Chicken With Green Chile Sauce Recipes

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS WITH GREEN CHILE SAUCE (SALSA VERDE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and heat until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Combine chicken, onion mixture, cheese blend, cream cheese, salsa verde, olives, cilantro, and jalapenos in a large bowl for the filling. Mix well.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour, then chicken broth. Cook until sauce starts to thicken, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in sour cream and salsa verde; cook until heated through. Spread a spoonful of sauce over the bottoms of two 9x11-inch casserole dishes.
• Wrap a tortilla in a damp paper towel and microwave for about 30 seconds. Fill with the chicken mixture, roll up, and place seam-side down into a baking dish. Repeat with remaining tortillas until each dish holds 8 enchiladas.
• Spoon remaining sauce over the enchiladas. Sprinkle cheese on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, about 20 minutes.

CHICKEN WITH GREEN CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with Cajun seasoning. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, brown chicken on both sides., In a small bowl, combine the soup, water, chilies and lemon juice. Stir into skillet. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Remove from the heat; stir in sour cream. Serve with rice.

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS WITH CREAMY GREEN CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Fry tortillas (1 at a time) for 5 seconds on each side to soften and make them pliable. Add more oil to pan as needed. Drain between layers of paper towel and keep warm.
• Divide chicken, 10 ounces of Monterey Jack cheese, and onion among the 12 tortillas. Roll up each tortilla and place seam-side down in the prepared pan.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and whisk until mixture begins to boil. Slowly add broth, stirring with a whisk until thickened. Mix in the sour cream and chiles, heating thoroughly but do not boil, stirring occasionally. Pour mixture over the enchiladas.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly and heated through, about 20 minutes. Top with remaining Monterey Jack cheese and bake for 5 more minutes. Garnish with chopped green onions and cilantro.

CHICKEN WITH GREEN CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt. Dip in flour, shaking off excess. Heat large skillet over med-high heat until hot. Add oil; heat until hot. Cook chicken in batches 8-10 minutes or until golden, turning once. Remove chicken.
• Cook onion and garlic in same skillet over medium heat 5 minutes or until browned. Stir in salsa verde, water and cilantro. Return chicken to skillet. Simmer 10-15 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center. Remove from heat; place chicken on platter.
• Whisk sour cream into onion mixture (do not boil); pour over chicken.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH GREEN CHILI CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in skillet large enough to hold chicken and sauce. Saute chicken until golden brown on both sides but do not cook through. Remove chicken and set aside.
• Saute onion and garlic in remaining oil until onion softens and begins to turn golden.
• Stir in stock, chilies, ground coriander and cumin and cook 1 or 2 minutes. Add chicken and spoon some sauce over; reduce heat, cover and cook about 10 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.
• In food processor or blender process yogurt and ricotta to smooth paste.
• When chicken is cooked, arrange on serving platter; spoon over sauce; top with ricotta-yogurt mixture and sprinkle with fresh coriander.

GREEN CHILI AND CHEESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 9 inch square baking dish (or similar size) with cooking spray.
• Make a deep cut into the side of each chicken breast half to form a pocket or 'purse'. Stuff 1/4 cup of cheese and about 1 tablespoon of the chilies onto each one. Close, and secure with a toothpick so that the cheese does not escape while in the oven. Place the stuffed chicken into the baking dish. Season with Fajita seasoning, and then sprinkle the remaining cheese and chilies over the top.
• Bake uncovered for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until the chicken juices run clear, and cheese is melted and lightly browned.