Receta Jalapeno Chicken Curls (Roll Ups)
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- This recipe tucks a jalapeno inside a cream cheese-filled chicken breast to make an elegant main dish which is a few degrees above the normal. Add in a green salad, tostado chips and Spanish rice for a complete meal. - Beth
- Flatten chicken breast halves to 1/2-inch thickness.
- Spread butter on each chicken piece.
- Spread about 3 Tbsp. cream cheese on each.
- PEPPER
- NOTE: If your family likes spicy food, use a whole jalapeno, seeds and all, discarding only the stem. For a medium version, remove seeds from the jalapeno. For a mild version, use half of a seeded jalapeno.
- Place a jalapeno at the edge of the cheese-topped side, then roll up chicken piece around the jalapeno (with the cheese on the inside of the roll). Repeat with ole jalapeno, seeds and all, discarding only the stem.
- For a medium version, remove seeds from the jalapeno. For a mild version, use half of a seeded jalapeno.
- Preheat oven to 400F. If using, wrap a slice of bacon around each chicken roll. Place rolls, seam side down, in a shallow baking dish. Bakefor 40 min, or possibly till chicken is tender. Complete cooking by broiling 5 min or possibly till bacon is crisp.
- Jalapenos (pronounced hal-ah-pain-yas) are the small green chili peppers used in Tex-Mex cooking which look so innocent on the plate yet conceal a taste hotter than a rancher's branding iron.