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Las cruces baked chicken

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

• 4 Chicken breasts
• 7 oz Green chiles
• 1/4 lb Monterey jack cheese
• 1/4 c Grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 ts Chili powder
• 1/2 ts Garlic salt
• 1/4 ts Ground cumin
• 1/4 ts Lemon pepper
• 1/2 c Grated bread crumbs
• 6 tb Margarine

Instructions:

1. Cut chicken breasts in half; bone and remove skin. Place waxed paper over each chicken breast and flatten to about 1/4 inch thick using a meat mallet. 2. Drain rinse and remove seeds from the canned chiles. Cut chiles and the jack cheese into 8 pieces. Put a piece of chili and a slice of cheese on each chicken breast. Tuck in sides and roll. 3. In a shallow bowl combine Parmesan cheese chili powder garlic salt cumin lemon-pepper seasoning and the dry bread crumbs. Blend well. In another shallow bowl place the melted margarine. 4. Dip each rolled chicken breast carefully into the melted margarine then into crumb-cheese mixture. Place seam-side down in a 9 x 13-inch baking pan; keep chicken breasts from touching. Drizzle with remaining margarine. 5. Refrigerate covered with foil 30-45 minutes (this is a very important step!). Bake uncovered in preheated 400-degree oven for 25 minutes. Recipe By : Jo Anne Merrill

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