Best Jalapeno Roast Chicken Recipes

JALAPEñO POPPER CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F. Place chicken breast in a greased 9X13 casserole dish. Lightly salt and pepper both sides. Bake for about 20 minutes, until cooked through and internal temperature reaches 165°F.
• While chicken is baking, fry bacon pieces until crispy in a large skillet. Remove bacon, crumble and set aside.
• Remove extra bacon grease from pan, leaving approximately 1/2 tablespoon behind. Add onion and jalapeño, saute until tender. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute more.
• Add cream cheese, mayonnaise, 1 cup cheddar cheese, half of the crumbled bacon, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Mix until well combined and everything is melted together.
• Once chicken is cooked through, remove chicken from oven, spread jalapeño popper mixture all over each chicken breast until well covered.
• Top with remaining 1 cup cheddar cheese and crumbled bacon. Bake for 5 more minutes or until topping is melted. Serve immediately!

JALAPENO ROASTED CHICKEN WITH BABY BROCCOLINI

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Jalapeno paste:
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine the oregano, shallot, garlic, butter, 2 tablespoons olive oil, the jalapeno, salt and pepper and process to form a coarse paste.
• Chicken: Pat the chicken dry and then put it, breast side up, on a rack in a large roasting pan. Using your fingers, loosen the skin from the chicken breast, legs, and thighs without detaching it. Spread half of the jalapeno paste under the skin. Put the rosemary and the shallots in the cavity of the chicken. Tie the chicken legs together with kitchen twine. Spread the remaining jalapeno paste all over the exterior of the chicken. Pour the chicken broth and wine into the roasting pan.
• Roast the chicken for 1 hour, basting with the pan juices every 20 minutes, adding more broth to the pan if it begins to dry out.
• Remove the roasting pan from the oven. Arrange the baby broccoli snugly around the chicken on the rack. Drizzle the olive oil over the florets and season them with salt and pepper, to taste. Roast the chicken with the baby broccoli, basting occasionally with the pan juices, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the innermost part of the chicken thigh, without touching the bone, registers 160 degrees F, about 30 minutes. Remove the roast chicken from the oven, tent it in foil and let it rest for 15 minutes.
• Arrange the chicken on a platter, and surround it with the broccoli. Serve.

JALAPENO ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Combine oregano, shallot, garlic, butter, olive oil, the jalapeno and pepper in a food processor and mix until until it's a paste.
• Pat the chicken dry and place breast-side up on a rack in a large roasting pan.
• Carefully loosen the skin from the chicken breast, legs and thighs without detaching it (I had to use a small knife at some points, but do so carefully so you don't accidentally pierce the skin.
• Spread about 1/2 of the jalapeno paste under the skin.
• Tie the legs together and spread the rest of the paste on the outside of the chicken.
• Pour the chicken broth and wine into the roasting pan.
• Roast the chicken for 1 hours 30 minutes (or until fully cooked), while basting with pan juices every 15-20 minutes. If the juices start to run out, add more chicken broth and wine to the pan.
• ***Optional*** After the chicken was finished, we poured a little of the juices from the pan on the chicken after it was cut and plated.

JALAPENO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium baking sheet.
• In a small bowl, mix cinnamon, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. Rub chicken pieces with the mixture, and arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
• In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, blend chicken broth, honey, lime juice, and jalapeno. Cook and stir until thickened.
• Place chicken in the preheated oven and cook about 15 minutes. Begin basting periodically with the chicken broth mixture. Continue cooking 30 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.

CHICKEN WITH CREAMY JALAPENO SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt. In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, brown chicken in oil on both sides. , Add the onions, broth, jalapenos and cumin. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until a thermometer reads 165°, 5-7 minutes. Remove chicken and keep warm., Stir cream cheese and sour cream into onion mixture until blended. Stir in tomatoes; heat through. Serve with chicken and rice.

ROASTED CHICKEN LEGS WITH JALAPEñO AND TOMATO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• In a bowl stir together oil and lime juice. Add chicken legs and toss to coat. Arrange chicken legs, skin sides up, in a roasting pan and season with salt and pepper.
• To oil mixture remaining in bowl add tomatoes, chilies, onion, garlic, and salt to taste and toss well. Spread vegetable mixture around chicken legs in one layer and roast in upper third of oven 30 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
• Transfer chicken to a platter and keep warm, covered with foil. To vegetables in pan add broth and boil over moderately high heat, scraping up browned bits, until sauce thickens slightly, 2 to 3 minutes. Serve chicken with sauce and vegetables.