Pollo Con Salsa Verde (chicken With Green Sauce)

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken breast fillets
• 1 cup flour
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 2/3 cups salsa verde (mild green salsa)
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 3 garlic cloves (minced fine)
• 3 tablespoons cilantro (minced fine)
• 1 fresh jalapeno (seeded and minced)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 -5 green onions (green part chopped)

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle the chicken with salt and black pepper to taste.
• 2 dredge both sides of chicken through the flour, shaking off excess.
• 3 melt the butter over med heat in a large heavy bottomed pot.
• 4 add the chicken and cook over med-high heat turning once, until both sides are well browned, but chicken is not quite cooked through (about 6-7 minutes per side).
• 5 remove chicken from the pot and keep warm.
• 6 pour the chicken broth into the pot and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
• 7 place the green salsa, garlic, jalapeño, cilantro, and cumin into the pot; bring to a boil.
• 8 just as the sauce begins to boil, reduce the heat to obtain a slow simmer. add the chicken breasts back into the sauce and spoon sauce over each piece of chicken.
• 9 continue to cook until chicken is cooked through and tender (about 15 minutes).
• 10 taste the sauce and add more salt and pepper if desired.
• 11 place chicken on a serving platter and spoon sauce over each piece.
• 12 top each piece of chicken with a heaping tablespoon of sour cream and sprinkle some chopped green onion over the sour cream.