Recipe For Cooking Chicken Monterey

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Chicken Monterey

Posted by luvtocook at recipegoldmine.com May 22, 2001

4 chicken breasts
1/4 C. margarine
1/2 tea. dried oregano leaves, crumbled
1 Tbsp. snipped fresh parsley
1/2 C. fine dry bread crumbs
1/2 C. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 tea. grated powder
1/4 tea. salt
1/4 tea. pepper
1 tea. dried oregano leaves, crumbled
1/4 lb. Monterey jack cheese
5 Tbsp. butter, melted

Carefully cut bones from chicken breasts and remove skin. Cut breast in half lengthwise. Place each chicken breast half between 2 pieces of wax paper. Lb. with a meat mallet until 1/4-in. thick; set aside.

Combine 1/4 C. butter or margarine, 1/2 tea. oregano and parsley in a sm. bowl; set aside.

In a pie plate, stir together bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, salt, pepper and 1 tea. oregano; set aside.

Spread herb-butter mixture evenly over lb.ed chicken breasts.

Cut Monterey Jack cheese into eight 1 1/2 x 1/2-in. strips. Place 1 cheese strip on each lb.ed chicken piece. Roll chicken around cheese, tucking ends under.

Dip chicken rolls in 5 Tbsp. melted butter or margarine. Carefully roll in bread crumbs mixture. Place seam side down 1/2-in. apart in an unprepared 13 x 9-in. baking dish. Cover and refrigerate 4 hr. or overnight.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Remove chicken rolls from refrigerator. Bake uncovered about 20 min. in preheated oven until juices no longer run pink when chicken is pierced with a fork. Place chicken rolls on a hot platter.