Breast Of Chicken Mexicaine
Created by dienia b on June 22, 2025
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 2h
- Recipe #44753
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken breasts, bone in
- 3 cups water
- 1 tablespoon salt, to taste it's going to reduce start with a teaspoon
- Saute
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 15 ounces tomatoes (1 can)
- 15 ounces peas, drained (1 can)
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- Slurry
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
How to Make
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Step 1: Simmer chicken breasts in water and salt until tender.
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Step 2: Cool chicken in water.
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Step 3: Remove skin and bones, keeping chicken in fairly large bite size pieces; set aside.
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Step 4: Boil broth down to 2 cups and strain.
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Step 5: Sauce: Melt butter in skillet and add onion, sauté until onion is transparent and season lightly.
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Step 6: Add green peppers, garlic and chili powder.
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Step 7: Cook for a minute.
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Step 8: Add rest of sauce ingredients and chicken broth.
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Step 9: Simmer 30 minutes.
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Step 10: Add slurry and cook until thickened.
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Step 11: Add chicken meat.
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Step 12: Cook until hot.
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Step 13: Season to taste.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (405.2 g)
- Calories 329
- Total Fat - 7.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.8 g
- Cholesterol - 133.6 mg
- Sodium - 1325.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 12.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.8 g
- Sugars - 4.2 g
- Protein - 50 g
- Calcium - 54 mg
- Iron - 2.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 19.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg