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Chicken acapulco with creamy shrimp sauce

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Categories: Chicken, Mexican, North American, Poultry, Seafood, Shrimp, South American Rating: 0
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Ingredients:
4 largePoblano peppers
1/4 cupOnion, chopped
1/2 lbsMedium shrimp, lightly
Cooked, peeled, and chopped
1/4 cupCilantro, chopped
1/4 lbsMonterey jack cheese
Shredded
2 8 ozs chicken breasts
Halved, deboned, and
Pounded flat
2 tspWhite pepper
Salt, to taste
12 6-in long strings
Oil, for frying
CREAMY SHRIMP SAUCE
3 Shallots, diced
1 cupWhite wine
1/2 cupFish stock or chicken broth
1 lbsSmall shrimp
2 cupWhipping cream
3/4 lbsButter
Procedures:
1Roast peppers: place poblano peppers under the broiler and char on all sides.
2Put in plastic bag and freeze 10 minutes.
3Remove from freezer, rub off peel, then slit to remove seeds under running water.
4Preheat oven to 400 °F.
5In a medium saute pan, saute onion, shrimp, and cilantro until the shrimp are almost cooked, about 5 minutes.
6Place in mixture in a bowl, add the cheese and set aside.
7To assemble: lay the four prepared chicken breasts flat, skin-side down.
8Season with salt and white pepper.
9Layer each breast with one pepper and 2 to 3 tablespoons shrimp/cheese mixture over pepper.
10Roll each breast tightly to form a cylinder.
11Tie each cylinder in 3 places, both ends and in the middle.
12In a skillet, heat about ?inch of oil.
13Lightly brown chicken breasts, one at a time, on all sides.
14Remove from heat, transfer to a oven-proof dish and bake for 10 minutes until golden brown.
15Remove from oven.
16Cut strings and slice chicken into 1-inch roulades (rounds).
17Drizzle a few tablespoons of creamy shrimp sauce onto a plate and arrange the roulades on top of the sauce.
18Serve warm.
19Makes 4 servings.
20To make creamy shrimp sauce: in a saucepan over medium-high heat, combine shallots and wine.
21Cook until reduced by three-fourths.
22Add stock/broth and shrimp and cook until reduced by half.
23Add the cream and reduce again by half.
24Whisk in the butter by tablespoons.
25Cook until butter melts and sauce is well-blended.
26Remove from heat