Las Cruces Baked Chicken

Recipe Ingredients

4		Chicken breasts
7 oz	198g	Green chiles
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	Monterey jack cheese
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Grated parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon	5ml	Chili powder
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Lemon pepper
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Grated bread crumbs
6 tablespoons	90ml	Margarine

Recipe Instructions

1. Cut chicken breasts in half; bone and remove skin. Place waxed paper over each chicken breast and flatten to about 1/4 inch thick, using a meat mallet.

2. Drain, rinse and remove seeds from the canned chiles. Cut chiles and the jack cheese into 8 pieces. Put a piece of chili and a slice of cheese on each chicken breast. Tuck in sides and roll.

3. In a shallow bowl, combine Parmesan cheese, chili powder, garlic salt, cumin, lemon-pepper seasoning, and the dry bread crumbs. Blend well. In another shallow bowl place the melted margarine.

4. Dip each rolled chicken breast carefully into the melted margarine then into crumb-cheese mixture. Place, seam-side down, in a 9 x 13-inch baking pan; keep chicken breasts from touching. Drizzle with remaining margarine.

5. Refrigerate, covered with foil, 30-45 minutes (this is a very important step!). Bake, uncovered, in preheated 400-degree oven for 25 minutes.

Recipe By: Jo Anne Merrill

Source:
Emeril Lagasse

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