Recipe: Perfect Taco Bell Style Chicken Quesadillas

Taco Bell Style Chicken Quesadillas. Anyone can make a chicken quesadilla. But to make a really good Taco Bell copycat, you MUST make the sauce. The secret ingredient: pickled jalapeños + the juice from the jar!

It's a simple flour tortilla with some grilled chicken, a hefty portion of melted three-cheese blend, creamy jalapeño sauce, and absolutely zero bells and whistles. The Shredded Chicken Quesadilla Melt is willing to accept that fact, and put in the work to hopefully be promoted. It often flip flops on its feelings, but truthfully, that's relatable. You can cook Taco Bell Style Chicken Quesadillas using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Taco Bell Style Chicken Quesadillas

1. It's 2 (10 inch) of flour tortillas.
2. It's 2 cups of shredded pepper jack cheese.
3. Prepare 1 cup of shredded rotisserie chicken.
4. You need 1/2 cup of mayonaise.
5. You need 2 tsp of minced jalapenos.
6. You need 2 tsp of pickled jalapeno juice.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cumin.
8. You need 1/2 tsp of paprika.
9. Prepare 1/4 tsp of cayanne pepper.
10. Prepare 1/4 tsp of garlic powder.

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Taco Bell Style Chicken Quesadillas instructions

1. Place a large skillet that you can fit with a lid over very low heat..
2. In a small bowl whisk together the ingredients for the sauce..
3. Divide the sauce in two and spread over each of the tortillas..
4. Working with one tortilla at a time, spray the skillet with a very small amount of cooking spray. Place the tortilla (that has been prepared with the sauce) in the skillet. Add half the cheese and half the chicken and fold it over on itself..
5. Let it cook for about four minutes or until the shell begins to turn golden brown. Cover while it is cooking. Flip it over, recover, and cook for another four minutes. Repeat with the other prepared tortilla..
6. Slice with pizza cutter and enjoy!.

The chipotle sauce is homemade and for the chicken, you can make it easily in the crockpot. A must try recipe if you crave the Taco Bell Chicken Quesadilla. A homemade Creamy Jalapeño sauce, grilled chicken strips and cheese, are all stuffed into soft tortillas, replicating the fast foods (Taco Bell) version. If you want to make things even more homemade make your own freezer pre-cooked grilled chicken strips. I highly recommend buying good quality (and relevant) cheese.