This Green Chile Hasselback Chicken Recipe gives a fun and delicious new twist to your everyday baked chicken. It’s a stuffed chicken recipe that's incredibly simple, versatile, and perfect for those busy nights when you need to get dinner on the table.
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Easy Hasselback Chicken with Green Chili
This Green Chili Hasselback Chicken recipe looks and tastes incredible, and is actually super simple to prepare. The term “Hasselback” refers to a potato dish that originated in Stockholm, Sweden, at Hasselbacken Restaurant. The potatoes in this dish were sliced into thin slices about halfway down, creating a lot of extra surface area to season and get nice and crispy.
For chicken, this technique uses horizontal slices across each chicken breast that are then stuffed with all sorts of different fillings. Creating these slits also allows you to season much more of the surface area and give you a burst of flavor in each bite.
And if you love a good baked chicken recipe, be sure to try our Monterey Chicken, Million Dollar Chicken Bake and Baked Chicken Parmesan.
If you aren’t into spicy foods, skip the green chilis and use sautéed spinach instead. This recipe would also be delicious if you added a strip of bacon to each slice. The sky's the limit with this recipe so try mixing and matching different cheeses, veggies and sauces. Feel free to get creative and stuff your Hasselback Chicken with ingredients that your family loves the most, or whatever you happen to have in your fridge.
If you love hasselback chicken recipes, be sure to try our Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken too. It's another easy stuffed chicken breast dinner recipe your family will be asking for again and again.
Ingredients in Hasselback Chicken
- Chicken Breast - you’ll want to use boneless, skinless breasts for this recipe. Otherwise you won’t be able to make the slices through each breast.
- Cream Cheese - it is easier to mix your cheesey stuffing together if your cream cheese is at room temperature.
- Green Chilis - any brand of canned green chilis will work great.
- Garlic Salt - you can purchase garlic salt, or you can easily make your own by combining equal parts of garlic powder and salt.
- Monterey Jack Cheese - you can purchase a brick of Monterey Jack from the grocery store and just make ¼” slices of that. Most of the 8oz bricks of cheese are roughly the right dimensions to begin with. You could also substitute a different type of cheese if you prefer. Pepperjack would taste great if you want a little extra spice.
How to Make Green Chili Hasselback Chicken
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prepare the raw chicken breast by cutting away any tendons or fat. Then, using a sharp knife, slice 5-6 slices into the chicken breast horizontally, about halfway through the chicken breast. Be sure you do not cut slits all the way through the chicken!
- Once they are all sliced, place the chicken breasts into a baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, and sprinkle ½ teaspoon garlic salt evenly over the top.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, green chilies, and the remaining 1 teaspoon garlic salt. Mix with a spoon or spatula until well-combined and creamy.
- Spread a couple of tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture evenly onto each slice of Monterey Jack Cheese, then carefully wedge each slice down into the slices of chicken.
- Once all of the slices have been filled with cheese, but your baking dish into your preheated oven and bake for about 30-40 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees F.
- When your hassle back chicken is done cooking, remove from the oven and let it rest for about 5-10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
What to serve with Hasselback Chicken
- French Bread
- Baked Potatoes
- German Potato Salad
- Cheesy Potato Casserole
- Spicy Cheesy Potato Casserole
- Roasted Broccoli
- Roasted Green Beans
- Spanish Rice
- Dinner Rolls
Frequently Asked Questions
Using a sharp knife, slice 5-6 slices into the chicken breast horizontally, about halfway through the chicken breast. Be sure you do not cut slits all the way through the chicken!
Spread a couple of tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture evenly into each slice of the chicken and add a slice of cheese.
You can also stuff the chicken with this same recipe by slicing the chicken breast horizontally, careful not to cut all the way through the breast. Add the cream cheese filling and wedge a slice of cheese in there too. close the chicken breast by inserting a toothpick to hold the stuffing in while baking.
The term “Hasselback” refers to a potato dish that originated in Stockholm, Sweden, at Hasselbacken Restaurant. The potatoes in this dish were sliced into thin slices about halfway down, creating a lot of extra surface area to season and get nice and crispy.
Chicken Hasselback Tips
- Make Ahead-You can make this ahead of time and store it unbaked in a baking dish in your fridge for 24 hours ahead of time. When you're ready to bake it, take the baking dish out of the fridge while your oven preheats. (Do not add a cold bakind dish to a hot oven or your baking dish may shatter)
- Baking- Bake on 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until an internal thermometer reads 165 degrees F.
- Storing- If you have any leftover chicken, you can store it directly in your baking dish, covered with foil. To rewarm, just
- Re-Heating- Pull out your baking dish as you preheat the oven and rewarm covered at 350 F for about 15-20 minutes, or until warmed through.
- Using leftovers- Dice into small chunks and add to a breakfast omelette or quiche, chop and add as a topping for pizza or nachos, use as a filling for a quesadilla
Storing And Reheating
- Refrigerator: store leftover chicken in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- To reheat: either microwave or reheat in a preheated 325 degree oven until warmed through.
Green Chili Hasselback Chicken
Ingredients
- 6 small to medium sized Chicken Breasts boneless, skinless
- 4 oz Cream Cheese
- 4 oz Green Chilies canned
- 1 ½ teaspoon Garlic Salt
- 20-24 slices Monterey Jack Cheese cut into ¼" thick 1" by 3" rectangles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prepare the raw chicken breast by cutting away any tendons or fat. Then, using a sharp knife, slice 5-6 slices into the chicken breast horizontally, about halfway through the chicken breast. Be sure you do not cut all the way through the chicken!
- Once they are all sliced, place the chicken breasts into a baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, and sprinkle ½ teaspoon garlic salt evenly over the top.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, green chilies, and the remaining 1 teaspoon garlic salt. Mix with a spoon or spatula until well-combined and creamy.
- Spread a couple of tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture evenly onto each slice of Monterey Jack Cheese, then carefully wedge each slice down into the slices of chicken.
- Once all of the slices have been filled with cheese, but your baking dish into your preheated oven and bake for about 30-40 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees F.
- When your chicken is done cooking, remove from the oven and let it rest for about 5-10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
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This Green Chili Hasselback Chicken recipe gives a fun, delicious and simple new twist to your everyday baked chicken. Stuffed with green chilis, cream cheese, garlic salt and Monterey Jack cheese, it's bursting with flavor in each bite.
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