Chorizo queso chicken with roasted poblano
This shelf holds a ready-made queso that needs just protein and a neutral base to become dinner. Chicken thighs cook fast enough for a weeknight, and tortillas turn everything into something you can eat with your hands.
About 960 calories a serving, 48 g protein, 98 g carbohydrate, 42 g fat. From USDA figures for 75% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 8 oz boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 8 flour tortillas
From your shelf
- 1 jar [about 15 oz] medium chorizo and roasted poblano flavored queso dip
Staples
- 2 tablespoons oil
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- Cut 8 ounces of chicken thighs into 1-inch pieces and season with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering, then add the chicken and cook without moving for 3 minutes, until the bottoms brown.
- Stir the chicken and cook 4 minutes more until cooked through (165°F [74°C] at the thickest part). Transfer to a plate.
- Pour the full jar of queso into the pan and stir over medium heat for 2 minutes, scraping up browned bits. Taste and adjust salt and pepper.
- Return the chicken to the queso, fold to combine, and cook 1 minute to warm through while you warm the 8 flour tortillas in another pan over medium heat, 30 seconds per side.
Note Swap the chicken for cooked shrimp or pork, or use half a rotisserie chicken, shredded. Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for 3 days and rewarm gently on the stove with a splash of water. Serve with lime wedges, sliced jalapeños, and cilantro if you have them.
On the label
WATER, SKIM MILK, SOYBEAN OIL, ROASTED POBLANO CHILI PEPPERS, ONIONS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT,ENZYMES), MALTODEXTRIN, WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: CHORIZO SAUSAGE (PORK, PAPRIKA, SPICES [INCLUDES CUMIN, RED PEPPER, BLACK PEPPER, ALLSPICE, CHILI PEPPER, CORIANDER], SALT, WATER, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORING [INCLUDES ROSEMARY EXTRACT, GARLIC POWDER, GREEN TEA EXTRACT], CITRIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, TURMERIC, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE), RED PEPPERS, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE-DIHYDRATE, TRISODIUM CITRATE, ROASTED GARLIC, DATEM, NATURAL FLAVORING, LACTIC ACID, SORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, YEAST EXTRACT, SPICE.
Pace, cheese, serving 30 ml, package 15 OZ/425 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as chorizo, queso. Half of it left? Use up the chorizo.