Chicken Picado Copycat Carlos Okellys Food

CHICKEN PICADO COPYCAT (CARLOS O'KELLY'S)

Steps:

• I sauteed the onions in 2 Tbsp of butter in a skillet. Then I put them to the side of the skillet and put my garlic on top of the onions ( not stirring in at this point as I didn't want it to burn). I added my cubed Chicken to the the other side of skillet and added some spoonfuls of the rotisserie chicken juice and a partial package of taco bell seasoning. Once the chicken was warm and well mixed with juice and seasoning I removed it from the skillet and added another tablespoon of butter and cooked the garlic and onions just until the garlic was fragrant. Then I added probably a little more a pint of heavy whipping cream and my bone broth and cooked it down some then added probably ½ a cup of cheese to it (if you add too much it will make it grainy). Season with garlic powder and salt and pepper to taste. If too thin you can thicken with a corn starch slurry. Simmer a while longer than whisked in my sour cream. Remove from heat. Place chicken in baking dish. Cover in sauce, shredded cheese and bake at 350 till beautiful and bubbly. Top with tomatoes and green onions and bake an additional minute or so.

CHICKEN PICADO (LIKE CARLOS O'KELLY'S)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Prepare Sauce:
• Combine milk, 1 stick of butter, salt, pepper, minced garlic & sour cream in skillet over medium to medium low heat.
• Stir and heat till sauce starts to boil. Transfer sauce to Blender and Puree sauce till smooth. Transfer back to skillet and Continue to heat till boiling.
• Add cornstarch mixture and stir till thickened. Add tomato juice from diced tomatoes and stir. Transfer back to blender to Puree. Cover and set aside.
• Prepare Chicken
• Slice chicken into pieces no bigger than 1"
• Melt ½ stick of butter in skillet over medium heat, Sauté green onions and chicken. Add water and butter to ensure chicken does not crisp or get dry.
• For best results lower temperature, cover and cook slowly. Cook till chicken is completely white.
• Bake The Picado
• On oven safe plates, arrange chicken without allowing pieces to touch each other. (this may take several plates).
• Cover chicken with Picado sauce (3/4 covered)
• Cover entire mixture with heavy layer of Monterey Jack Cheese and Sprinkle diced tomatoes and scallions (green part of green onions sliced thin) over top of cheese.
• Bake in oven at 350 until all cheese is melted completely.
• Remove from oven just before it begins to turn a light golden color.
• Cheese still needs to be white.
• Prepare tortillas during baking (warm in microwave by placing wax paper between each tortilla stacked on a microwave safe plate for 1 - 3 minutes on high - covered)
• Serve fresh and hot from oven.
• Each tortilla should contain 2 - 4 Tsp of Picado
• Add any desired toppings (guacamole, Tomatoes, lettuce, salsa, etc.)
• Many people love this without any additional toppings.
• Roll tortillas and eat.
• Best if served with refried beans (with sausage) and Spanish Rice.