Thursday, May 29, 2008

I call this Monterrey Chicken

This one is so easy, I'm almost embarrased to post it.

Ingredients
4 boneless chicken breasts
2 cans of Mexican Ro-Tel
(or any brand of mixed diced tomatoes w/ green chiles) well-drained
1 small can of sliced (not chopped) black olives-drained
4 slices pepper jack cheese (or whatever cheese you want)
whatever spices you want (I use salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Put chicken in 9X13 oven safe pan
Sprinkle your spices on both sides of chicken
Cook for about 8 minutes
Take out of oven and pour Ro-Tel around chicken breasts, making sure a good amount is on top of the breasts.
Add black olives in the same fashion.
Cover each chicken breast mixture with slice of cheese.
Return to oven for another 8 minutes or until juices run clear.
(I'm a risky cooker. I don't use a thermometer!)

This is great with Mexican rice. I also sometimes make a pico de gallo and add it to the top of the cheese before serving.
Pico de Gallo=chopped jalapeno, diced tomato, chopped onion, and chopped cilantro mixture.

3 comments:

Robbi said...

I love quick and easy, don't be embarrassed to post - I need more after work quick dinner ideas - John complains we end up eating the same things every week!

JessiBeth said...

Sorry, what is RoTel? And, where do I find it?

Elisa B said...

Rotel is a name brand of canned "diced tomatoes and green chiles". You can ususally find it in the tomato aisle. Generic brand is okay to substitute, too.

Google "ro-tel" to get an idea of it.

This dish is super easy and DH likes it.