Meals with chicken and cheese
Chicken and cheese work in quesadillas, baked dishes, simple melts, and pasta.
Most of these come together in under 30 minutes.
Easy meal ideas
Cheesy baked chicken
Top chicken breast with cheese, bake at 400°F for 20–25 minutes until cooked through and melted.
Chicken quesadilla
Fill a tortilla with cooked chicken and cheese, cook until golden and crispy.
Chicken melt
Toast bread, top with sliced cooked chicken and cheese, broil until bubbly.
Cheesy chicken pasta
Toss cooked chicken and pasta with a simple cheese sauce.
How to stretch these ingredients
- Any melting cheese works — mozzarella, cheddar, swiss, provolone
- Adding tomato sauce under the cheese on baked chicken gives it depth
- Leftover cooked chicken works in all of these
- Garlic powder on the chicken before baking significantly improves it
- A little mustard inside the quesadilla adds flavor without changing much