Monterey Chicken II

Submitted by ellie_

"Simple-to-make chicken recipe was originally printed in a Church cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 8 chicken breast halves, boned and skinned
• salt and pepper
• flour
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon celery salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon white pepper
• 1⁄2 cup white wine or 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1⁄2 cup chicken broth
• 1 avocado, mashed
• 1 1⁄2 cups monterey jack cheese, grated
• 8 large mushrooms, chopped

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Place chicken breasts between waxed paper and pound until thin.
3. Lightly dust with flour and salt and pepper.
4. Melt 1/4 cup butter or margarine in skillet.
5. Saute chicken until brown.
6. Remove and set aside.
7. Melt remaining butter or margarine in same skillet.
8. Saute onion, garlic and mushrooms until cooked.
9. Stir in flour, celery salt, chicken broth and wine (if using).
10. Cook over low heat until thickened (5 minutes).
11. Stir in avocado and 1/2 cup cheese; blend to combine ingredients.
12. Remove from heat.
13. Arrange chicken in baking dish.
14. Spoon avocado mixture over chicken and top with remaining cheese.
15. Bake for 10-20 minutes or until chicken is cooked and cheese melts.

Reviews

[ellie_]

Thanks Normaone for reviewing Monterey Chicken and also for mentioning that I omited mushrooms in the Ingredients. The ingredients should include 8 large mushrooms, chopped. Another reviewer also mentioned that she added 1 green and 1 red pepper, chopped which added color to the recipe. Thanks again.

 

[ImNotHere]

OHH Ellie...I've made this dish several times since I had put the request in..and we ALL love it..like I said, adding the chopped green & red peppers just makes it perfect! THIS recipe has become one of our favs! Thanks so much for sharing!

 

[LisaOne]

AWESOME!!! Thanks so much...but mushrooms need to be in the ingredients.

 

[iluvmythomas]

Great recipe!! One of the best I've tried in awhile. I also added the bell peppers and mushrooms and sauteed with the onions and garlic. I had to cook it closer to 20-30 minutes but I could have made the chicken thinner and it would have cooked faster. Thanks for sharing, we will definately be having this again!!

 

[Judith N.]

ellie2, this is a great recipe. We enjoyed it immensely! Another keeper for us. I cooked 3 chicken breasts but made a full recipe of the sauce and it worked out awesome. Using Jaida's suggestion, I added 1/2 red and 1/2 green pepper to pan and sauteed with the onions, garlic and thinly sliced baby portabellas. It added great flavor as well as color. Thanks for sharing this great recipe, Tweeky.