# Chili's Monterey Chicken Copycat Recipe

A copycat recipe of Chili's discontinued Monterey chicken, featuring juicy chicken breasts topped with bacon, homemade pico de gallo, barbecue sauce, and melted cheddar cheese.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 5 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 10 slices bacon
- 4 chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon adobo
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1 cup diced jalapeño
- 1 cup diced red onion
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 handful cilantro
- 1 lime lime juice
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 0.5 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 0.5 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 0.5 cup chopped green onions

## Instructions

1. Fry bacon until crisp, remove bacon and keep bacon grease.
2. Butterfly the chicken breasts, and season both sides with oil, adobo, and smoked paprika.
3. Cook chicken in bacon grease until browned.
4. Make the pico de gallo by mixing diced jalapeño, red onion, garlic, cilantro, lime juice, avocado oil, vinegar, adobo, and cracked black pepper in a bowl.
5. Spread barbecue sauce on the chicken.
6. Place bacon slices over the barbecue sauce.
7. Add pico de gallo on top of the bacon.
8. Sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese and green onions over the pico de gallo.
9. Place in the oven to melt cheese.
10. Serve with rice and beans.

## Equipment

- frying pan
- knife
- bowl
- measuring cup
- lime juicer
- spoon
- basting brush

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/168FZQLPZ9/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/473b7cbd-e11e-4bfe-a645-72cb241a5979
- Extracted: 2025-03-10

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