Lean Performance Lab LPL

Recipes 15 min

Chicken and black bean quesadilla

Store cupboard beans, leftover chicken and ten minutes in a dry pan.

56 g Protein per serving
695kcal
72 gCarbs
21 gFat
13 gFibre
8 gProtein per 100 kcal
Ingredients for 2
  • 300 g Chicken breast
  • 4 tortillas Flour tortilla
  • 240 g Canned black beans one drained tin
  • 60 g Cheddar
  • 150 g Red pepper
  • 20 g Sriracha
  • Cumin, paprika, salt
Method
  1. Dice the chicken small, season with cumin, paprika and salt, and fry for 6 minutes until cooked through.
  2. Mash half the beans roughly and stir them through the chicken with the diced pepper and the hot sauce.
  3. Spread over two tortillas, scatter the cheese, and top with the other two.
  4. Dry fry each quesadilla for 2 minutes a side, pressing down, until the cheese melts. Cut into quarters.
Swaps
  • Use leftover roast chicken and skip step 1.
  • Swap the chicken for an extra tin of beans and 40 g more cheese.

Nutrition is worked out from the raw ingredients using the USDA FoodData Central database, per serving, and rounded. Cooking changes weight but not the energy and protein in the pan.