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    Home » Recipes » Chicken Recipes

    Slow Cooker Chipotle Chicken Quesadillas

    Author: Amy Fulwood | Published: Sep 23, 2016 | Modified: Oct 3, 2024

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    These slow cooker chipotle chicken quesadillas are the perfect weeknight dinner. At the end of the day just shred your chicken and fry up some quesadillas!

    These slow cooker chipotle chicken quesadillas are the perfect weeknight dinner. At the end of the day just shred your chicken and fry up some quesadillas!

    Mexican! Slow Cooker! Chicken! Quesadillas! Yay!

    These are all good words which lead to an easy and delicious dinner. I've always loved quesadillas.

    Even back in my uni days I'd make a half-assed student version with ham and cheese or sometimes tuna if I was feeling fancy(!)

    These slow cooker chipotle chicken quesadillas are the perfect weeknight dinner. At the end of the day just shred your chicken and fry up some quesadillas!

    Now that I am super good at being a real life grown up we slow cook chicken and use it to make slow cooker chipotle chicken quesadillas and basically win at dinner.

    We were discussing the other day how hard it is to take a picture of shop bought wraps that looks half way decent. They're just so anemic looking and they tend to look crap however many delicious bits of meat or artfully sprinkled coriander leaves you add.

    These slow cooker chipotle chicken quesadillas are the perfect weeknight dinner. At the end of the day just shred your chicken and fry up some quesadillas!

    But wait a minute, I think I've discovered the secret which everyone else figured out forever ago.

    You need to fry up those bad boys, get some colour on them and they suddenly go from drab and depressing to certifiably tasty looking (I hope).

    These slow cooker chipotle chicken quesadillas are the perfect weeknight dinner. At the end of the day just shred your chicken and fry up some quesadillas!

    The chicken is slow cooked in a mixture of dried chipotle chillies, barbecue sauce, chopped tomatoes and spices on low for six hours.

    After it's finished cooking you just remove and shred the chicken then brown it in batches in a pan before throwing it on a tortilla.

    Blend up that amazing chipotle sauce you've just cooked the chicken in and drizzle it over the chicken. Top it with grated cheese and fry in a hot pan for a couple of minutes each side.

    I've got really into sour cream recently so you need plenty of that on the side plus some salsa and whatever else you fancy!

    WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEFTOVER INGREDIENTS YOU’VE GOT FROM MAKING THESE SLOW COOKER CHIPOTLE CHICKEN QUESADILLAS?

    If you’re anything like me then you’re always looking for ways to save money and avoid food waste so I want to make sure you’ve get plenty of ideas on how to use up any ingredients that are leftover from my recipes!

    Use leftover cheddar to top this chorizo huevos rancheros

    This chorizo huevos rancheros is a super easy breakfast which still feels like such a treat! It includes a super quick refried bean substitute and loads of flavour from the chorizo.

    Recipe

    These slow cooker chipotle chicken quesadillas are the perfect weeknight dinner. At the end of the day just shred your chicken and fry up some quesadillas!

    Slow Cooker Chipotle Chicken Quesadillas

    These slow cooker chipotle chicken quesadillas are the perfect weeknight dinner. At the end of the day just shred your chicken and fry up some quesadillas!
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Mexican
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 6 hours hours
    Total Time: 6 hours hours 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 Quesadillas
    Calories: 539kcal
    Author: Amy Fulwood

    Ingredients

    For the Chicken

    • 1 Whole Chicken about 1.7 kilo
    • 3 Dried Chipotle Chillies
    • 1 tablespoon Chipotle BBQ Sauce or use ordinary if you can't get chipotle
    • 4 cloves Garlic roughly chopped
    • 1 can Chopped Tomatoes
    • 2 teaspoon Smoked Paprika
    • 2 teaspoon Cumin
    • 2 teaspoon Sugar
    • 1 teaspoon Oregano
    • 1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

    For the Quesadillas

    • 8 Flour Tortillas
    • 200 g Cheddar Cheese grated
    • Sour Cream
    • 1 Lime

    Instructions

    • Place the chillies in a small saucepan of water and boil for 5 minutes until softened. Remove from the heat and once cool enough to handle remove the seeds and stems. Roughly chop. Place them in the slow cooker with the chicken, chopped tomatoes, bbq sauce, garlic, sugar and spices. Cook on low for 6 hours.
    • Once the chicken is cooked remove it from the slow cooker and shred the meat. Reserve the bones to make stock if you're so inclined. Add a squeeze of lime juice to the lovely chipotle sauce that's in the slow cooker then blend up using a stick blender or pour it into a normal blender. Set aside while you assemble your quesadillas.
    • Heat a little oil in a frying pan over a medium high heat and crisp up some of the chicken (we used about half the chicken for our quesadillas and had lots of yummy leftovers), this will take about 5 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan (but leave the pan on the heat) and assemble your quesadillas by topping one tortilla with some of the chicken, a drizzle of the chipotle sauce and a quarter of the cheese followed by another tortilla.
    • Add a tiny bit more oil to the pan. Place the quesadilla in the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes then flip and do the same on the other side. Set aside and repeat with the rest of the ingredients. Serve with salsa, sour cream and whatever else you fancy.
    Nutrition Facts
    Slow Cooker Chipotle Chicken Quesadillas
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 539
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Comments

    1. Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says

      September 13, 2017 at 2:41 pm

      5 stars
      OK...first let me say we are Mexican food lovers!! Second....I LOVE my slow cooker. This is perfect...and making this for a crowd would be easy, and so much fun to eat. Thanks....I see a fiesta in the horizon!!

      Reply
    2. Sarah Newman says

      September 13, 2017 at 1:21 pm

      5 stars
      Mexican just doesn't get old, eh!? Love how easy this is - slow cookers rock! I haven't had a quesadilla in forever - sounds delish!

      Reply
    3. Felesha Bell says

      September 13, 2017 at 12:24 pm

      5 stars
      Amy, this yummy quesadilla has my name written all over it!! Looks phenomenal!!

      Reply
    4. Shashi at Savory Spin says

      September 13, 2017 at 12:00 pm

      Woa - so much flavor in these Quesadillas - that slow cooker chipotle chicken sounds so good - don't think there'd be leftovers of that! Delicious!

      Reply
    5. Kristen Chidsey says

      September 13, 2017 at 11:50 am

      Slow Cooker + Quesadillas = LOVE!!!!! I am always making chicken in my slow cooker. Time to amp it up a few notches.

      Reply
    5 from 3 votes

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