Mexican Chicken Kiev
"From California Sizzles by the Jr League of Pasadena. Times do not include chill time."
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 8 chicken breast halves, skinned and boned
- 7 ounces green chilies, diced
- 4 ounces monterey jack cheese, cut into 8 strips
- 2⁄3 cup finely ground dry bread, crumbs
- 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
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Tomato Sauce
- 32 ounces tomato sauce
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄3 cup green onion, sliced
- salt and pepper
- hot pepper sauce
directions
- Flatten chicken breasts between waxed paper.
- Put about 2 tablespoons chilies and 1 cheese strip in center of each chicken piece.
- Roll up and tuck ends under.
- Combine remaining ingredients, except butter, to make crumb mixture.
- Dip each stuffed chicken in shallow bowl containing melted butter and roll in crumb mixture.
- Place chicken rolls seam side down in oblong baking dish.
- Cover and chill 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Bake uncovered for 20 minutes or until done.
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Prepare Tomato Sauce:
- Combine all ingredients in a pan and heat well.
- Pour heated Tomato Sauce over chicken.
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Reviews
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We thoroughly enjoyed these stuffed chicken breasts. I scaled the recipe down to two chicken breasts. I always have monterey jack cheese and green chilies on hand so it was really quick to pull these together. Definitely a repeat at our house.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lazyme
Grapeview, Washington
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