Boneless Chicken Breasts with Red Chili Sauce
- 4 dried New Mexico red chilies*, stemmed and seeded (wear rubber gloves)
- 1 small onion (about 1/4 pound), halved
- 3 large garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons raisins
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons nonfat plain yogurt
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- four 5-ounce skinless boneless chicken breast halves
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon coarsely grated Munster
- *available at some specialty foods shops
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- In a saucepan simmer chilies, onion, and garlic in water to cover 20 minutes and with a slotted spoon transfer to a blender.
- Add 1/2 cup cooking liquid, raisins, and salt and blend until smooth.
- Sauce may be made 1 week ahead and chilled, covered.
- While chilies are simmering, in a bowl stir together yogurt, garlic paste, cumin, and salt to taste.
- Add chicken and coat with marinade.
- Marinate chicken, covered and chilled, at least 15 minutes and up to 1 day.
- In a 10-inch non-stick skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking.
- Add chicken with marinade clinging to it, skinned sides down, and saute 1 minute on each side, or until golden-brown patches appear.
- Add chili sauce to skillet and bring to a simmer, uncovered, scraping up any brown bits.
- Transfer chicken mixture to a shallow baking pan just large enough to hold chicken in one layer and bake, covered, 15 minutes.
- Remove cover and sprinkle Munster over chicken.
- Remove pan from oven and let stand 1 minute to melt cheese.
red chilies, onion, garlic, raisins, salt, nonfat plain yogurt, garlic, ground cumin, vegetable oil, munster
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/boneless-chicken-breasts-with-red-chili-sauce-13116 (may not work)