Chicken Pesto Quesadilla's Recipe (2024)

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• 10minutes to make
• Serves 4

Creamy pesto sauce, chicken, avocado, dried cranberries and melted Italian cheese make up this wonderful Quesadilla served with Honey-Lime dipping sauce. Truly a favorite around here! The inspiration for this is from the Cactus Club, a Western Canadian chain restaurant. Read more I had to come up with my own version as the closest restaurant is 2 hours away! See less

• cranberry
• pesto
• cheese
• quesadilla's
• honey-lime dip
• lime
• leftover chicken
• leftover turkey
• stovetop
• nothing specific

Ingredients

• honey lime Dipping Sauce Recipe: (Optional) shopping list
• 1/2 cup sour cream or plain Yogurt shopping list
• 1 Tablespoon honey shopping list
• juice of half a lime shopping list
• 1/4 tsp. paprika and garlic powder shopping list
• salt and pepper to taste shopping list
• pinch of cayenne pepper (optional) shopping list
• Quesadillas: shopping list
• 4 flour tortilla's ( any flavor, plain, spinach, sun-dried tomato etc.) shopping list
• 1/2 cup softened or spreadable cream cheese (plain) shopping list
• 1 Tablespoon of prepared basil pesto shopping list
• 2 cups of diced cooked seasoned chicken ( I like to use Rotisserie style chicken breasts)--Leftover turkey is great too! shopping list
• 1 avocado shopping list
• juice of half a lime shopping list
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries ~Optional~but it's delish!( Someone on AR made my recipe with fresh strawberries instead of cranberries.) shopping list
• 1 cup shredded Italian blend cheeses ( mozza, provolone, romano etc.) shopping list

How to make it

• Mix together the dipping sauce ingredients and set aside.
• Cream together the cream cheese and pesto sauce and spread a 1/4 onto each tortilla. Spreading a thin layer over the whole surface.
• Dice the avocado and toss with the lime juice.
• Sprinkle a 1/2 cup of chicken on one half of the tortilla, followed by a little avocado and cranberries, top with a 1/4 cup of shredded cheese. Fold the tortilla in half and cook over med-low heat in a lightly oiled skillet until golden brown on both sides.
• Repeat with the next 3 tortillas. and serve with the dipping sauce.
• The restaurant serves this with yam fries or Caesar salad for a dinner size meal. I like it with a spinach salad.
• ~This is great as a cold wrap too!