Blackstone BBQ Chicken Bacon Quesadillas – Gluten-Free & Egg-Free
Make Blackstone BBQ Chicken Bacon Quesadillas with Mission Gluten Free Tortillas, juicy chicken, crispy bacon, BBQ sauce and melted cheese for an easy gluten-free and egg-free griddle meal.
Blackstone BBQ Chicken Bacon Quesadillas 🔥
Ingredients
1½ lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces8 strips bacon4 Mission Gluten Free Tortillas2 cups shredded cheddar cheese1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese½ cup BBQ sauce, plus more for serving½ red onion, thinly sliced1 tablespoon avocado or olive oil1 teaspoon garlic powder1 teaspoon smoked paprika½ teaspoon onion powder½ teaspoon kosher salt½ teaspoon black pepper2 green onions, sliced, optionalCheck packaged ingredients such as BBQ sauce, bacon, cheese, and seasonings to confirm they're gluten-free and egg-free if required for your diet.Directions
1. Fire Up the BlackstonePreheat your Blackstone Griddle to medium-high heat on one side and medium-low on the other.Add a little oil to the hotter cooking zone.2. Cook the Bacon 🥓Lay the bacon directly on the Blackstone and cook until it's as crispy as you like it.Remove it from the griddle, let it cool slightly, and give it a rough chop.Try not to eat half of it before the quesadillas are built. 😂3. Sauté the Chicken & OnionAdd the chicken and sliced red onion to the griddle.Season with garlic powder, smoked paprika, onion powder, kosher salt, and black pepper.Let the chicken sit for a couple of minutes before tossing so it develops some good color.Continue cooking until the onions are tender and the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.4. Bring in the BBQ Sauce 🔥Reduce the heat underneath the chicken.Add the BBQ sauce and toss the chicken and onions until everything is evenly coated.Let it cook for another minute, then move the mixture to the cooler side of the Blackstone.5. Build the QuesadillasPlace a Mission Gluten Free Tortilla on the medium-low section of the griddle.Cover half with shredded cheddar and mozzarella.Add the BBQ chicken and onions.Pile on some crispy bacon.Then, because we're making a Bright Spots quesadilla…Add more cheese. 😂🧀Fold the tortilla over the filling.Repeat with the remaining tortillas.6. Get 'Em CrispyCook over medium-low heat until the bottom of the tortilla is golden and lightly crispy.Carefully flip and cook the other side until the cheese is completely melted and the tortilla has developed some color.Mission Gluten Free Tortillas can behave differently than traditional flour tortillas, so keep the heat moderate and handle them carefully when flipping.7. Slice & ServeRemove the quesadillas from the Blackstone and let them rest for a minute or two.Slice into wedges and finish with sliced green onions and an extra drizzle of BBQ sauce if you'd like.Then get after it. 🔥🔥 Bright Spots Pro Tip
Medium-low is your friend with gluten-free tortillas.The chicken and bacon are already cooked, so there's no reason to blast these with heat.Give the tortilla time to crisp while all that cheese melts inside. And because gluten-free tortillas can be a little more delicate, letting the cheese melt also helps hold everything together when it's time for the flip.There’s something about a quesadilla coming off the Blackstone that gets me every time.
That crispy tortilla.
The melted cheese.
And that moment when you cut into it and everything you’ve stuffed inside starts trying to escape onto the cutting board. 😂🔥
That’s when you know you’ve done it right.
For this one, we’re starting with bacon.
Because that’s generally a pretty good place to start. 😂🥓
Then chicken and red onions hit the Blackstone and get some beautiful color before everything gets tossed in smoky BBQ sauce.
At this point, you’ve already got something pretty damn good happening.
But we’re not stopping there.
Grab a Mission Gluten Free Tortilla.
Cheese goes down.
Then BBQ chicken and onions.
Bacon.
And obviously…
MORE CHEESE. 🧀🔥
Fold it over and let the Blackstone give that tortilla a lightly crispy exterior while everything inside gets hot and ridiculously melty.
Slice it into wedges, throw a little extra BBQ sauce over the top, and lunch or dinner is officially handled.
And here’s what I really like about this recipe.
We’re not trying to create some strange substitute meal just so we can call it gluten-free or egg-free.
It’s simply really good Blackstone food made with ingredients that allow it to work for both.
That’s exactly what I want these recipes on Bright Spots to be.
Good food first. Gluten-free and egg-free too. 🔥
Until the next one… we’ll see ya! 🔥