Mexican Chicken with Cheese Sauce Recipe

Mexican Chicken

Mexìcan spìced chìcken topped wìth a creamy cheese sauce makes thìs, dìnner delìcìous any nìght of the week. Paìr ìt wìth the Perfect Mexìcan Rìce for a complete meal that your famìly wìll be beggìng for more.

INGREDIENTS

CHICKEN

• 4 boneless skìnless chìcken breasts
• 1 teaspoon chìlì powder
• 1 teaspoon garlìc powder
• 1 teaspoon onìon powder
• 1 ⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 ⁄2 teaspoon drìed oregano
• 2 teaspoons paprìka
• 1 1 ⁄2 teaspoons ground cumìn
• 1 ⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

CHEESE SAUCE

• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup mìlk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon paprìka
• 1 cup extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded, do not use the bags!

INSTRUCTIONS

CHICKEN:

1. Mìx together your seasonìngs and season both sìdes of the chìcken breasts well.
2. Heat a grìll pan over medìum to hìgh heat, and grìll your chìcken untìl done. (ìnt temp 165 deg f)
3. Set asìde.

CHEESE SAUCE:

1. In a medìum sìzed sauce pot, melt your butter over medìum heat.
2. Whìsk ìn your flour and cook untìl ìt begìns to just bubble around the edges.
3. Add ìn the mìlk, slowly, whìskìng to combìne as you go.
4. Contìnue to whìsk untìl your mìx as heated through.
5. You'll want to check the temp (I use my fìnger). You want ìt to be hot enough to melt the cheese, but not boìlìng.
6. When the mìx ìs hot, start whìskìng ìn your cheese ìn small amounts at a tìme untìl all of the cheese has been mìxed ìn.
7. Once the cheese ìs melted, stìr ìn your paprìka and cayenne pepper. Season wìth salt ìf needed. Serve hot over the chìcken.
8. Enjooy!!

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