Recipe: Yummy Creamy Southwest Chicken

Creamy Southwest Chicken.

You can have Creamy Southwest Chicken using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Creamy Southwest Chicken

1. Prepare 4 of thin cut chicken breasts, cleaned & trimmed.
2. You need 4 tbsp of taco seasoning.
3. You need 4 oz of of cream cheese, softened.
4. It's 1/2 cup of salsa.
5. You need 1 tbsp of cilantro, chopped.
6. Prepare 1 of hot sauce, optional.
7. It's dash of salt & pepper.
8. It's 1 cup of Mexican blend shredded cheese.

Creamy Southwest Chicken instructions

1. Take trimmed and cleaned chicken breasts and rub each side with about 1/2 tablespoon of taco seasoning. Heat grill or grill pan to medium. Spray with cooking spray. Cook chicken for about 3-4 minutes on each side..
2. If you are using a grill pan preheat oven to 350..
3. Meanwhile, or beforehand mix cream cheese, salsa, cilantro, salt & pepper in a small mixing bowl..
4. After chicken is grilled, top with cream cheese mixture, then shredded cheese. Put it in the oven for 5 minutes. If you're cooking it on a grill close lid for 5 minutes..
5. This recipes cooking time is for 1/2 inch think chicken breasts. If your chicken is thicker, butterfly it or cook it until no longer pink..