Chino Latino in the Cosmopolitan Hotel is one of my favorite casual dining establishments in Las Vegas. I tried making chicken posole verde at home, but they have the greatest version. Serve with lime wedges, cilantro, and avocado as garnishes.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup finely chopped green onion, or to taste
- 1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 8 chicken tenders
- 8 slices bacon
- 8 toothpicks
- 6 tablespoons pepper jelly
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Set a wire rack on top of a baking sheet.
- Mix cream cheese, green onion, jalapeno pepper, salt, and pepper together in a bowl.
- Pound chicken tenders into a rectangular shape with the flat side of a meat tenderizer. Place 3 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture in the middle of each tender; fold into a pouch.
- Wrap a slice of bacon around each pouch and secure with a toothpick. Top with some pepper jelly. Arrange on the wire rack.
- Bake in the preheated oven until bacon is crisp and chicken juices run clear, about 35 minutes.
- Be advised that the recipe can be very spicy if you leave the jalapeño pepper membranes intact before chopping.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 247 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 11 g |
| Cholesterol | 72 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 348 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Love it! Only made 1 change because I like my bacon crunchy.. I cooked the bacon, cut into small pieces and added it to the cream cheese before baking. Turned out great.
It was amazing!
O.M.G. This is so good! My wife even ate two pieces. Didn’t change anything in the recipe, made it at the last minute, very quick and easy.
didn’t work out for me using tenders. Cheese would not stay wrapped up in tender. For the last pieces I just put the ingredients on top.
My daughter made this dish for us. It was delicious. Very flavorful. Mix of sweet and spicy was spot on. We will definitely make these again.
wonderful simple recipe 2 per adult keep the chicken thin under quarter in and check 5 minutes early made some with jelly some with barbeque some plain . Family liked the plain best , Will add 2 jalapeno peppers next time. Get the kids involved will make again
The family loved them. I followed the directions as it was written because it was the first time making them.
This dish was juicy and full of flavor. The cream cheese filling is very rich and I was surprised how full I was after eating only two (which is probably the healthy size portion). I didn’t have jalapeños on hand so I substituted a half can of diced chiles instead. I also added some chopped bell pepper, dehydrated onion mix and garlic to the cream cheese mixture. I did not put any jelly on top because I can only handle a little bit of spice. Honestly, I don’t think it needed any other flavor on top. Next time I make this, I will put it under the broiler for two minutes to top it off as I’d like the bacon a little more crispy and the cheese oozing out the sides a little burnt.
I’ve found that pickled jalapeños work better than fresh. Also my version would put a small taste of BBQ sauce on the chicken followed by a sprinkle of brown sugar replacing the pepper jelly.
These were a great change!! I didn’t have any jalapeños but I had Philadelphia spicy jalapeño spread and used it instead and it worked great!
I do not cook often and this was the first time I ever tried making stuffed chicken and I have to say I’m proud of myself! 🙂 I didn’t have fresh, so I used canned and it came out pretty good but I always prefer the fresh and I used a roasted raspberry chipotle sauce from Costco. I will definitely be making this again!!
I didn’t use any jalapeno because my husband hates them. This recipe still came out wonderful.
Didn’t have the pepper jelly but followed the recipe otherwise and it was a huge hit
Loved this! Enough said! You really don’t even need the pepper jelly because these stand out on their own without it. Perfect and thank you for sharing!