You are going to love these leftover turkey and cheese quesadillas. They are the perfect lunch idea and a great way to use up all that leftover turkey. Did I mention how absolutely delicious they are?!
I absolutely love a good ole Turkey dinner. I don’t even mind having turkey leftovers, but after 2 days in a row of turkey I really do need to change it up a bit.
LEFTOVER TURKEY AND CHEESE QUESADILLAS
These leftover Turkey and Cheese Quesadillas are always a hit with our family and they are so quick and easy to prepare. For this recipe I used a herb and garlic shredded cheese and it was absolutely scrumptious. You can use any shredded cheese you like for this recipe.
LEFTOVER TURKEY AND CHEESE QUESADILLAS
These leftover Turkey and Cheese Quesadillas are always a hit with our family and they are so quick and easy to prepare. For this recipe I used a herb and garlic shredded cheese and it was absolutely scrumptious.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2
- Category: Main
Ingredients
- 2 large tortilla shells
- 1/2 cup chopped cooked turkey (cold)
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese (any flavor)
- 1/2 tsp butter (to grease the pan)
- 1/8 cup salsa (optional for dipping)
- 1/8 cup sour cream or plain yogurt (optional for dipping)
Instructions
- Put butter in the pan over medium/high heat.
- Place 1 tortilla in pan and leave for about 1 minute.
- Top the tortilla with cheese and chopped turkey and cover with the other tortilla shell and leave for another minute or 2 or until the bottom side of the tortilla is a little crispy.
- Flip so the top tortilla shell is on the bottom and leave another 2 minutes.
- Remove from pan onto cutting board. Let sit for 30 seconds to a minute and slice with a pizza cutter.
- Mix salsa and sour cream together for dipping if desired.
- Serve and enjoy.
MORE WAYS TO USE LEFTOVER TURKEY
If you are looking for more ways to use up leftover Turkey, you can swap the chicken for turkey in this Chicken Broccoli Stuffing Bake recipe and you can use turkey stuffing with it. It is sure to be a crowd pleaser!
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Melinda says
My family would enjoy this recipe!
Wanda Tracey says
They are both great ideas but the leftover turkey cheese quesadillos sound really delicious and different.I will be trying them.
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Linda H says
I love quesadillas and leftover turkey so this would be great.
Doris Calvert says
We would love this as we do it with chickn and lready make ye bt add shredded chaddar o the mix, thanks!
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Carole Dube says
I love quesadillas and I love how simple this recipe is!
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Sandra McG says
quesadillas are a great idea…and in a few short weeks there will be left over turkey…woohoo!!!
June S. says
(LEFTOVER TURKEY AND CHEESE QUESADILLAS) I guess that I am going to have to get a quesadilla maker now to make these because they sure do look good to me.
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Joanne Saunders says
I could literally see these quesadillas quickly becoming my most favorite ever.
Wanda Bee says
These quesadillas look really good. We always seem to have leftover turkey around here and don’t know what to do with it all.
Carole Dube says
My family would enjoy this recipe and perfect for left over chicken too!
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Julie F says
These look and sound delicious!
nicolthepickle says
Yum, and we have lots of leftover turkey coming up.
Wanda Tracey says
I love quesadillas and these turkey and cheese are so delicious.We make these often now.
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Anne Taylor says
My grandson would eat these up very happily! Thanks for the inspiration!
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Krista M says
Glad I stumbled across this one because all next week I’ll need ideas for the Christmas turkey leftovers! The quesadillas will be a big bit with my kids!
Edna Williams says
My leftover turkey would love to be used in this recipe! Thank you for sharing!
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Cheryl MacPhail says
Thanks for the recipes!! I am sure gonna need them in the next few days with the leftover turkey here I am gonna try the quesadillas 🙂
kathy downey says
Thanks it was a great was to use up the leftover turkey today !
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Darrah Bailey says
Yum now this looks like a tasty leftover dish!!
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jan says
We use to make quesadillas frequently, especially when the kids were really young. They could choose their fillings and they loved them. You have just reminded me to get back to making them.
loriag says
QUESADILLAS are a favourite in our house, great recipe.
NJ Nowoselski says
I was drawn to this recipe due to the pink looking cheese. Well at least in the picture 🙂 It is salsa & sour cream. I love that combination on everything.
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Julie says
Great idea, I get so sick of turkey leftovers! We’ve been making a turkey casserole the last few years to use up our leftovers but this also sounds great!
Athena says
great idea!
Cheryl MacPhail says
I love making quesadillas!! I add red and green peppers as well so yummy 🙂
Carol S says
My son will flip over this recipe! I can’t wait to make it for him. Thank you for sharing and including the delicious looking pics!
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Chandra O’Connor says
The broccoli stuffing casserole looks very tasty.
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Julie F says
Two of my favourite foods I am going to try these leftover turkey cheese quesadillos!
kathy downey says
Thanks for sharing we love quesadillas but have not tried them with turkey yet,yummy !