Recipe For Chicken Quesadillas In The Oven

Baked Chicken Quesadillas made in the ovenso you can make multiple quesadillas at the same time! Stuffed with Mexican seasoned chicken and capsicum/bell peppers, plenty of gooey cheese and enclosed withcrispy golden brown tortilla, this is how you can make quesadillas for a crowd without standing over the stove, making them one by one. 🙂

Last month I wenton a mini break with friends and we hired a gorgeous swanky house right on the beach at Sapphire Beach (Coffs Harbour) on the New South Wales North Coast.And my darling friends, they insisted that I mustn’t do much cooking, that I must relax.

Well! Isn’t it lucky that I did get a bit organised with a shopping list and meal plan. Because in the entire 4 nights / 5 days we were there, we only went out for ONE MEAL. In fact, other than that brief 2 hour outing, we only left the house for a short 20 minute stroll on the beach before we declared that the pool and our sun lounges were beckoning us back (along with the frozen mango daiquiris we had planned to start making the minute the clock ticked over to 12 o’clock).

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My friends are internet shy so you only get their hands. Notice their graceful hands on the left and right versus my Baby Hands at the bottom 😂

There were only 4 of us, and yet making Quesadillas for lunch was still a pain. As I stood over the stovecooking them one by one, popping themin the oven and praying they would stay crispy until I finished, I vowed to find a wayto make a big batch in one go.

It wasn’t as easy as justwacking stuffed folded tortillas in the oven. I found a few little tricks made quite a difference:

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I stuffed these Baked Chicken Quesadillas with the makings of Chicken Fajitas! Seasoned chicken, onion and capsicum / bell peppers. Plus cheese of course. Mustn’t forget the cheese!

There’s no denying that they don’t come out quite as shatteringly crispy as you can make them on the stove by pressing down firmly on the quesadillas while they cook. But these are still crispy – crispy enough!

Also the other thing I observed is that the tortilla starts to wrinkle after around 20 minutes. Here they are after I had been faffing around with the camera for around 30 minutes – you can see how different they look to when they are fresh out of the oven (photo above).

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I hope you find this Oven Baked Chicken Quesadillas recipe handy! I’ve always felt like quesadillas are like pancakes – only make them in select circumstances, when there aren’t too any people to feed.

But now you can make quesadillas for a crowd – even with two trays so you can make 8 at the same time – or more if you have a large oven!

This is how to make multiple Quesadillas in one batch, rather than making them one by one on the stove! They are crispy and stuffed with Fajita flavoured chicken, onion, capsicum/bell peppers and of course cheese. Use this technique to make quesadillas with anything you want - just ensure you cool the filling. See recipe VIDEO below the recipe to see how crispy these are!

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1. I tend not to use Mozzarella Cheese in quesadillas because it doesn't have as much flavour as other cheese. But feel free to use it if you want!

2. The 3 things I found make all the difference so the quesadillas come out crispy (without baking them so long they are dark brown are): a) Cooling the filling first (reduces steam inside the quesadilla while baking); b) Heating oiled baking tray; and c) Cooking in a fairly hot oven.

3. You can make 2 trays of this at the same time. It will take around 5 minutes longer and the trays should be swapped partway through. The tray that ends up at the bottom will probably need a few minutes longer after you take the top one out.

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Serving: 233 g Calories: 448 cal (22%) Carbohydrates: 22.8 g (8%) Protein: 35 g (70%) Fat: 24.3 g (37%) Saturated Fat: 8.9 g (56%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 15.2 g Cholesterol: 105 mg (35%) Sodium: 561 mg (24%) Fiber: 3.4 g (14%) Sugar: 4.1 g (5%)

Usually when I go away, I send Dozer to a Golden Retriever boarder’s place where he rules the house with other Goldies. Howeveron this occasion, he was injured (#DefectDog) so I sent him to my mother’s place where he would be free of temptations to rumble with other Goldies.

My mother (and actually, my whole family) get sick pleasure in torturing me when I go away and they don’t send me Dozer updates unless I plead multiple times. Finally, she sent me ONE photo – this one.

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I believe you can make great food with everyday ingredients even if you’re short on time and cost conscious. You just need to cook clever and get creative!