Chicken quesadillas for kids
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Sent in by Kate
This easy and flexible Mexican recipe is great for children as you can hide the veg!
- Prep Time 15 mins
- Cook Time 20 mins
- Serves 4
- Difficulty Level Easy
Preparation
- Total Time 35 mins
- Preparation Time 15 mins
- Cooking Time 20 mins
- 2 tortilla wraps (large)
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 skinless chicken breast (cut into strips)
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 red pepper (small), chopped
- 1 yellow pepper (small), chopped
- 50g cheese (hard cheese), grated
- 1 tsp mild chilli powder (to taste)
- 1 tsp cumin, ground
- 1 tsp coriander, ground
- garlic (1 clove), crushed
- Heat the oil in a frying pan or wok until hot
- Add the onion and chicken and cook on a high heat for about 3 minutes, turning regularly
- Add the spices and garlic if using and continue to stir around for a couple more minutes
- Add the peppers and cook on a medium heat until the vegetables have softened (check the chicken is cooked through if your chicken is sliced thickly) - normally around 5 minutes
- Turn on the grill to high
- Place one of the wraps on a baking sheet and grate about half of the cheese onto it
- Spread the mixture from the pan evenly on top of it and cover with the other wrap
- Grate the rest of the cheese on top and place under the grill
- Cook for 2-3 minutes until the cheese melts
- Remove from the grill and cut into slices, like a pizza (pizza wheels cut them up well!)
- Serve with chopped tomato salsa
You will need
Frying pan – This best-selling one from Tefal is the perfect kitchen all-rounder and you can get it at Amazon for £21.74.
Baking sheet – We would highly recommend this handy, non-stick set of two. You can find it at Amazon for £8.99.
Tips
My children love wraps but are still a bit small for eating a whole one (and even eating one or half a one makes a huge mess) so I often make quesadillas instead. It's great for hiding veg and the recipe is really flexible. And cheap too! The spices are optional if you have fussy children but most do like them. You can use Mexican seasoning if you like but these spices are the main ingredients so it's much easier to use what you want out of your store cupboard.
Keep the veg as dry as possible as it stops the quesadilla from going soggy
Variations
- Try adding different vegetables – courgettes, grated carrot, sweetcorn, broccoli and chopped tomatoes all work well
- Use beef mince instead of chicken
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Reviews
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4 ratingsRate this recipe
Alison W(500)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
My little boy loves these after school. So easy to make and great for using up leftovers
Jo L(4)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
This is a great recipe - really easy and really tasty. I even had some sour cream in the fridge to eat it with. Yum!!!
Guest
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Delicious! Went down a treat with the whole family!
Guest
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
We love these! Have tried with a few different fillings and our favourite has to be chicken, coriander, red pepper and cheese.
Guest
I make these all the time for snacks but do them slightly different . I heat a frying pan put 1 wrap in the hot dry pan then add cheese and filling add other wrap on top. Leave for a minute or two then flip and leave for another two minutes, slice and serve :)
Julia M
Loved this but sadly not enough to feed 4 hungry children in our house! We have year 3, 5 and 6 boys and they wanted one of these each so something to bear in mind if you have older children.
Guest
Made this tonight using fajita mix. Everybody loved it. Will def. make again.
Guest
just made this for my daughter and mine's tea and found it so easy to make and very very tasty. Will certainly be having again
Guest
mmmmm......Even the fussy eaters cleaned their plates!!
Guest
Had this for tea and it was the first time in weeks all 3 of us had the same meal and we all loved it! So easy!
Guest
Used this recipe for last night's dinner and it was the perfect easy Saturday night meal! OH and I had it the same way as the kids and we all enjoyed it...who needs to wrap the wraps! Thanks for sharing...this one will be a regular! x
Guest
Made this yesterday for lunch and we all loved it, I used motzarella cheese was realy stringy kids loved it.
Guest
Tried this recipe today. It was easy and quick to prepare, and it was so yummy!!!! Thumbs up from us. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
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