Ten-minute rotisserie chicken quesadillas on low-carb tortillas
10 min · 48 g protein · 430 cals / serving
Shredded rotisserie chicken tossed with cumin, chilli and a spoon of salsa, folded into low-carb tortillas with melting cheddar and crisped in a dry pan. Served with cool Greek yogurt and fresh pico de gallo.
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 cups rotisserie chicken, pre-shredded cooked chicken (or pulled from a rotisserie chicken, skin removed)
- 1/4 cup red salsa, jarred
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 2 large (10-inch / 25 cm) low-carb tortillas
- 2/3 cup reduced fat cheddar cheese, pre-grated
- a light spray canola oil
To serve
- 1/3 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup pico de gallo
Steps
- Toss the chicken with the salsa, cumin, chilli powder and spring onion in a bowl.
- Lay the tortillas flat and scatter half the cheese over one half of each. Pile on the chicken, top with the rest of the cheese and fold over. Lightly oil a 12 inch skillet and set it over medium heat; lay both quesadillas in side by side and cook 3 minutes a side, pressing with a spatula, until crisp and the cheese has melted.
- Cut each into three wedges and serve with the yogurt and pico de gallo for dipping.
Good to know
Which low-carb tortillas?
Any high-fibre 'carb balance' or keto tortilla works; they crisp like a flour tortilla. With an ordinary flour tortilla it lands at about 45 instead of 68.
How do I keep the filling from falling out when I flip?
Cheese on both sides of the filling is the glue. Wait until the bottom cheese has melted before you turn it, and flip with a wide spatula and a hand on top.
Alternative
Per
- Calories
- 134
- Protein
- (43%)
- 15 g
- Fat
- (34%)
- 5 g
- Carbohydrates
- (23%)
- 12 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 552 mg
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As written, 860 kcal goes into the pot and 660 g of ingredients comes out as about 640 g of food: 134 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.