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Aztec Chicken With Chipotle Lime Sauce Recipe


Aztec Chicken With Chipotle Lime Sauce Recipe
Found this in one of my cookbooks years ago. Great combination of flavors in an easy, imressive recipe.

Sparow64

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Ingredients
  • AZTEC CHICKEN
  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
  • 4 tablespoons canned green chiles, chopped
  • 1 cup shredded mixed cheeses
  • 4 tablespoons cream cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • CHIPOTLE LIME SAUCE
  • 1 teaspoon shallot, chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon chicken base or bouillon granules
  • 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon cold water

Directions
  1. AZTEC CHICKEN
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  3. Lightly pound chicken breasts to flatten, and set aside.
  4. In a medium bowl, combine spinach, green chiles, shredded cheese, cream cheese and the 1/2 teaspoon salt.
  5. Place mixture in the center of each chicken breast and carefully roll up.
  6. Place seam side down on a lightly greased sheet pan.
  7. Brush with melted butter and season with salt and pepper.
  8. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until chicken is cooked thoroughly.
  9. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
  10. CHIPOTLE LIME SAUCE
  11. Process shallot, garlic, chipotle pepper and lime juice in a food processor until smooth.
  12. Place in a small saucepan and add cream and chicken base.
  13. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
  14. In a small dish, combine cornstarch and water.
  15. Add to cream mixture and simmer 1 minutes.

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Comments


Love that sauce...love the flavors in the chicken. Gotta add this to the "chicken meals I have to try"!! Thanks, sparow...Krum


Love this gf. Bring on the hot stuff baby.


Wow impressed me when ya gonna make it, Ill bring my fork yummy Great big high5 thanks


Boy, does this ever sound delicious! Love the stuffing here and the Chipotle lime sauce sounds fantastic! Bookmarked.


Okay so it was the CHipolte Lime that got me. Sounds like that sauce would be good on about anything!


Sounds great!


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