Chicken Picado (like Carlos O’kelly’s)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 32 ounces chicken, boneless breasts
• 1 tomato, diced very thin, drained (save juice)
• 6 green onions, sliced very very thin separate onion and scallions (you will use both)
• 1 green bell pepper, small, diced very thin
• 16 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch, mixture to thicken sauce (2 tsp. cornstarch with 2 tsp. water mixed)
• 3 small tortillas (per person)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees
• 2 prepare sauce:
• 3 combine milk, 1 stick of butter, salt, pepper, minced garlic & sour cream in skillet over medium to medium low heat.
• 4 stir and heat till sauce starts to boil. transfer sauce to blender and puree sauce till smooth. transfer back to skillet and continue to heat till boiling.
• 5 add cornstarch mixture and stir till thickened. add tomato juice from diced tomatoes and stir. transfer back to blender to puree. cover and set aside.
• 6 prepare chicken
• 7 slice chicken into pieces no bigger than 1”
• 8 melt ½ stick of butter in skillet over medium heat, sauté green onions and chicken. add water and butter to ensure chicken does not crisp or get dry.
• 9 for best results lower temperature, cover and cook slowly. cook till chicken is completely .
• 10 bake the picado
• 11 on oven safe plates, arrange chicken without allowing pieces to touch each other. (this may take several plates).
• 12 cover chicken with picado sauce (3/4 covered)
• 13 cover entire mixture with heavy layer of monterey jack cheese and sprinkle diced tomatoes and scallions (green part of green onions sliced thin) over top of cheese.
• 14 bake in oven at 350 until all cheese is melted completely.
• 15 remove from oven just before it begins to turn a light golden color.
• 16 cheese still needs to be .
• 17 prepare tortillas during baking (warm in microwave by placing wax paper between each tortilla stacked on a microwave safe plate for 1 – 3 minutes on high – covered)
• 18 serve fresh and hot from oven.
• 19 each tortilla should contain 2 – 4 tsp of picado
• 20 add any desired toppings (guacamole, tomatoes, lettuce, salsa, etc.)
• 21 many people love this without any additional toppings.
• 22 roll tortillas and eat.
• 23 best if served with refried beans (with sausage) and spanish rice.