Eating healthy can be tough if you don’t have an arsenal of yummy recipes to fall back on. A low carb recipe is always great to have in your back pocket. This may look crazy, but really it’s just baked stuffed chicken with a latin flare. Shhhh… don’t tell.
To make this recipe you need some basic ingredients, boneless skinless chicken breast, fresh pablano peppers and a melting cheese of your choice.
Place your pepper directly on your flame or under your broiler if you have an electric range. The goal here is to get those char marks.
Cut your pepper in half length wise. Remove the seeds and stem.
Place your chicken breasts on a clean cutting board. If you have plastic wrap, grab a piece and place it over the chicken (I usually do this, but I was out of plastic wrap).
Pound out the chicken until it thins out without breaking through the flesh.
This is what you should get when you are through.
Sprinkle with some kosher salt.
Then crack some black pepper onto it.
This is a block of Monterey Jack cheese. Any good melting cheese would work here… Use a pepper jack if you want a little kick.
Normally I always shred my cheese, but for this recipe, I like to slice it up because I find it holds up better with both the chicken and the pepper.
Season the pepper with some salt.
Now stack it all up on the chicken.
And roll.
At this point if you have tooth picks, you could secure your wrapped chicken.
This is intended to be a low carb recipe, so I am just sprinkling with some panko bread crumbs.
Place them in a baking dish lined with foil and sprayed with cooking spray.
Place a pad of butter on each. Bake for about 25-30 minutes until cooked through.
Place under the broiler for about a minute or two until you get some good color.
Pablano & Cheese Stuffed Chicken
Serves 2Ingredients:
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin
1 Pablano pepper, charred and seeded
6 oz. jack cheese (Colby, Monterey or Pepper), sliced
2 tsp. Panko bread crumbs (or gluten-free bread crumbs)
2 tsp. salted butter
kosher salt
fresh cracked black pepper
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
After chicken is pounded out thinly, season with salt and pepper, place 1/2 Pablano pepper on top, season with salt and pepper. Then place sliced cheese on the pepper. Gently and tightly roll. Secure with toothpicks if needed. Transfer to a greased baking dish. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Place one pad of butter on each. Bake 25-30 minutes until cooked through. Remove from oven and start broiler. Place under the broiler for 1-2 minutes until bread crumbs become browned.
Let rest a few minutes, enjoy!
***note, use gluten-free bread crumbs if needed.