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Analog6 · Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:42 pm Post subject: Monterey chicken

I had this dish recently at a Mexican restaurant when we went out for dinner. This is my recreation recipe. Fairly easy to prepare and tastes great - plus low carb friendly.

Ingredients:
Chicken breasts fillets
Bacon rashers
Avocado, sliced
Cheese (I'm still experimenting with the right type of cheese so it does not slide off - suggestions welcomed)
herbs of choice (I use fennel seeds and rosemary)
butter and olive oil

You will need an ovenproof dish of appropriate size.

Mehtod:
Add a little olive oil to the dish, sprinkle with fennel seeds (you could use chilli or garlic here if that is to your taste, but it may overpower the chicken and avocado flavours). Lay the chicken fillets in the dish and top with a little butter. Sprinkle with rosemary. Place in a medium hot oven. Cook for about 15-20 mins.
While it is cooking you can slice the avocado and cheese and cut the rashers to size to lay on top of the chicken.
Remove the chicken from the oven, turn oven up to hot. Lay bacon rashers on chicken, return to oven. After 5-10 mins, when bacon is just starting to crisp, remove again and lay avocado slices then cheese slices on top. Return to oven and bake for about 5 mins or until cheese starts to brown.
Serve and enjoy!

Nice with green veges or a salad. At the restaurant they put a spicy tomato salsa over it, but I had it without that as I don't do spicy foods very well.

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Susanne · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:46 am Post subject:

This sounds fabulous - thanks for the recipe!!!!!!!! I'll eat just about anything with avocado in it. LOL

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jeff · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject:

Bear's famous "Monterey Purple" now makes me think of something else when I see "Monterey Chicken". LOL

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