Chicken Verde

Chicken Verde
Chicken Verde might be a good recipe to expand your main course collection. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 375 calories, 51g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 34% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have pepper, onion, canolan oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the canolan oil you could follow this main course with the Cherry-Apricot Turnovers as a dessert.

Instructions

1
Preheat broiler.
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Place poblano chiles and jalapeno peppers on a foil-lined baking sheet. Broil 10 minutes or until blackened and charred, turning occasionally.
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3
Place peppers in a paper bag; fold to close tightly.
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4
Let stand 15 minutes. Peel chiles and peppers; cut in half lengthwise. Discard seeds and membranes. Chop poblano chiles. Finely chop jalapeno peppers.
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5
Combine poblano chiles, jalapeo peppers, tomatillos, and next 4 ingredients (through green chiles) in a large bowl.
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6
Sprinkle chicken with cumin and pepper.
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7
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
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8
Add oil to pan; swirl to coat.
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9
Add half of chicken to pan. Cook 2 1/2 minutes on each side or until browned.
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10
Place chicken in a 6-quart electric slow cooker. Repeat procedure with remaining chicken.
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11
Pour tomatillo mixture over chicken. Cover and cook on LOW for 3 1/2 hours or until chicken is tender.
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12
Remove chicken from slow cooker; keep warm.
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13
Pour sauce into a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 25 minutes or until reduced to 4 1/2 cups.
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14
Serve chicken with sauce.
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Sprinkle with chopped cilantro.
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Garnish with sour cream, if desired.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings6
Health Score49
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