One-Pan Baja Chicken Quesadillas

🥘 Ingredients

• black pepper
  1 tsp
• blackening spice
  1 tbsp
• butter
  1 tbsp
• cooking oil
  2 tbsp
• diced chicken thighs
  12 oz
• flour tortillas
  4 unit
• hot sauce
  2 tbsp
• lime
  2 unit
• mexican cheese blend
  ½ cup
• pepper jack cheese
  ½ cup
• salt
  1 tsp
• sour cream
  ¼ cup
• tomato
  1 unit
• water
  2 tbsp
• yellow onion
  1 unit

🍳 Cookware

• large pan
• medium bowl
• small bowl

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry produce. Halve, peel, and finely dice yellow onion .

   yellow onion: 1 unit
2. 

   2

   Reserve 2 TBSP onion for Step 3. Pat diced chicken thighs dry with paper towels. Heat a large drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken, blackening spice , remaining onion, salt , and black pepper . Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is browned and cooked through ⏱️ 5 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.

   diced chicken thighs: 12 oz, cooking oil: 2 tbsp, blackening spice: 1 tbsp, salt: 1 tsp, black pepper: 1 tsp
3. 

   3

   While chicken cooks, finely dice tomato . Zest and quarter lime . In a medium bowl , combine tomato, juice from one lime wedge, and as much reserved onion as you like. Season with salt and pepper.

   tomato: 1 unit, lime: 2 unit
4. 

   4

   In a small bowl , combine sour cream , juice from one lime wedge, and lime zest to taste. Stir in water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches drizzling consistency. Season with salt and pepper.

   sour cream: ¼ cup, water: 2 tbsp
5. 

   5

   Place flour tortillas on a clean work surface. Evenly sprinkle pepper jack cheese and mexican cheese blend onto one half of each tortilla. Top cheese with filling, then fold tortillas in half to create quesadillas. Heat a drizzle of oil and 1 TBSP butter in pan used for filling over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add quesadillas and cook until golden brown on the first side ⏱️ 2 minutes . Flip and cook ⏱️ 1 minute more. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate.

   flour tortillas: 4 unit, pepper jack cheese: ½ cup, mexican cheese blend: ½ cup, butter: 1 tbsp
6. 

   6

   Transfer quesadillas to a cutting board; slice into thirds and divide between plates. Serve with salsa, lime crema, and hot sauce to taste. Serve with any remaining lime wedges on the side.

   hot sauce: 2 tbsp