Aztec Chicken with Chipotle Lime Sauce
From sparow64 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Found this in one of my cookbooks years ago. Great combination of flavors in an easy, imressive recipe.
Ingredients
- AZTEC chicken shopping list
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry shopping list
- 4 tablespoons canned green chiles, chopped shopping list
- 1 cup shredded mixed cheeses shopping list
- 4 tablespoons cream cheese shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 3 tablespoons melted butter shopping list
- salt and pepper, to taste shopping list
- CHIPOTLE lime SAUCE shopping list
- 1 teaspoon shallot, chopped shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic, chopped shopping list
- 1 teaspoon chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped shopping list
- 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice shopping list
- 1 cup heavy cream shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon chicken base or bouillon granules shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch shopping list
- 1 teaspoon cold water shopping list
How to make it
- AZTEC CHICKEN
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lightly pound chicken breasts to flatten, and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine spinach, green chiles, shredded cheese, cream cheese and the 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Place mixture in the center of each chicken breast and carefully roll up.
- Place seam side down on a lightly greased sheet pan.
- Brush with melted butter and season with salt and pepper.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until chicken is cooked thoroughly.
- Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
- CHIPOTLE LIME SAUCE
- Process shallot, garlic, chipotle pepper and lime juice in a food processor until smooth.
- Place in a small saucepan and add cream and chicken base.
- Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
- In a small dish, combine cornstarch and water.
- Add to cream mixture and simmer 1 minutes.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
Love that sauce...love the flavors in the chicken. Gotta add this to the "chicken meals I have to try"!! Thanks, sparow...Krum
krumkake
in Chicago Suburbs loved it
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Love this gf. Bring on the hot stuff baby.
jenniferbyrdez
in kenner loved it
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wow impressed me when ya gonna make it, Ill bring my fork yummy Great big high5 thanks
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