Smothered Chicken

Oh my goodness this is so good!  We made this tonight in my cooking class and WOW! 

I am always looking for recipes to make because we have class about 48 times in the year ( this is the 5th or 6th year of me doing this class) and we make two or three things each night... Like tonight we made 3 chicken dishes!  I'll post the other two later they were also good.  This one just stood out!

You basically just cook the chicken in some vegetable oil and season it with lemon pepper and salt.
Then when the chicken is done you take that out and add 8 slices of bacon!  Yeah, bacon right in the same pan!  When that is done you add the sliced onions and 1/4 a cup of brown sugar to the bacon drippings and cook them till they are just sauteed.  Is your mouth watering?  Next you either take the onions out or just push them to the side and add the chicken back.... Then add two slices of bacon,
onions and cheese on each piece of chicken!  I put my skillet in the oven (it's oven proof all stainless still) so the cheese could melt  (400 degrees). When you pull it out it's just beautiful!


I am making this tomorrow night for dinner it was that good and I'm going to bake some potatoes in the oven to go with!

Just out of the oven!  Look at all that caramelized goodness on the bottom of the pan!

Doesn't it make your mouth water!

Chicken, bacon, onions and cheese!



4 skinless, boneless chicken breast

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp lemon pepper

1 Tbl veg oil

8 bacon strips

1 medium onion

¼ cup packed brown sugar

½ cup shredded Colby- Monterey Jack Cheese

Sprinkle chicken with salt and lemon pepper.  In a large skillet, cook chicken in oil for 13-15 mins or until juices run clear and chicken is done; remove and keep warm.

In the same skillet cook bacon over medium heat until crisp then take out and place on a plate or just on top of chicken.  Reserve about 2 Tbl of the bacon drippings.  In the drippings sauté’ the onion and brown sugar until onion is golden.  Place two bacon strips on each chicken breast top with caramelized onions and cheese.

Place oven safe skillet into the oven at about 400 degrees for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the cheese melt, if your skillet is not oven safe you can layer the chicken onto a cookie sheet and then place in oven.