Mexican Spiced Chicken Tenders with Creamy Jalapeno Sauce

If you look on my blog, you will notice I have been cooking with jalapenos a lot lately. This is because we have so many from our garden and I am trying to use them up rather than give them away. Plus, we love spicy foods in our household. This recipe came from the Mommie Cooks cooking blog (http://www.mommiecooks.com/2010/07/26/mexican-chicken-with-jalapeno-popper-sauce/)

Bryan and I really liked this meal and hope you do as well. We served it with some fresh roasted corn on the cob and sliced apples.

Mexican Spiced Chicken Tenders with Creamy Jalapeno Sauce
Serves 4

Ingredients:
1 pound boneless chicken breast tenders (or chicken breasts)
Cumin
Chili Powder
Salt
Pepper
2 cloves of garlic or 1 teaspoon minced garlic in oil
3 jalapenos seeded and chopped (would recommend you leave the seeds in one jalapeno for added heat)
4 oz reduced fat or fat free cream cheese
3/4 - 1 cup of Lower Sodium Chicken Broth
3 slices of Lower Fat bacon
1 tablespoon fresh cilantro chopped up
3/4 cup of reduced fat or fat free shredded cheese

Directions:
-In a nonstick skillet or cast iron skillet, cook up 3 slices of bacon until crispy and done.
-Remove bacon from pan and drain all the grease except about 1 tablespoon worth
-Season all the chicken with cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper (season well but use salt sparingly)
-Saute the chicken until they are completely cooked and then set aside on a plate to stay warm in the oven or microwave
-Now, we are going to add the diced jalapenos to the skillet and cook for 1-2 minutes
-Add garlic and cook an additional minute
-Add approx 3/4 to 1 cup of chicken broth to mixture
-Add 4 oz cream cheese and melt completely in the mixture
-Add shredded cheese and melt completely in the mixture
-Add crumbled bacon and cilantro the mixture and stir well
-Add additional chicken broth if mixture is too thick
-Put a few chicken tenders on a plate and top with the creamy jalapeno sauce

*Modifications:
-We used fat free cream cheese and fat free shredded cheese. Next time, I think we will do reduced fat cream cheese and shredded cheese. The mixture was very thick but still flavorful.

Enjoy! :)