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Southwest Chicken And Cheese

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons 30mlButter - divided
1 tablespoon 15mlOnion - diced (medium)
8 oz 227gFresh mushrooms - sliced
2 oz 56gAnaheim green chili * (medium)
1 oz 28gRed jalapeno pepper * (medium)
4   Boneless chicken breasts - pounded flat (1.5 lb
  Salt to taste
  Ground black pepper to taste
4   Provolone cheese

Recipe Instructions

* Note - use any combination of red and green chiles, hot or mild, to suit your own taste, but use both colors.

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small pan over medium heat. Add onion, mushrooms and chiles; cook covered until softened. Do not drain. Set aside. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper.

In a large skillet, pan-fry chicken in remaining 1 tablespoon of butter for about 10 minutes, until white, tender and semi-browned.

Add onion mixture. Do not drain juices. Cover and simmer until juices bubble, about 5 minutes.

Place a slice of cheese on top of each chicken breast and cover pan until cheese is melted, about 1 minute.

Source:
Cooking Light, Jul/Aug 1994, page 75

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