Chicken Monterey - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup butter (divided)
    1/2 cup onion (minced)
    8 large mushrooms (sliced med thin)
    2 garlic cloves (minced)
    2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    1/2 cup chicken stock
    1/2 teaspoon celery salt
    1/2 teaspoon pepper
    1/2 cup white wine
    1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese (shredded)
    1 cup all-purpose flour
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon pepper
    8 boneless skinless chicken breasts
    1/8 teaspoon hot pepper flakes (optional)
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Lightly grease a medium baking dish.
    Melt 1/4 cup butter in medium skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion, mushrooms and garlic. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
    Stir in 2 tablespoons flour; saute a few minutes more. Stir in stock, celery salt, white pepper and white wine.
    Reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring frequently, until thickened and well blended, about 10 minutes.
    Mix 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese into the thickened sauce mixture and stir until melted; set aside.
    In a shallow bowl mix flour, salt & pepper.
    Dredge chicken in flour mixture to coat.
    (Make sure chicken is dry--I put between paper towels).
    Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet (cast iron is good). Have butter very hot--you just want to slightly brown (DO NOT OVER COOK).
    Arrange chicken in baking dish and cover with sauce.
    Top chicken and sauce with remaining 1 cup cheese.
    Bake in preheated oven 25 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink.
    I put the pepper flakes in the broth.
    Hope you enjoy as much as we did.

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