Meltdown Chicken Bundles

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup fine dry breadcrumb
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 4 ounces monterey jack cheese
• 8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 4 pickled jalapeno peppers, seeded and cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch strips
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a shallow bowl, mix crumbs, parmesan cheese, chili powder, cumin, and pepper; set aside.
• 2 cut jack cheese into 8 equal strips; then set aside.
• 3 rinse chicken and pat dry. place each breast half between 2 sheets of plastic wrap; pound with a flat-surfaced mallet until about 1/4-inch thick.
• 4 lay each chicken piece flat; place one strip of cheese and an eighth of the chiles crosswise at one end. fold in sides so they overlap; then roll up chicken to enclose filling.
• 5 coat each chicken bundle with melted butter, then with crumb mixture. arrange bundles, seam side down and slightly apart, in a shallow baking pan. drizzle with any remaining butter. at this point you may cover the dish and refrigerate until the next day.
• 6 bake, uncovered, in a 425° oven until meat in center of bundles is no longer pink; cut gently to test - about 15 minutes.
• 7 season to taste with salt.