Recipe For Cooking Broiled Chicken With Chile Butter (Pechugas Con Chile)

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Broiled Chicken with Chile Butter (Pechugas con Chile)

1/3 C. Chile Butter
3 whole chicken breasts, split, boned
Fresh cilantro sprigs

Prepare Chile Butter.

Cut Chile Butter crosswise into 1/8-in. thick slices. Carefully loosen skin at 1 end of each chicken piece; insert 1 slice butter under skin.

Heat broiler. Place chicken, skin side down, on prepared rack in broiler pan; dot with some of the remaining butter. Broiler chicken 6 in. from heat source until tops are brown, about 10 min.

Turn chicken over; dot with more of the remaining butter. Broil until skin is brown and juices run clear, not pink, when pierced with fork, about 10 min. longer.

Place chicken on platter; top each piece with 1 slice butter. Serve, garnished with cilantro.

Chile Butter
1 sm. dried ancho chile, toasted
    seeded, de-veined, rinsed
1 C. boiling water
1/2 C. softened butter
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tea. dried oregano

Place chile in sm. bowl with boiling water; let stand 1 hr..

Place chile and 1 1/2 Tbsp. of the soaking water in blender container; process until smooth. Cool completely. Discard remaining water. Beat butter in sm. mixer bowl until fluffy. Beat in garlic and oregano. Gradually beat in chile to blend thoroughly. Refrigerate, covered, to firm slightly, about 30 min.

Spoon butter in a row onto plastic wrap; enclose in plastic and roll back and forth to form smooth 1-in. diameter roll. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hr..

NOTE: Remaining Chile Butter can be frozen up to 1 month. It can be used on vegetables, rice, hamburgers, steaks and other grilled meats.