This delicious Blooming Quesadilla Ring is easy to make and sure to impress your guests. Turn your next Taco Tuesday into a fun and festive fiesta with this blooming quesadilla ring!
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
Looking for a festive and easy-to-make Mexican dish to celebrate Cinco de mayo or Feliz Navidad? This blooming quesadilla recipe is easy to make with store-bought rotisserie chicken. Add gooey cheese, and vibrant red and green bell peppers to make it the perfect dish to share with friends and family. Plus, you can prepare this quesadilla recipe in no time.
For a few other party appetizers, look at our Hedgehog Cheese Ball, Traditional Pork Lumpia Rolls, Italian Charcuterie Board, and Spanish Potato & Onion Tortilla.
Ingredients You'll Need
Start with the breast meat of a rotisserie chicken, or cook up two half chicken breasts for the meat. Store bought flour tortillas or make our Handmade Whole Wheat Tortillas recipe for a healthier alternative.
- Flour Tortillas, store bought or our homemade Whole Wheat Tortillas
- Rotisserie chicken breast meat, or cooked chicken breast
- Red Onion
- Green Onions
- Yellow, Green Bell pepper, or a type of chili pepper you like (Hatch, Anaheim, etc).
- Red Bell pepper
- Ripe Tomato, diced
- Cilantro, chopped
- Salsa, or Pico de Gallo
- Grated Cheddar or Pepper Jack cheese
Full ingredient amounts and preparation instructions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
How To Make a Blooming Quesadilla Ring
Meats and cheeses can be whatever you currently have on hand. Left over turkey, make quesadillas with it!
Make the Quesadilla Filling
- Using a food processor or cut by hand, mince up the red onion, green onion, tomato, some cilantro (if desired), and bell peppers.
- Dice up the chicken and add it all to a bowl.
- Add a small portion of the salsa or pico de gallo and mix up the quesadilla filling.
Make the Quesadillas
- Cut all the tortillas in half. Place a couple spoonfuls of the filling on one end of the tortilla.
- Add some of the grated cheese. Roll up into a cone shape and place on the place with the pointed end of the cone in the center of the plate.
Arrange the Quesadilla Ring
- Repeat filling and rolling into cones with all the tortillas. As you go around the outside of the plate, you will see the blooming flower effect.
- Arrange the quesadilla cones around the platter.
Spread Cheese on Top & Bake
- Spread grated cheese on the top of the quesadilla ring.
- Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the cheese is melted
- Garnish with some chopped cilantro, if desired.
PRO TIP: After baking, place a small condiment bowl in the middle to hold the quesadilla ring in place. Fill the bowl with Pico de Gallo, Salsa, Mexican White Sauce, or even Guacamole.
Serving Suggestions
Elevate your next gathering with Blooming Quesadillas, a crowd-pleasing appetizer that adds flair and flavor to any table. These delightful treats, featuring crispy tortilla cones filled with a savory mixture of cheese and fillings, are the perfect way to start a meal and create an atmosphere of culinary delight.
Serve this beautiful blooming quesadilla ring with our 4 Ingredient Guacamole, Easy Pico de Gallo, a dish of Pickled Jalapeno Peppers, Mexican White Sauce, and some additional tortilla chips.
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Substitutions
- You can use any meat, not just chicken.
- Substitute flour tortillas for the corn tortillas.
- Seafood is especially delicious!
Variations
Try the following ideas for some variations to this blooming quesadilla recipe:
- Birria Quesadilla Ring - Birria is a slow roasted meat stew that you use tongs to pull out the meat portion for tacos or quesadillas. It's delicious!
- Barbacoa Quesadilla Ring - Barbacoa is a pot roast type of beef that has been marinated first. Just like with Birria, tongs are used to pull out super tender, juicy meat for quesadillas or tacos. Birria is a type of Barbacoa, but Barbacoa is not a Birria. Barbacoa is marinated first and always beef. Birria is goat or mutton (and occasionally beef), and just stewed.
- Turkey Quesadillas - What a GREAT way to use some of the left over turkey, right? Turkey Quesadillas would make a magnificent New Years Eve appetizer!
Equipment
You can use any large round platter, a plate, or even a nacho plate with the attached salsa bowl in the middle.
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Storage
- Wrap leftover quesadillas in aluminum foil and refrigerate.
- Warm by simply placing in the oven at 200 F for 15 minutes.
Tips for Success
- You can mix the quesadilla filling a day ahead so that the flavors have more time to blend together.
- Cilantro is optional.
Frequently Asked Questions
The fresh tomato, bell peppers, green onion, and cilantro will change after being frozen if uncooked. If you do freeze, bake the blooming quesadilla ring first. Then, cover with foil to freeze. Defrost on the counter for a few hours, and then bake uncovered at 180 F until reheated.
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Blooming Quesadilla Ring
Equipment
Ingredients
- 20 flour tortillas store or homemade
- 2 chicken breast halves cooked, or use a rotisserie chicken
- 1 red onion chopped
- 6 green onions sliced
- ½ yellow bell pepper or green
- ½ red bell pepper
- ½ large Hatch chili fresh, and optional
- 1 medium tomato diced
- ¼ cup cilantro chopped
- ¼ cup salsa
- 2 cups grated cheese blend, divided in half cheddar or Pepper Jack, half for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200° F. Prepare a round platter at least 13" diameter, or larger.
- Using a food processor or cut by hand, mince up the red onion, green onion, tomato, some cilantro (if desired), and bell peppers. Dice up the chicken. Add it all to a bowl. Add a small portion of the salsa or pico de gallo and mix up the quesadilla filling.1 red onion, 6 green onions, ½ yellow bell pepper, ½ red bell pepper, ½ large Hatch chili, 1 medium tomato, ¼ cup cilantro, ¼ cup salsa, 2 chicken breast halves
- Cut all the tortillas in half. Place a couple spoonfuls of the filling on one end of the tortilla. Add some of the grated cheese. Roll up into a cone shape and place on the place with the pointed end of the cone in the center of the plate.20 flour tortillas, 2 cups grated cheese blend, divided in half
- Repeat filling and rolling into cones with all the tortillas. As you go around the outside of the plate, you will see the blooming flower effect. Gently fit as many of the quesadilla cones in place so they are firmly in place.
- Spread grated cheese on the top of the quesadilla ring. Bake in the oven at 200 F for 15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the quesadilla ring is heated up. Garnish with some chopped cilantro, if desired.
- After baking, place a small condiment bowl in the middle to hold the quesadilla ring in place. Fill the bowl with Pico de Gallo, Salsa, Mexican White Sauce, or even Guacamole.
Notes
- You can mix the quesadilla filling a day ahead so that the flavors have more time to blend together.
- Cilantro is optional.
- Birria Quesadilla Ring- Birria is traditionally a barbacoa type stewed goat, however at many restaurants it is also beef. Birria is a slow roasted meat stew that you use tongs to pull out the meat portion for tacos or quesadillas. It's delicious!
- Barbacoa Quesadilla Ring - Barbacoa is a pot roast type of beef that has been marinated first. Just like with Birria, tongs are used to pull out super tender, juicy meat for quesadillas or tacos. Birria is a type of Barbacoa, but Barbacoa is not a Birria. Barbacoa is marinated first and always beef. Birria is goat or mutton (and occasionally beef), and just stewed.
- Turkey Quesadillas - What a GREAT way to use some of the left over turkey, right? Turkey Quesadillas would make a magnificent New Years Eve appetizer!
- Brisket Quesadilla - Save leftover brisket and make quesadillas, they will taste very similar to Barbacoa quesadillas. Did you ever wonder what the difference between brisket and corned beef is? Brisket is the cut of the beef, cooked fresh without being brined. Corned beef is the same brisket cut, but it is first brined before stewing or braising. Corned beef gets it's pink color from the brining.
- Cheese Quesadillas - Perhaps you are vegetarian, well you can still have a great Blooming Quesadilla Ring! Choose a couple varieties of cheese and use one inside the quesadilla cones (petals of the blooming quesadilla), and another on the top before baking.
Anonymous
Delicious, I'm making this again!