Recipe: Tasty Chicken Quesadilla Pie

Chicken Quesadilla Pie. Whisk eggs, milk, flour, baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt in bowl until smooth. Place tortilla into pie plate and set aside. A jar of pickled jalapeños adds a welcome kick to this cheesy pie.

The beauty of quesadilla pie is that it's a great way to use up leftovers and odds and ends. The essentials are the tortillas and the cheese; after that it's up to you as to the variety and type of filling you want. Black beans are good, as are onions, chicken, tomatoes, mushrooms, or summer squash. You can cook Chicken Quesadilla Pie using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Quesadilla Pie

1. Prepare 1 of large (10 inch burrito size) flour tortilla.
2. Prepare 2 cups of shredded, cooked chicken.
3. You need 1/2 cup of canned black beans, drained and rinsed.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp. of chopped cilantro.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of diced onion.
6. It's to taste of pepper, cumin, chili powder, smoked paprika.
7. It's 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese, divided.
8. It's 2 of large eggs.
9. You need 1 cup of milk.
10. You need 1 cup of flour.
11. Prepare 1/4 tsp. of salt.
12. It's 1 tsp. of baking powder.
13. You need of Suggested Toppings :.
14. It's of ·sour cream.
15. It's of ·diced avocado.
16. Prepare of ·sriracha.
17. You need of ·diced tomatoes.
18. It's of ·shredded lettuce.
19. It's of ·pico de gallo.
20. It's of ·salsa.

All can be layered in with the cheese. The "pie crust" is actually a quesadilla. I used one Ole Xtreme high fiber tortilla wrap. The filling for the Chicken Quesadilla Pie is boneless, skinless chicken breast, cilantro, red onion and reduced fat cheddar cheese.

Chicken Quesadilla Pie instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Spray a 9 inch pie pan with non-stick cooking spray. Press the tortilla in the pie pan, then lightly spray the top of the tortilla as well. Set aside..
2. In a medium mixing bowl, place the chicken, black beans, onion and 1 cup of the cheese. Stir to combine. If you're using unseasoned shredded chicken, then add the seasonings to taste...since my crock pot chicken I used was already seasoned, I skipped this step..
3. Pour the chicken mix over the top of the tortilla. Sprinkle the cilantro over the top..
4. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, flour, salt and baking powder until all combined and blended. Pour over the top of the chicken mix..
5. Sprinkle the remaining cup of cheese over the top of the chicken mix..
6. Bake for 16-20 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then slice into wedges and serve..
7. You can eat it as is or top it with your favorite quesadilla toppings (some suggestions listed in the ingredient list)..

I used to use regular cheddar cheese but changed it to reduced fat since it is fewer points. See more ideas about Cooking recipes, Yummy dinners, Food dishes. Remove pie crust dough from box. Stir in onions, garlic and chile. Whisk eggs, milk, flour, baking powder and garlic powder until blended; pour over ingredients in crust.

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