Main Dishes · No. 130
One-Pan Cheesy Chicken Tortilla Melts
Chicken thigh and green pepper filling with cheddar and a spicy cream sauce, folded into tortillas and pan-crisped. HelloFresh meal kit card.
Serves 2MexicanDinner
Ingredients
Amounts are listed as 2 person | 4 person.
- 1 | 2 long green pepper (spicy)
- 3 TBSP | 6 TBSP sour cream (contains milk)
- 4 TBSP | 8 TBSP cream cheese (contains milk)
- 2 tsp | 4 tsp hot sauce (spicy)
- 10 oz | 20 oz diced chicken thighs
- 1 | 2 beef stock concentrate
- 2 | 4 flour tortillas (contains soy, wheat)
- ½ cup | 1 cup cheddar cheese (contains milk)
Bust out (pantry and tools)
- Small bowl, large pan, slotted spoon, paper towels
- Kosher salt, black pepper
- Cooking oil (1 tsp | 1 tsp)
- Butter (1 TBSP | 2 TBSP) (contains milk)
Method
- Prep & make sauce: Wash and dry produce. Halve, core, and thinly slice green pepper into strips. In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine sour cream, cream cheese, 1 tsp water (2 tsp for 4 servings), and hot sauce to taste. (Start with half the hot sauce, then taste and add more from there if you like things spicy.) Microwave until softened, 30 seconds. Stir to combine.
- Cook green pepper: Heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. Add green pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 2-3 minutes.
- Cook filling: Add chicken* to pan with green pepper. Season with a big pinch of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is browned and cooked through and green pepper is tender, 4-6 minutes. Stir in stock concentrate until combined. Turn off heat.
- Assemble tortilla melts: Place tortillas on a clean work surface. Spread one half of each tortilla with half the spicy cream sauce (save the rest for serving). Using a slotted spoon, top cream sauce with chicken filling, then sprinkle with cheddar. Fold tortillas in half to create tortilla melts.
- Cook tortilla melts: Wipe out pan used for filling. Melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in same pan over medium heat. Add tortilla melts (work in batches for 4); cook until tortillas are golden brown and cheese melts, 3-4 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined cutting board.
- Finish & serve: Cut tortilla melts into wedges. Divide between plates and serve with remaining spicy cream sauce on top or on the side for dipping.
Original cookbook photos
Notes
- HelloFresh recipe card (card code WK 26-38). Full title: One-Pan Cheesy Chicken Tortilla Melts with Chicken Thighs, Green Pepper & Spicy Cream Sauce. No URL is printed.
- Prep 5 min, cook 20 min, 730 calories. Total time is not printed, so the Total Time field is empty. Prep plus cook adds up to 25 minutes, which is why it is tagged Quick.
- The card gives amounts for 2 or 4 people. Servings is set to 2 (the first column).
- *Chicken is fully cooked when the internal temperature reaches 165°F.
- Card tip for flipping: once the first side is golden, slide your spatula under the melt, hold the top with your hand, and flip.
- The ingredient panel on the front photo is slightly blurry but readable.