This delicious chicken quesadillas recipe is made with low-carb tortillas and filled with lots of cheese, buffalo sauce, shredded chicken and grilled until golden brown. They are perfectly paired with a side of ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping and will quickly become your favorite recipe for a quick dinner.
Whether you're looking for a crowd-pleasing appetizer or a quick lunch, this Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas recipe is sure to be a hit! This easy recipe is loaded with flavorful favorites, proof that you can have a delicious meal without consuming a lot of carbohydrates!
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❤️ Why I Love This Recipe
✔️ Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas are a 5 ingredient recipe packed with gooey cheese, chicken, and homemade buffalo sauce.
✔️ It makes a delicious dinner that is low carb - just 1 net carb per quesadilla.
✔️ Chicken quesadillas are an easy recipe idea that is perfect for lunch or dinner and are a recipe the whole family will love.
🥘 Ingredients
Low carb flour tortillas are the star ingredient to make these buffalo chicken quesadillas delicious.
Blue cheese crumbles add beautiful sharp, salty notes throughout.
Shredded Mexican cheese blend, for a variety of cheesy flavor.
Hot Sauce is the key ingredient to getting that mouthwatering spicy flavor.
Cooked shredded chicken, I like to use leftover Air Fryer Rotisserie Chicken.
🔪 Instructions
- Butter one side of each tortilla using 1 teaspoon butter per tortilla.
- In a small bowl, toss chicken and hot pepper sauce together to coat the chicken.
- Heat a griddle or large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Place tortilla, butter side down on the hot skillet and reduce to medium heat.
- Top the tortilla with ½ of the Mexican cheese, ½ of the blue cheese, and all of the chicken mixture.
- Layer chicken mixture with the remaining cheeses. Cover with 2nd tortilla, butter side up.
- Cook for 2 minutes, until the bottom tortilla is browned. Carefully turn quesadilla over and cook on other side for 2 minutes, until the quesadilla is golden brown and the cheese melts.
- Transfer the quesadilla to cutting board and let cool about 5 minutes.
- Slice into quarters, sprinkle with green onions, and serve with blue cheese or ranch dressing, if desired.
🙋 Recipe FAQ's
Yes, just keep in mind that they are no longer low carb if you do.
Olive Oil or butter flavored cooking spray works well for toasting the outside of the quesadilla.
Yes, the quesadillas will reheat well by wrapping in foil and placing in a toaster oven or oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. They are also easily portable and can be consumed cold or at room temperature.
💭 Tips
- Use leftover rotisserie chicken or roasted chicken breast to make the chicken mixture.
- Make sure to evenly coat the chicken to fully incorporate the buffalo flavor.
- Allow the buffalo chicken quesadilla time to cool before cutting it, this will ensure the fillings say intact.
📖 Variations
- For extra cheesy buffalo chicken quesadillas add a layer of cream cheese.
- Amp up your spice level by adding some diced jalapenos to the chicken mixture.
- Mix mashed avocado to your ranch for a creamy avocado ranch dipping sauce!
- Substitute shredded cheddar cheese or monterey jack cheese for the Mexican cheese blend
🍽 Equipment
Medium bowl: to prepare the buffalo chicken mixture in.
Large skillet: to cook the buffalo chicken quesadilla in.
Spatula: to flip the quesadilla with.
Cutting board: a surface to cut the quesadilla on.
Pizza cutter: to cut the quesadilla with.
Serving Suggestions
Serve this Buffalo Chicken Quesadilla recipe with a side of additional buffalo wing sauce, Homemade Ranch Dressing, Pico de Gallo, and/or Homemade Guacamole.
Storage
Store any leftovers in the refrigerator in an airtight container up to 3 days.
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📖 Recipe
Low Carb Buffalo Chicken Quesadilla
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Ingredients
- 2 low carb flour tortillas
- ½ ounce blue cheese , crumbled
- ¾ ounce shredded mexican cheese blend
- 2 teaspoons hot sauce
- 1½ ounces cooked chicken breast , sliced
- 2 teaspoons butter
Instructions
- Butter one side of each tortilla using 1 teaspoon butter per tortilla.
- Toss shredded chicken breast and hot sauce together to coat chicken.Heat a griddle or large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Place 1 tortilla, butter side down on the hot skillet and reduce to medium heat.
- Top the tortilla with ½ of the cheese, ½ of the blue cheese, and all of the chicken mixture.Top chicken mixture with remaining cheeses. Cover with 2nd tortilla, butter side up.
- Cook for 2 minutes, until the bottom tortilla is browned. Carefully turn quesadilla over and cook on other side for 2 minutes, until the quesadilla is browned.Transfer to cutting board and let cool about 5 minutes.
- Slice and serve with blue cheese or ranch dressing, if desired.
Ellen says
We love quesadillas and Buffalo chicken ones sound amazing! I think the kids will love them.
Anne Lawton says
Quesadillas are my go to also when I'm by myself or don't know what to eat. There are so many ways to make them, and I love the idea of buffalo flavored.
Liz @ Books n' Cooks says
Great recipe! My husband and I are trying really hard to eat better and get back into healthier shape, so I'll definitely be making this recipe in the New Year.
One question - your ingredient list calls for avocado oil but the instructions call for butter. I think one or the other need to be updated, or did I misread something?
Caroline says
These sound like a tasty twist on quesedillas, and easy too!
Karen says
I love having quesadillas when I'm fixing a meal for just me. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner!
Lisa Kerhin says
I love everything about this recipe! Can't get a better quesadilla than one with Buffalo chicken
Carlee says
These are going to be a surefire hit at our house. We love quesadillas and all things buffalo chicken!
Colleen - Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck says
I love the crumbled blue cheese in these...so much flavor!
Sue Lau says
Those low carb tortillas are real lifesavers. It keeps me toeing the line when I crave quesadillas and tacos (which is often!) I love that this one is Buffalo-centric too. The hot wing flavors are another crave worth relenting to.
April Crews says
These are my FAVORITE! I would pay for these in a restaurant. So hard to believe their PPV is so low!!
Masshole Mommy says
This recipe is awesome. I am totally trying these this weekend!