Monterey Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    8 large whole chicken breasts, skinned and boned (7 to 8 oz. each)
    1 (7 oz.) can chopped mild green chilies
    1/2 lb. Monterey Jack cheese, cut into 8 strips
    1/2 c. fine dry bread crumbs
    1/4 c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
    1 to 3 tsp. chili powder
    1/4 tsp. ground cumin
    6 Tbsp. butter, melted
    1/2 tsp. salt
    1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
    Tomato Sauce (recipe follows)
Preparation
    Pound chicken breasts between 2 sheets of wax paper.
    Spread each breast with 1 tablespoon of green chilies.
    Place 1 cheese strip on top of each portion of chilies.
    Roll up each chicken breast and tuck ends under.
    Combine bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, chili powder, salt, cumin and pepper in a shallow dish. Dip each breast into melted butter and in bread crumb mixture. Place breast in baking dish, seam-side down.
    Drizzle with melted butter.
    Cover and chill at least 4 hours or overnight.

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