Chicken Simmered In Red Chile Sauce

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 dried red chilies (such as guajillo or new mexican red)
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 corn tortillas
• 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro stem

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º.
• 2 heat olive oil in frying pan and brown chicken breasts on both sides.
• 3 remove from pan and place in oven proof baking dish.
• 4 open dried chiles, remove and discard seeds and stem.
• 5 (seeds are removed to prevent burning) cut chiles into pieces.
• 6 melt butter in frying pan.
• 7 lightly sauté chiles in butter.
• 8 add chopped onions and garlic.
• 9 tear tortillas into pieces and add to pan.
• 10 (the tortillas help to thicken sauce.) sauté until ingredients are lightly browned.
• 11 add chicken stock and salt and simmer until ingredients are soft.
• 12 remove from heat and cool sauce to room temperature.
• 13 transfer cooled sauce to blender and blend until smooth.
• 14 pour sauce over chicken breasts.
• 15 bake at 350º for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is done.
• 16 remove from oven, top with shredded jack cheese and garnish with sprigs of cilantro.
• 17 bake a few additional minutes to melt cheese if necessary.