I've been testing and making recipes off of pinterest for years, and it can be difficult to tell which recipes will be amazing and added to my family's meal rotation, and which are disgusting and just should not even exist. Tonight I made a new recipe: Chicken Breasts with Jalapeno Cheese Sauce. The picture and description on pinterest made me think that this was chicken with a queso type of sauce, but in reality it tasted more like jalapeno poppers.
I will admit I deviated from the original in 3 ways:
1.) I used thin sliced chicken breasts instead of full sized boneless chicken breasts (and I adjusted the cooking time to match). I hate cooking thick chicken breasts in a skillet. I always over cook the outside but the inside will be raw. I get super paranoid about whether or not it is cooked, so for me it was not even a choice, I needed to use thin chicken.2.) I added the garlic in at the same time as the jalapenos and onions. I was chopping up the jalapenos and onions in my Manual Food Processor and added the garlic to it before adding it to the pan, so it all went in together.
3.) I added a little milk to the sauce. I'm not sure if my stove was too hot, or if I added too much cheddar (it calls for a heaping cup, which leaves a bit of leeway) but my sauce was incredibly thick before I even added the chicken to cook for almost 10 minutes longer. So I thinned it out with some milk.
Now for the verdict: this recipe was delicious! (Even if it didn't look all that appetizing...) It had a very mild heat, and reminded me of jalapeno poppers. I think next time I would just add a bit more salt to the recipe (although maybe if I wasn't using low-sodium chicken broth it would fix that?) but I will definitely be making this again.Things I like (aside from deliciousness):
1.) This recipe is low carb (if you don't serve it over rice, like I did). My husband eats low carb so it is important that I make low carb recipes.
2.) This is gluten free. I have a wheat allergy so this is a necessity. Just a word to the wise: don't use the brand of cumin I did. It was not gluten free (as I found out shortly after eating it...)
Enjoy!
