Quesadillas are a quick and easy favorite in our family. I wanted to take the concept and give it a different spin. Something other than Mexican.
We loved these Chicken Florentine Quesadillas!
They’re full of chicken (I used rotisserie chicken I had in the freezer), garlic cream cheese spread, spinach, tomatoes, artichoke hearts and Parmesan.
The great thing about quesadillas is they’re easy to make to order. So if you’ve got someone in your house that turns their nose up at the good stuff, give them a plain chicken and cheese option.
Here’s what you’ll need to make them:
I had grape tomatoes on hand, but sliced tomatoes will work just as well in this. The cream cheese is part of what makes these so good. The melty, garlic flavored cream cheese acts as the sauce on pasta does, bringing all the elements together.
Assembly is easy. Spread the cream cheese over the whole tortilla. Pile the other ingredients on half and then place in an oiled skillet, folding over to make a half moon shape. This makes it much easier to flip than trying to flip one that’s built by putting ingredients all over the circle and topping with another tortilla.
15 Minute Creamy Chicken Florentine Quesadillas
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 6-8 to rtillas
- 3 cups cooked chopped chicken
- 15 oz can artichoke hearts quartered
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes or 1 large tomato sliced
- 1 cup spinach
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- Oil or cooking spray to grease the skillet.
Instructions
- Stir cream cheese and garlic powder together in a small bowl.
- Spread cream cheese all over a tortilla.
- Pile the other ingredients on one half of tortilla.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat and spray with cooking spray or add a bit of oil to the skillet.
- Place tortilla in skillet and flip over the empty side to make a half moon shape.
- Brown till crisp, then gently flip to the other side to brown.
- Remove from skillet and eat!
- Repeat with remaining tortillas.
This recipe is fantastic! I stopped by the store on my way home to pick up cream cheese and tortillas because I had everything else! That’s my kind of recipe. My husband loved it and asked for more. The flavors are great together. It gets me thinking of quesadillas in a whole new way. Thank you!
I’m so glad you liked it!
I am making these for dinner! I love quesadillas, but love the idea of adding more veggies! I am a bit over run with tomatoes as my garden went crazy after several plant ms died. Plus, all the food veggies help me keep my blood sugars in check and also help my blood pressure. Thank you!
Made these for dinner tonight. They were awesome ! Will make these again. My husband thought he didn’t want them folded so I tried to do them like normal quesadillas. Next time I will follow the directions. Since they dont have cheddar cheese to glue it all together they are more likely to have loose stuff fall out depending on how much you put inside. I did put a little shredded cheddar cheese around the edges to help hold it all in. The cheddar was just fine with the other flavors. The only other change I made was to use frozen diced garlic that I love because you just pop it out and it’s like fresh garlic.. I put it and some cream cheese in the microwave to soften the cheese and melt the garlic. I also mixed in the chicken and heated it for 45 seconds just to make sure the chicken was hot and the cream cheese incorporated it all together a bit like chicken salad. Love finding new easy recipes where I have all of the ingredients on hand.