Green Chile Baked Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 chicken breasts
• 7 ounces canned green chilies, whole
• 1/4 lb monterey jack cheese
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1/2 cup grated breadcrumbs
• 6 tablespoons margarine

Recipe

• 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 × 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.