Poblano Stuffed Chicken
- by: auntiejane
- Rating:
- Category: Main Course
- Level: Medium
- Total Time: 8 hr 30 mins
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 poblano peppers about 4 inches long
2 teaspoons olive oil
4 ounces chorizo, casings removed
8 ounces cream cheese
6 ounces pepper jack cheese, diced
1/2 cup onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
2 cups salsa verde (green salsa)
TOPPINGS:
sour cream
diced tomatoes
diced pepper jack cheese,
jalepenos
shredded lettuce
more salsa verde
Normally you would blister the peppers and peel them. Because this is done in the crock pot, there is no need to do that.
Put the chicken in a large zip lock bag and pound out each one so it will fit easily around the pepper.
In a sauce pan heat olive oil, saute the onions until translucent, add the garlic, saute a minute more, add the chorizo and saute until cooked through.
In a large bowl put the cream cheese in, add the chorizo mxture,pepper jack cheese, lime juice, and cilantro.
Mix well.
Slit the Poblano peppers from top to bottom and fill with 1/4 of the filling.
Wrap a pounded chicken breast around the pepper, putting pepper seam side down on the chicken breast.
Secure each chicken breast with a few pieces of butchers twine.
Line your slow cooker with a disposable liner, put in your prepared chicken, and pour the salsa verde over.
Cook on low for 8 hours.
Serve with topping of your choice.
Yield: | 4 servings | ||
Prep Time: | 0 hr 30 mins | ||
Cook Time: | 8 hr 0 mins | ||
Ready In: | 8 hr 0 mins | ||
Category: | Main Course | ||
Main Ingredient: | Chicken | ||
Cooking Method: | Slow Cook |
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Nationality: | Mexico | ||
Special Diet: | One Pot Meal | ||
Recipe Tags: | chicken | poblano | salsa |
Chef's Note & Story
This also works beautifully with round steak or flank, or skirt steak. Just has to be able to fit around the pepper.
If Poblano peppers are too spicy for you a nice alternative is Anaheims
Thanks Carla, you can use flank, and round steak too
Thanks for sharing this recipe, can't wait to try this one out!