Chicken Quesadilla Pie

Submitted by LizLamb

"I had a quesadilla recipe that I swore by until my friend made these. I would make this every day if my husband would be okay with it. The best thing is that it's a great make-ahead meal!"

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 29.58 ml olive oil
• 283.49 g can red enchilada sauce
• 59.14 ml heavy whipping cream
• 32 inch flour tortillas
• 473.18 ml shredded monterey jack cheese, plus 1/4 cup for the top
• 1 chopped red onion
• 425.24 g can black beans, drained and rinsed
• coarse salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Drizzle the chicken with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked through. Let cool and finely chop.
3. In a small bowl, mix the sauce and cream.
4. Spoon 1/4 of the sauce mix on the bottom of the casserole dish. Tear up the tortilla and spread along the bottom on top of the sauce.
5. Cover with a third each of the cheese, chicken, onion and black beans. Repeat twice-There should be three layers.
6. Top with the remaining tortilla, sauce mix and cheese.
7. Cover tightly with foil and put it in the freezer if you want to or skip to cooking instructions.
8. Thaw.
9. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
10. Baked covered for 20 minutes, uncover and bake 10 minutes more.

Reviews

[Pam D.]

It was easy to make but very bland. I will not make this again.

 

[virgolady83]

I really enjoyed this simple mexican dish! I did make a few modifications to suit my needs: used two packs of tyson's grilled and ready chicken and salsa instead of enchilada sauce and cream. To save some calories I only used 3 low carb tortillas and an 8 oz bag of 2% mexican cheese for the entire recipe. I also only made two layers (tortilla, chicken and cheese, tortilla, beans, tortilla on top with sauce and cheese . I also placed some salsa between the layers so nothing would dry out. Since I'm only cooking for one I used a glass 10-inch round dish to bake this in and everything fit perfectly. I'll eat the rest for leftovers this week!