Skillet Chicken in Tomato Chipotle Sauce With Avocado Crema
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Skillet Chicken in Tomato Chipotle Sauce With Avocado Crema
Description
Skillet Chicken in Tomato Chipotle Sauce With Avocado Crema features boneless skinless chicken breasts browned and then cooked through in a tomato-based sauce enriched with chipotle peppers in adobo, cumin, and fresh lime juice. The sauce is made fragrant by sautéed onions and garlic, with chicken broth added for moisture. The chicken simmers covered until tender and flavorful.
The accompanying avocado crema is prepared by blending avocado, sour cream, fresh cilantro, lime juice, jalapeño, and seasonings into a smooth sauce. Its creamy texture and cool flavor temper the smoky, mildly spicy tomato-chipotle sauce, creating a harmonious dish.
To serve, the chicken is topped with the tomato chipotle sauce and dolloped or drizzled with avocado crema, bringing together the smoky and creamy elements. The recipe uses straightforward stovetop cooking in one skillet, making cleanup easier.
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breast 1 pound total, boneless, skinless, halved
- 1/4 cup sour cream low fat
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 ounce avocado
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 2 tablespoons cilantro fresh leaves
- black pepper to taste, freshly ground
- ½ jalapeno pepper seeds and membrane removed, small
- olive oil spray form
- 1 garlic small clove
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1/2 onion sliced, small
- 1/8 tsp kosher salt
- 2 garlic minced, cloves
- black pepper to taste, freshly ground
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon water (as needed)
- 1/2 cup chicken broth low sodium
- 1 tablespoon chipotle pepper in adobo
- lime juice juice of ½ lime
- 2 tablespoons cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Place the chicken breast halves between 2 pieces of plastic wrap or parchment and lightly pound to even thickness. Season both sides with ¼ teaspoon salt and pepper.
- Heat large non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Spray with olive oil spray, add chicken breasts and brown each side, 2 minutes each. Remove chicken from pan and set aside on a plate.
- Reduce heat to medium, add oil and onions and sauté, scraping brown bits with a wooden spoon, about 3 minutes or until onions are tender. Add garlic and sauté 30 seconds more. Add tomato sauce, chicken broth, ½ teaspoon salt, cumin, chipotle pepper and adobo sauce, stir and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low, return chicken to pan, cover and cook 8 to 10 minutes more or until chicken is cooked through. Add lime juice.
- Meanwhile, to make the avocado sauce combine all sauce ingredients in a small blender and process until smooth and uniform in color.
- To serve: Top each chicken breast half with tomato sauce mixture, avocado sauce and garnish with cilantro.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 199 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 4oz chicken w sauce, 2 tbsp crema | |
| Calories | 199kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 7g | 2% |
| Protein | 26g | 52% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 90mg | 30% |
| Sodium | 495mg | 21% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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