

1 pinch

Crushed Red Pepper Flakes

as needed

as needed

1 cup

Fresh Baby Spinach, firmly packed

12

2 cups

Asiago Cheese, shredded

1 1/4 cups

Parmesan Cheese, shredded

as needed

Nonstick Cooking Spray

for the waffle iron

Nutrition Per Serving

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Calories

578

Fat

35.9 g

Protein

34.3 g

Carbs

30.8 g

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Author's Notes

These can be made without a waffle iron, just heat up the quesadillas in a lightly oiled skillet until starting to brown on the outside and melted through on the inside.

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step 1

Get out a large skillet and heat the reserved oil from the tomatoes over medium-high heat. Add the Sun-Dried Tomatoes in Olive Oil (1 jar), Garlic (2 cloves) and Onion (1) and let them get fragrant for a couple of minutes.

step 2

Add in the Ground Chicken (1 lb) and let it cook through thoroughly with the vegetables.

step 3

While it cooks, season the mixture with generous pinches of Salt (1 pinch) and Crushed Red Pepper Flakes (1 pinch), followed by the Dried Parsley (as needed) and Dried Basil (as needed).

step 4

When the chicken is done, take the pan off the heat and stir in the Fresh Baby Spinach (1 cup) so that it wilts in. Then get out a waffle iron and preheat it. While it heats up, assemble your first quesadilla:

step 4 When the chicken is done, take the pan off the heat and stir in the Fresh Baby Spinach (1 cup) so that it wilts in. Then get out a waffle iron and preheat it. While it heats up, assemble your first quesadilla:

step 5

Take a Tortillas (12) and scoop a generous helping of the filling in the middle, spreading it out into an even layer. Add a big handful of the Asiago Cheese (2 cups) and a small handful Parmesan Cheese (1 1/4 cups) evenly over the top.

step 5 Take a Tortillas (12) and scoop a generous helping of the filling in the middle, spreading it out into an even layer. Add a big handful of the Asiago Cheese (2 cups) and a small handful Parmesan Cheese (1 1/4 cups) evenly over the top.

step 6

Close it up with another tortilla, and then grease the preheated waffle maker with Nonstick Cooking Spray (as needed). Close the quesadilla in the waffle maker to cook for 5 minutes. It should get really golden on the outside and melty in the middle.

step 6 Close it up with another tortilla, and then grease the preheated waffle maker with Nonstick Cooking Spray (as needed). Close the quesadilla in the waffle maker to cook for 5 minutes. It should get really golden on the outside and melty in the middle.

step 7

While it is cooking, assemble the next one so that it is ready. When the first one is done, cut it into quarters and serve it immediately, with warmed up marinara if you wish! Repeat the process with the remaining 5 quesadillas.

step 7 While it is cooking, assemble the next one so that it is ready. When the first one is done, cut it into quarters and serve it immediately, with warmed up marinara if you wish! Repeat the process with the remaining 5 quesadillas.

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