Jolie's Rancho Style Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless chicken breasts
• 4 ounces monterey jack cheese (or pepper jack)
• 1 (7 ounce) can whole green chilies ("ortega")
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 (8 1/2 ounce) package jiffy corn muffin mix
• salt
• pepper
• paprika or chili powder

Recipe

• 1 pound chicken breasts until they are fairly flat.
• 2 cut cheese into four 1/2-inch logs, with length equal to the width of the chicken breasts.
• 3 slice four chilies lengthwise, into 1/2-inch wide strips.
• 4 whisk milk and egg together in a bowl.
• 5 place one cheese log and one chili (sliced in strips) at the end of each chicken breast and roll them up.
• 6 dip each rolled chicken breast into the egg mixture, then coat it well with the corn muffin mix.
• 7 place the coated chicken breasts in a 8-inch-square glass cake pan; top with salt, pepper, paprika and/or chili powder as desired.
• 8 bake for 35-45 minutes at 450 degrees, until chicken is done.