Four ingredients, an air fryer and 8 minutes are all it takes for a delicious dinner, quick lunch or even snack. Air Fryer Quesadillas will be your go-to recipe on those busy days!

With just four simple ingredients you'll have dinner on the table in no time at all. Busy weeknights never tasted so good.
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- Air Fryer Quesadillas With Chicken And Cheese
Air Fryer Quesadillas
Are you looking for a quick and easy recipe that’s also versatile too? Then look no further because that’s exactly what our Air Fryer Quesadillas With Chicken and Cheese are!
The air fryer cooks the quesadillas to crispy perfection with melty cheese. How can you resist that?
And you can switch up the cheese, add jalapenos, cilantro, scallions or even taco seasoning. Just select your favorite ingredients to add and change it up every now and then.
I made rotisserie chicken quesadillas because it’s so easy to just buy a rotisserie chicken for the week and use some for this dinner.
Of course, you can use leftover chicken or even cook up some chicken on the same day. And grilled chicken quesadillas would be delicious too.
What I love about this recipe is that it is easy enough for everyone to personalize their own chicken quesadilla simply by adding their favorite ingredient or two and then so easy, and fast, to cook the quesadillas in the air fryer.
You can even serve them with an assortment of your favorite toppings, such as sour cream, sliced jalapenos, cilantro, chopped tomatoes, homemade salsa, guacamole or chopped red onion.
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Or dip your quesadilla in a dipping sauce like chimichurri sauce, barbecue sauce or even a sweet chili sauce.
Round out your dinner with a Mexican corn salad, Jalapeno Lime fruit salad or refried beans.
So go ahead and get out your air fryer because dinner is going to be quick and easy tonight and the possibilities are endless.
It's easy Air Fryer Quesadillas for the win tonight!
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Sides for Chicken Quesadillas
If you’re wondering what to serve with your chicken quesadillas you have lots of tasty choices for you here at Swirls:
- Black beans and Farro
- Fiesta Saffron Rice
- Jalapeno Cornbread
- Jalapeno Lime Cauliflower Rice
- Mexicali Salad
Toppings for quesadillas
- chopped red onion
- chopped tomatoes
- cilantro
- guacamole
- homemade salsa
- sliced jalapenos
- sliced scallions
- sour cream
Dipping sauce for quesadillas
How to make chicken quesadillas
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- Preheat the air fryer to 300F.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the chicken and salsa, tossing until evenly coated.
- If desired, microwave the tortillas for 20 seconds to soften them.
- Divide chicken mixture and cheese evenly between the four tortillas arranging on one half of each tortilla
- Then fold the tortillas over in half.
- Spray the inside of the air fryer with cooking spray.
- Spray the tops of each tortilla with cooking spray and cook, in batches, at 350°f for 8 minutes, flipping halfway.
- Serve the quesadillas topped with sour cream, salsa, or guacamole!
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Use 6-inch tortillas or cut large tortillas smaller using a round biscuit cutter or cookie cutter and make mini quesadillas
- Be sure to spray the air fryer basket
- Wondering how to make cheese quesadillas in air fryer? Just leave out the chicken in this recipe and make an air fryer cheese quesadilla with just the cheese and salsa
Variations
- Combine the chicken with pizza sauce and use mozzarella cheese
- Combine the chicken with barbecue sauce and use cheddar cheese
Substitutions
- Substitute shredded cheddar cheese for the Mexican cheese
- For a spicier cheese, substitute Monterey Jack cheese for the Mexican cheese
- Use shredded taco cheese in place of the cheddar cheese
- Colby Jack cheese can be used in place of the cheddar cheese
- Leftover chicken can be used in place of the rotisserie chicken
- Grilled chicken can be substituted for the rotisserie chicken
- Substitute cooked ground beef for the cooked chicken
Equipment
How to reheat quesadilla in the air fryer
- Preheat your air fryer to 350F
- Arrange the quesadilla in a single layer in the air fryer basket
- Air fry for 3-4 minutes or until heated through
Storage
- You can store leftover quesadillas wrapped in plastic wrap, aluminum foil or in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Quesadillas will last 2-3 days in the refrigerator.
- As always, I find it helpful to visit the FDA website for food storage guidelines
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Ingredients
- flour tortillas
- cooked chicken
- salsa
- shredded Mexican blend cheese
Air Fryer Quesadillas With Chicken And Cheese
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 (8-inch each) flour tortillas
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 2 cups shredded Mexican cheese
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Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 300F.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the chicken and salsa, tossing until evenly coated.
- If desired, microwave the tortillas for 20 seconds to soften them.
- Divide the chicken mixture evenly between the four tortillas arranging on one half of each tortilla and top with the shredded cheese, dividing evenly between the tortillas and then fold over.
- Spray the inside of the air fryer with cooking spray.
- Spray the tops of each tortilla with cooking spray and cook, in batches, for 8 minutes or heated through and cheese melts, turning over halfway through the cooking time.
- Serve the quesadillas topped with sour cream, salsa, or guacamole!
Notes
- Combine the chicken with pizza sauce and use mozzarella cheese
- Combine the chicken with barbecue sauce and use cheddar cheese
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