Chicken In Creamy Chipotle Sauce

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken pieces (bone-in or boneless chicken breasts, thighs or drumsticks)
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• salt and black pepper
• chili powder, to taste
• onion powder, to taste
• 2 -3 chipotle chiles in adobo, plus
• 1 teaspoon adobo sauce, from the chiles
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 place the chicken pieces in a roasting pan. brush with melted butter, using it all. season with salt, pepper, chili powder and onion powder to taste. bake for 15 minutes. turn chicken over and cover loosely with foil. bake until chicken is no longer pink in center, about 20 minutes longer.
• 3 meanwhile, in a blender, mix the chipotle chiles and adobo, the evaporated milk and the flour. melt the butter in a medium saucepan. add the blended mixture and cook over low heat, stirring constantly. bring to a boil.season with salt to taste. remove from heat once the sauce has thickened.
• 4 remove chicken from oven and let rest 5 minutes covered with the foil.
• 5 place chicken in individual serving plates and spoon sauce to cover. serve.