Baked Chicken Recipes
Chicken Monterey
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, crumbled
- 1 tablespoon snipped fresh parsley
- 1/2 cup fine dry bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon grated powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, crumbled
- 1/4 pound Monterey Jack cheese
- 5 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- Carefully cut bones from chicken breasts and remove skin. Cut breast in half lengthwise.
- Place each chicken breast half between 2 pieces of wax paper. Pound with a meat mallet until 1/4-inch thick; set aside.
- Combine 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 teaspoon oregano and parsley in a small bowl; set aside.
- In a pie plate, stir together bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, salt, pepper and 1 teaspoon oregano; set aside.
- Spread herb-butter mixture evenly over pounded chicken breasts.
- Cut Monterey Jack cheese into eight 1 1/2 x 1/2 inch strips. Place 1 cheese strip on each pounded chicken piece. Roll chicken around cheese, tucking ends under.
- Dip chicken rolls into 5 tablespoons melted butter. Carefully roll in bread crumbs mixture. Place seam side down 1/2-inch apart in an ungreased 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
- Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Remove chicken rolls from refrigerator.
- Bake uncovered for about 20 minutes until juices no longer run pink when chicken is pierced with a fork.
- Place chicken rolls on a hot platter.
Attribution
Posted by luvtocook at Recipe Goldmine May 22, 2001.