Friday, October 25, 2013

Chicken Diablo

 Ingredients
  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 granny smith apples
  • 6 chopped button mushrooms
  • 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • ½ tsp each salt and pepper
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 cup barbecue sauce
  • 8 slices smoked applewood bacon
Directions
  1. Sautee the mushrooms, apple, and onion in olive oil until the onion is translucent and the mushrooms have lost their water. Set aside and cool.
  2. Butterfly the chicken breasts and pound thin. Place an equal amount of the mushroom and apple mixture onto each and roll. Place seam side down onto a baking dish or plate and cover with ¾ of the barbecue sauce. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours.
  3. Cut each slice of bacon in half and lay the four halves on a plate. Place the marinated chicken breasts, seam side up, onto the bacon and bring the bacon up and around the chicken, Affix with toothpicks.
  4. Place the chicken seam side up onto a baking sheet covered with foil and treated with cooking spray and brush the remaining barbecue sauce over each of the breasts covering well.
  5. Bake in a pre-heated 350 oven for 45 minutes and then broil each side until the bacon is crispy (about a minute a side)