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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.