Monterey Chicken Rolls Recipes

MONTEREY CHICKEN ROLLS

Steps:

• Pound chicken breasts flat.
• Slice Monterey Jack cheese about 1/4" thick, roll chicken around cheese.
• Dip chicken in butter sauce, then in breadcrumb combination.
• Place seam side down in 9x13 baking dish.
• Bake covered for 30 minutes at 350 degrees in preheated oven.
• Uncover and bake for 15 minutes more or until browned.

MONTEREY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix the honey, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and salt together and place chicken breasts in it. Add enough water to bring the marinade up to the middle of the chicken breast.
• OR.
• Mix together the marinade (as mentioned above) and place into a ZipLoc bag large enough for all the chicken breasts to fit inches Add water until the marinade reaches the top of the chicken breasts.
• Marinate for as close to 8 hours as possible.
• To cook:.
• Bake, Broil, Grill or Skillet Fry, either way works well. Chili's grills (and I prefer grilled). Choose your preferred method and cook until the breasts are done.
• While the breasts are cooking, fry up the bacon until CRISP!
• When the chicken is done, top each breast with 2 tbsps of BBQ sauce, two strips of bacon and 1/4 cup of shredded cheese.
• Microwave the breasts (or broil) until the cheese is melted.
• Serve!

MONTEREY CHICKEN ROLLS

Steps:

• Place each piece of chicken between 2 pieces of clear plastic wrap. Working from center to edges, pound lightly with meat mallet, forming rectangles about 1/8-inch thick. Remove plastic wrap. Sprinkle each side with salt and pepper. Place one piece of cheese onto each piece of chicken, fold in sides; roll up jelly-roll style. Skewer closed with wooden picks. Roll chicken in flour, then dip in beaten eggs. Roll in fine dry bread crumbs to coat evenly. Place chicken rolls, seam-side down, in a shallow baking dish. Bake, uncovered in 350° oven for 30 minutes. Sauce: In a small saucepan, combine the white wine, margarine, parsley, and oregano (or marjoram). Cook and stir over low heat until margarine is melted. Pour the sauce over chicken rolls; continue baking about 10 minutes or until tender. Remove the wooden picks before serving. Fun Fact: Like many New Mexico churches, San Miguel Mission in Socorro has massive adobe walls, large carved vigas, and supporting corbel arches. Given extensive restorations during the 1970s, it was originally built in 1598 by Franciscan priests, making it one of the earliest established churches in the US.