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Introduction
Today I want to help those who just like me, sometimes cook too much and have leftover food. So, let’s discover an interesting leftover steak recipe, namely chicken quesadilla.
Surely it happened to you at least once to cook too much and to look for meal ideas for leftover steak. Today I will present you an extremely simple, quick and delicious chicken quesadilla recipe, suitable for a quick dinner or a hot snack.
Let’s get started π
Ingredients required for this leftover steak recipe
Considering that we are talking about a quesadilla recipe, the most important ingredient is represented by wrap bread.
Then, because we are talking about leftover steak recipe, we obviously need a previously cooked meat.
Therefore, our list of ingredients is extremely short and simple and contains:
- wrap bread
- leftover steak
- ketchup
- cheese
Optional, for a more complex meal you can add sweet corn, red bell pepper, leek, peas, or any other veggies.
Practically, with only 4 simple ingredients we will get a delicious dinner that we can enjoy with the little ones or we can prepare a to-go snack that can be served even for a lunch box.
It is extremely simple to prepare wrap bread at home, and I recommend trying this Pan Sized Cheese Pies recipe, for an absolutely fabulous warm meal.
Full chicken quesadilla made with leftover steak recipe
Leftover Steak Recipe – 4 Ingredients Chicken Quesadilla
Equipment
- 1 Pan
- 1 Knife
- 1 Spatula
Ingredients
- 4 pcs flat breads
- 1 piece of leftover steak I used chicken
- 4 slices cheese or you can shred cheese
- Ketchup I used homemade ketchup
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- Optional: grated veggies
Instructions
- So, the first thing you need to do is cut the leftover chicken into slices or pieces, using a knife
- Then, place a large pan on the stove and heat it. I suggest you to add ΒΌ tsp vegetable oil because this will make your flat bread a little crispy
- Using a knife, make a cut on the flat bread up to its center, this will allow you to wrap it afterwards
- Place the flat bread in the preheated pan. Spread ketchup
- Add the slices of leftover chicken and the cheese
- Optional: you can add your favorite veggies
- Leave the cheese to melt for 1-2 minutes, then start to wrap the flat bread until you achieve a triangle shaped quesadilla
- Place the quesadilla on a plate and leave it to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving it. You can dip it into a sauce, if you want.
Nutrition
What meat to use for this leftover steak recipe?
As the name suggests, for this leftover steak recipe it is ideal to use previously cooked chicken steak. But we can also use other types of chicken meat such as:
- leftover grilled chicken
- leftover chicken schnitzel
- after the enriched Thanksgiving meals, we can even prepare thanksgiving leftover recipes.
But let’s not just stop at chicken or turkey meat. This simple and tasty quesadilla recipe can be prepared with leftover pork, leftover pulled pork or leftover ground meat just as well.
In the end, it is up to everyone to decide which leftover meat to use, but also which vegetables to add for a tasty and filling quesadilla.
Preservation tips
Taking into account that we are talking about leftover steak recipe, using previously cooked meat and kept in the refrigerator, it would be ideal for this leftover quesadilla to be consumed on the day of preparation.
It is not the best idea to reheat the same food several times, so I recommend you to use the previously cooked meat, regardless of whether we are talking about leftover chicken, leftover turkey or even leftover pork or leftover pulled pork, just to prepare the amount of food that will be served at a meal.
Also, if we are to discuss the leftover chicken that we use for this recipe (or leftover turkey or leftover pork), it is ideal to use a meat that has been cooked in a maximum of 3 days before preparing this leftover steak recipe. I say this because we want to obtain a tasty, healthy and nutritious dish, so that meat cooked more than 3 days before this may present a high risk of spoilage.
FAQβs
How to make leftover chicken quesadilla?
It is extremely simple to prepare leftover quesadilla. Basically, if we have any leftover chicken, we cut it into strips or shred it, and then, on a flat bread, we will place ketchup, cheese, leftover chicken and optional some vegetables. We wrap the flat bread that we heat in the pan and that’s it, the leftover quesadilla is ready.
How long can you preserve leftover chicken?
Leftover chicken can be kept in the refrigerator, preferably stored in a casserole with a lid for 3-4 days after cooking. During this time, leftover chicken can be used to prepare all kinds of leftover meals, such as leftover quesadilla or leftover chicken pasta.
Is leftover chicken quesadilla healthy?
Leftover quesadilla is a healthy dish, because the ingredients we use for its preparation are also healthy. If we use flat bread, ketchup (preferably homemade), cheese and leftover chicken, we get a macro friendly meal without effort.
Is leftover chicken quesadilla kid-friendly?
Leftover quesadilla is kid-friendly, because the ingredients we use for its preparation are healthy and important for kidsβ development. If we use flat bread, ketchup (preferably homemade), cheese and leftover chicken, we get a macro friendly meal without effort.
How to reuse leftover chicken?
Leftover chicken can be reused in different dishes, such as leftover quesadilla, leftover chicken pasta, leftover chicken sandwich, or leftover chicken salad and many other dishes that cross your mind that are based on cooked chicken.
How to make thanksgiving leftover recipes?
Thanksgiving leftover recipes can include different dishes, such as leftover quesadilla, leftover turkey pasta, leftover turkey sandwich or leftover turkey salad.
