How to Make Delicious Green Chile Chicken

Green Chile Chicken is a favorite at the 2 Cooks dinner table. This family friendly recipe uses readily available ingredients to create a chicken with green chile gravy, mouth watering flavors that everyone will enjoy.

This recipe is can be made gluten free by using gluten free flour to make the gravy.

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Coat the Chicken With Spices

To start this recipe we will mix our cumin, cayenne, chile powder and salt together in a small bowl. Then we will sprinkle it all over both sides of our chicken pieces. You’ll want to make sure to get all the chicken coated as this is where a lot of flavor comes from. You can do this with a whole cut up chicken or just your favorite cut. We like this with bone in chicken thighs but you can use breasts if you prefer.

Brown the Chicken

We need to heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet that has a lid. When the oil is hot we will add our chicken. We want to brown the chicken well on both sides, about 5 minutes on each side.

Add Garlic and Onions

We’ll turn the heat down and add the garlic and onions to the pan. You don’t need to cook these first as they will have plenty of time in the pan. We try to get them spread evenly around the pan.

Add the Green Chiles

Next we will add the chiles to the pan. This dish is best with fresh (or frozen) Anaheim Chiles or Poblanos but you can use any fresh mild chile or the canned Ortega green chiles in a pinch.

Add the Chicken Broth

Lastly we will add our chicken broth. We’ll turn the heat up to let it come to a simmer then turn it back down and let this all simmer together, covered for 35 to 45 minutes, until the chicken is well cooked through. The time depends on your cut of chicken. You’ll want to cook bone in thighs a bit longer than breasts.

Cook 45 Minutes

After 45 minutes you should have a nice looking pan of stuff. The sauce may look a bit watery but we are going to fix that in the next steps.

Remove the Chicken From the Pan

Once the chicken is cooked we will remove it from the pan, leaving behind most of the chile pieces, and put it on a plate. You’ll want to cover this with foil to keep it warm.

Make the Gravy

Now we will make our sauce into a nice gravy. Turn the heat up so it comes to a low boil. While it is heating up whisk together 2 tablespoons of flour and 2 tablespoons of water in a small bowl. You can use one-to-one flour to make this gluten free and it works fine. If you use a small whisk it is easier to get the lumps out of this and you do want it to be smooth. You will have something about the consistency of pancake batter. When the sauce is boiling add the flour and water slurry to it and whisk it in well.

The sauce needs to boil a little more while we are whisking it in order for it to thicken. This is pretty much the same method we would use for any type of gravy. You can add a little more flour and water if you need to. Once we have a nice gravy we will add the sour cream to get it rich and creamy.

Pour the Gravy Over the Chicken

We like to serve this on mashed potatoes with a side of corn, cut off the cob and sauteed with butter and cumin.

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Here are some other recipe ideas with green chiles:

• Pollo Con Crema
• Pork Chile Verde
• New Mexico Green Chile Sauce

And here are some other chicken dinner recipes:

• Butter Chicken
• Chicken Satay With Peanut Sauce
• Red Curry Chicken

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