Chicken Taco Stuffed Poblano Peppers

About

Forget the taco shells! Poblano peppers are stuffed with a juicy, spiced, shredded chicken filling with loads of melted cheese and refreshing shredded lettuce. This dish would go great with Mexican Fried Rice. You can garnish your stuffed poblano pepper with chopped cilantro, lime juice, or some fatty sour cream or greek yogurt for dipping.

Ingredients

8 ounce chicken thigh
¼ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon cumin, ground
⅛ teaspoon cayenne
¼ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon oregano, dried
1 teaspoon olive oil
½ teaspoon lime juice, fresh
¾ cup, shredded lettuce, green leaf
½ cup, shredded colby jack cheese
9 ounce poblano peppers, raw
2 tablespoon, shredded colby jack cheese

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. On a clean surface, open up 2 chicken thighs and sprinkle the salt, pepper, cumin, cayenne, paprika, and oregano across their tops.
Heat the olive oil in a small pan over medium heat and place the chicken thighs in, seasoned side down. Place a lid over the pan and cook for 6-7 minutes, without flipping, until the seasoned side is a golden brown and the chicken thighs are just cooked through. About halfway through this cooking process, pour the lime juice into the pan to create steam and infuse the chicken.
Transfer the chicken thighs to a cutting board and allow them to cool for just a couple minutes. Then, use a knife and fork to finely chop and shred the chicken. Combine the shredded chicken in a small mixing bowl with the shredded lettuce and first amount of cheese. If you have some liquid left in your cooking pan, you can mix this into your chicken filling as well.
Prepare 2 poblano peppers by slicing off their tops and removing the cores and seeds. Use your fork to pack the chicken filling into each pepper. Lay the stuffed peppers in a glass baking dish lined with pan spray.
Wrap foil over the top of the baking dish and bake the peppers for 45 minutes. If you want even softer peppers, you may cook for longer. Once you complete cooking the peppers, sprinkle the remaining colby jack cheese over the top of the peppers and let it melt. Enjoy hot!