Poblano Chicken

Talk about the most delicious chicken dish. Roast up some poblano peppers and add some amazing flavors and you will wonder why you have never tried this below. Start here.

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Poblano Chicken

Author Catherine's Plates

Ingredients

  • 1 or 1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts or chicken tenders cut into bite size pieces
  • 2 TBS olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced red preferred, or white
  • 3-4 roasted poblanos (see my recipe) cut into slivers
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 4 oz heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 8 oz shredded monterrey jack cheese
  • 1 TBS chili powder, to taste
  • 2 TBS cumin powder, to taste
  • salt & pepper if needed

Instructions

  • Brown up onion and chicken in 2 TBS of oil in a large oven safe skillet.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Add peppers, garlic, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper.
  • add broth, cream and cheese, mix well.
  • Place into preheated oven for 30 minutes.
  • After removing from oven, if the sauce is a little thin, make a little slurry of thickener by mixing together a few spoons of sauce and 1 TBS of corn starch. Pour over chicken and mix well to thicken.
  • This goes well spooned over cooked rice.