Chicken Relleno Recipes

HOW TO COOK CHICKEN RELLENO (RELLENONG MANOK)

Steps:

• Marinate deboned chicken in sprite, catsup, soy sauce, bouillon cubes and pepper overnight.
• Drain and prepare chicken for stuffing.
• Mix ground pork, beaten eggs, grated cheese, ham, raisins, onions, bay leaf and pepper.
• Stuff the chicken with ground meat mixture and quartered eggs.
• Sew the ends and bake for about 30-45 minutes in preheated oven at 350 °F.
• Slice and serve with liver sauce.
• Combine chicken liver and mashed saba.
• In a saucepan, heat oil and saute garlic and onion until soft.
• Add the liver mixture and the rest of the ingredients.
• Simmer until sauce thickens. Serves 12.

CHICKEN MOFONGO RELLENO

Steps:

• For the sofrito: Put culantro, garlic, green onions, yellow onion, green pepper, cilantro and 1/4 cup water in a blender and blend.
• For the chicken: Put the chicken in a pressure cooker. Add tomato puree, chicken bouillon powder, salt, 4 tablespoons sofrito (save the remainder for another use) and 3/4 cup water. Pressure cook for 30 minutes.
• Carefully release pressure from the pressure cooker, then open it and shred the chicken with tongs. Add the green peppers and onions. Cover and pressure cook until the veggies are soft, another 2 to 3 minutes.
• For the mofongo: Heat several inches of canola oil to 350 degrees F in a large pan.
• Peel the plantains and cut into small pieces. Fry the plantains until they are cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer some fried plantain pieces to a mortar and pestle. Add olive oil, garlic puree and salt and mash until well combined and it has a pastelike consistency with some small chunks of plantains.
• Mold the mashed plantain inside the mortar into a cuplike form. Plate and fill it with the chicken. Repeat to make 3 to 5 more servings.

CHILES RELLENOS CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut a pocket in the thickest part of each chicken breast. Combine chiles and pepper Jack cheese; spoon into each pocket. Secure with toothpicks. , In a large cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet, brown chicken on both sides in oil. Bake, uncovered, at 350° until a thermometer reads 165°, 15-20 minutes. Remove chicken from skillet; keep warm., Add garlic to skillet; cook for 1 minute. Stir in the cream cheese, broth and lime juice until blended. Bring to a boil. Stir in cilantro and lime zest. , Remove toothpicks from chicken. Serve with cream sauce.

CHICKEN CHILES RELLENOS ALFREDO

Steps:

• Cook angel hair according to package directions. Drain., Meanwhile, sprinkle chicken with garlic powder, cilantro and cumin. In a large nonstick skillet, cook and stir chicken over medium heat until no longer pink, 6-8 minutes. Remove., In same skillet, melt butter. Stir in heavy cream, cream cheese and lime zest until combined, 4-6 minutes. Stir in pepper jack until melted. Add chiles and lime juice. Return chicken to skillet; heat through. Toss chicken mixture with pasta.

CHICKEN RELLENO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Flatten chicken breasts between wax paper to 1/4-inch thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
• Place 1/2 green chili and 1 ounce cheese in the center of each chicken breast.
• Roll chicken lengthwise and secure with wooden skewers or toothpicks.
• Combine breadcrumbs and next 4 ingredients.
• Dip rolls in milk, then dredge in breadcrumb mixture to evenly coat.
• Place chicken in a baking dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• Bake uncovered 30 minutes or until tender.

CHICKEN CHILES RELLENOS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add peppers and onion; cook and stir until peppers are tender, 4-6 minutes., Stir in flour and seasonings until blended; gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, about 1 minute. Stir in cream cheese until blended. Add pepper jack, chicken and green chiles; heat through, stirring to combine. Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish., Prepare cornbread batter according to package directions. Spread over chicken mixture. Bake, uncovered, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in topping comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

CHICKEN RELLENOS

Steps:

• Place each chicken breast halves between 2 pieces of heavy duty plastic wrap. Flatten each breast to ¼-inch thick using a meat mallet or rolling pin. Sprinkle with salt.
• Place a green chili half and 4 slices cheese in center of each piece of chicken. Roll up lengthwise, tucking edges inside. Secure roll with wooden toothpicks.
• Dredge chicken in flour. Combine egg and milk. Dip chicken in egg mixture then roll in bread crumbs.
• Fry chicken in 2 inches of hot oil (375°F) in a deep skillet or Dutch oven for 10 minutes or until golden, turning once. Drain well on paper towels.
• Serve immediately with salsa.