Chicken Breasts In Green Salsa
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Recipe: #22146
December 16, 2015
Categories: Dinner, Main Dish, Poultry, Chicken, North American, Weeknight Meals, Skillet, Stove Top, No Eggs, Flour, Herbs, Boneless Pieces more
"Chicken breasts bathed in a fragrant sauce make a delicate dish, perfect for dinner parties. Serve with rice to complete the meal. This is out of my Mexican Recipes cookbook...Yep...that's the name of the book."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (431.9 g)
- Calories 411.8
- Total Fat - 17.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.6 g
- Cholesterol - 443.6 mg
- Sodium - 1242.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 24.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.8 g
- Sugars - 5.1 g
- Protein - 38 g
- Calcium - 147.2 mg
- Iron - 5.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step 1
Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper to taste, then dredge with flour.
Step 2
Shake off the excess.
Step 3
Melt the butter (or butter, oil) in a skillet, then add the chicken and cook over medium-high heat, turning once, until golden but not cooked through, the chicken will continue to cook in the sauce.
Step 4
Remove the chicken from the skillet and set aside.
Step 5
Place the salsa, broth, garlic, cilantro, chili, and cumin in a pan and bring to a boil.
Step 6
Reduce the heat to a low simmer.
Step 7
Add the chicken to the sauce, spooning the sauce over the chicken.
Step 8
Cook for 25-30 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and tender.
Step 9
Remove the chicken and sauce from the pan and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Step 10
Serve with sour cream, lettuce, scallion, and cilantro.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.