One-Pan Baja Chicken Quesadillas

🥘 Ingredients

• Mexican cheese blend
  1 c
• Pepper Jack cheese
  1 c
• blackening spice
  2 tbsp
• butter
  2 tbsp
• cooking oil
• diced chicken thighs
  20 oz
• flour tortillas
  4 unit
• hot sauce
  2 tsp
• lime
  1 unit
• pepper
• salt
• sour cream
  6 tbsp
• tomato
  2 unit
• yellow onion
  1 unit

1. 

   1

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

   yellow onion: 1 unit
2. 

   2

   Reserve 2 tbsp onion (4 tbsp for 4 servings) for Step 3. Pat diced chicken thighs dry with paper towels. Heat a large drizzle of cooking oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken, blackening spice , remaining onion, salt , and pepper . Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is browned and cooked through, ⏱️ 4-6 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.

   diced chicken thighs: 20 oz, cooking oil, blackening spice: 2 tbsp, salt, pepper
3. 

   3

   While chicken cooks, finely dice tomato . Zest and quarter lime . In a medium bowl, combine tomato, juice from one lime wedge (or two lime wedges for 4 servings), and as much reserved onion as you like. Season with salt and pepper.

   tomato: 2 unit, lime: 1 unit
4. 

   4

   In a small bowl, combine sour cream , juice from one lime wedge (or two lime wedges for 4 servings), 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: 6 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 with cooked filling, then fold tortillas in half to create quesadillas. Heat a drizzle of oil and 1 tbsp butter in the same pan over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add quesadillas and cook until golden brown on the first side, ⏱️ 1-2 minutes . Flip and cook ⏱️ 1 minute more. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate.

   flour tortillas: 4 unit, Pepper Jack cheese: 1 c, Mexican cheese blend: 1 c, butter: 2 tbsp
6. 

   6

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

   hot sauce: 2 tsp
7. 7

   Chicken is fully cooked when the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.