Extra Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas
Buffalo chicken quesadillas are a mash up of your favorite wing flavors and the ooey, gooey Tex Mex treat. A delightful combination of shredded buffalo chicken and tons of cheese gets sandwiched between flour tortillas and cooked to melty perfection.
Are you still the dark place that I was in a long time back when I thought a quesadilla was only tortilla and melted cheese?
Well, welcome to the light my friend.
It’s the dawn of a new age where a quesadilla can be almost anything you want including an incredible mash up of buttery tortilla, melted cheese, and buffalo chicken.
Every bite is texture heaven.
A buttery, crunchy, toasted stuffed with two kinds of melted cheese, cheddar and mozzarella.
Hidden in the center is a magical pocket of buffalo chicken.
Dip it in ranch dressing, blue cheese, or extra buffalo sauce for the ultimate buffalo chicken lovers dream quesadilla.
Ingredients
To make these you’ll need:
- Chicken– Cooked shredded or diced chicken. This is perfect for using up a rotisserie chicken or leftover grilled chicken.
- Buffalo sauce– Homemade or your favorite store bought kind
- Salt and pepper– To taste
- Tortillas– Large, burrito sized, flour tortillas
- Butter– Softened
- Cheese– Both shredded cheddar and shredded mozzarella, and softened cream cheese- although this is an optional addition
- Ranch dressing– Either homemade or store bought. You could also use blue cheese if you prefer.
How to Make
Making buffalo chicken quesadillas is pretty quick and easy!
To do it, mix the chicken with buffalo sauce and cream cheese (if using!) and salt and pepper until everything’s evenly combined.
Toss the cheese together in a second bowl so they are combined.
Then, heat a large skillet over medium heat and spray it with nonstick spray.
Spread the outside of each tortilla with one tablespoon of butter.
Put one buttered tortilla into the hot skillet.
Quickly top one half of it with about an 1/8 of the cheese followed by 1/4 of the chicken mixture.
Drizzle a tablespoon of ranch over top of the chicken followed by another 1/8th of the cheese.
Fold the quesadilla in half to ‘close’.
Cook the quesadilla until golden and crispy on that side, about 2-3 minutes, but watching carefully.
Use two spatulas to carefully keep it closed and flip it to the other side to continue cooking, until that side’s also golden and crispy.
Remove the cooked quesadilla to a cutting board to rest, and repeat this process with the rest of the tortillas and cheese.
Use a sharp pizza cutter to into 3-4 wedges and serve with additional ranch dressing or buffalo sauce, as desired.
Enjoy!
Storing Leftovers
I don’t recommend planning for leftover buffalo chicken quesadillas.
They will get sort of sad and soggy in the fridge.
This recipe is very easy to cut in half, or even quarters, so you can make just enough and not too much.
Tips and Tricks
- You can use a spatula to gently press down on the quesadilla, if you’d like it on the thicker, more uniform side, while cooking.
- Feel free to substitute your favorite cheese or use all cheddar or all mozzarella if you’d rather.
- Also the cream cheese is an optional addition, although it really does add that perfect extra creamy factor to these. You can always use less than 8 ounces if you’re trying to cut off some calories.
- Prefer blue cheese dressing? Use that instead of ranch.
Other Buffalo Chicken Recipes
Buffalo chicken quesadillas are a delicious mash up of two classic appetizers.
Make them and enjoy!
Looking for other buffalo chicken recipes?
Try these:
- Buffalo Chicken Garbage Bread
- Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Pasta
- Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
- Buffalo Chicken Nachos
- Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Soup
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Extra Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and then either diced or shredded
- salt & pepper, to taste
- 1/4 cup buffalo sauce
- 1 8 oz pkg cream cheese softened (optional)
- 4 large flour tortillas
- 4 tbsp butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 4 tbsp ranch dressing
Instructions
- In a medium-large mixing bowl, add the chicken with the buffalo sauce, and cream cheese if using, and mix together until evenly combined. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and then either diced or shredded, 1/4 cup buffalo sauce, 1 8 oz pkg cream cheese, salt & pepper, to taste
- In a separate mixing bowl, add the cheeses and toss until evenly combined.1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, 1 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Just before you're ready to cook your quesadilla, spray the skillet with a tiny bit of nonstick cooking spray.
- Working with one tortilla at a time, spread the outside of each evenly with a tablespoon of butter. Place a tortilla in the skillet and, working quickly, sprinkle about an 1/8 of the cheese evenly out over half of the quesadillas. Spread about 1/4 of the chicken mixture out over top of that half. Drizzle a tablespoon of ranch over top of the chicken, sprinkle another 1/8 cup of cheese evenly out over the top, and fold the quesadilla in half to 'close'.4 large flour tortillas, 4 tbsp butter, softened, 4 tbsp ranch dressing
- Cook the quesadilla until golden and crispy on that side, about 2-3 minutes, but watching carefully. You can use a spatula to gently press down on the quesadilla, if you'd like it on the thicker, more uniform side, while cooking. Use two spatulas to carefully keep it closed and flip it to the other side to continue cooking, until that side's also golden and crispy.
- Remove the cooked quesadilla to a cutting board to rest, and repeat with the remaining ingredients.
- Use a sharp pizza cutter to into 3-4 wedges/slices, and serve with additional ranch dressing or buffalo sauce, as desired.
Notes
- You can use a spatula to gently press down on the quesadilla, if you'd like it on the thicker, more uniform side, while cooking.
- Feel free to substitute your favorite cheese or use all cheddar or all mozzarella if you'd rather.
- Also the cream cheese is an optional addition, although it really does add that perfect extra creamy factor to these. You can always use less than 8 ounces if you're trying to cut off some calories.
- Prefer blue cheese dressing? Use that instead of ranch.
Nutrition
Literally 2 of my my most favorite things in one! YUM!!!!
Isn’t it beautiful??
My mouth is watering! These look really divine! Thank you for joining this week’s Fiesta Friday party. :)
Oh my goodness, heavenly bites of ooey goey buffalo cheesy goodness! I need these in my life!
The Quesadillas look delicious! Love the addition of Buffalo chicken in them! Thanks for sharing it here at FF!
These were a big hit at our house! Thanks for sharing!
So glad y’all loved em, Amy!
Stop using cooking spray, ffs.
Use some natural oil.
You can easily, and obviously, omit the cooking spray if you’d like since the quesadillas are already buttered. I use it to ensure nothing sticks and my dishes are easier to wash. BUT, it’s really just personal preference. No reason to be ugly.
Can you make these in a sandwich press?
Is that similar to a panini press? If so, then you betcha!
These sound great! When I make mine I put the whole flat tortilla in the pan (buttered) then another whole one on top. Then I flip the whole thing using a round plate. Thanks for the idea! ❤️
wow, these look nice. Thanks for sharing
That’s so sweet. Thank you, Temi!
These quesadillas are AMAZING!! I used a lot less butter (1/2 Tbsp for 2 quesadillas) and they still turned out amazing. My husband raved about them!! Thank you for this!
So glad you both loved them! They’re a family favorite here too!!
These were amazing and soooo easy!! Will definitely be adding these to the rotation. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks so much for taking the time to leave your thoughts. So glad you guys loved them as much as we do :)
Why haven’t I thought of this before! Just made them. This will be a go to for a quick meal. Yum!
Yes, they’re perfect when you need something STAT. Glad you liked them!
Made these for my work Christmas party and they were a huge hit! Everyone asked me for the recipe!
I never would’ve though to take them to a Christmas party, but what a great idea! Happy to hear they were quite a hit, Sylvia.
These look great, with one exception – the use of ranch dressing with any food using “Buffalo” sauce can never happen. Never. Ever.
Sincerely,
Buffalo, NY
LOL, we don’t have anyone actually from the region in our family but good to know Cynthia!
Delicious, fast & easy; but, I used canned chicken breast (easy to shred).
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
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