Chicken with Cider & Bacon Sauce

HardDog1110
HardDog1110 @cook_2825785
San Antonio, TX

Delightfully surprised at how good this dish was. Easy to make and is quick.

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Ingredients

45 mins
5 servings
  1. Chicken
  2. 2 lbboneless, skinless chicken
  3. 1/4 tspslt
  4. 1/4 tspfreshly cracked pepper
  5. 2 slicechopped thick bacon
  6. 1/4 cupminced sweet onion
  7. 1/2 cupapple cider
  8. 1/4 cupapple ale
  9. 1/2 cupfat free, less sodium chicken broth
  10. Spiced Apple Side
  11. 3 1/2 tbspbutter
  12. 2 1/2 tbspgranulated sugar
  13. 3/4 tspSaigon cinnamon
  14. 1/4 tspsalt
  15. 4 tbspheavy cream
  16. 1splash of spiced rum (I prefer Bacardi Oakheart)
  17. 1apple, largely diced (I used a honeycrisp)
  18. 1 slicechopped thick-cut bacon

Cooking Instructions

45 mins
  1. 1

    FOR THE CHICKEN:

  2. 2

    Place chicken on a firm surface and flatted with a mallet o Rollin pin to 1/2 inch thickness.

  3. 3

    Sprinkle chicken with salt an pepper on both sides.

  4. 4

    Cook bacon in a large pan over medium heat until crisp.

  5. 5

    Remove bacon and placed on paper towels to extract some grease.

  6. 6

    Add chicken to the drippings in the pan; cook for 6 minutes per side, or until done.

  7. 7

    Remove chicken and cover with foil to keep warm.

  8. 8

    Add onion to the pan; saute for 2 minutes or until tender, stirring constantly.

  9. 9

    Add cider, ale, and broth; bring to a boil, scraping pan to loosen brown bits.

  10. 10

    Cook until broth mixture is reduced to 1/2 cup (about 5 minutes).

  11. 11

    Stir in cooked bacon. Turn off heat and serve over chicken.

  12. 12

    FOR THE SPICED APPLES:

  13. 13

    In a small sauce pan, melt butter over medium-low heat.

  14. 14

    Add sugar, cinnamon, salt, heavy cream, and rum; mix to incorporate.

  15. 15

    Add apple slice and cook until tender.

  16. 16

    Place beside the chicken and top with bacon pieces.

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Comments (2)

kateflaim42
kateflaim42 @cook_3477880
Oh my this sounds good. Can't wait to try this one😁

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HardDog1110
HardDog1110 @cook_2825785
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San Antonio, TX
Love cooking fine foods, rustic dishes, learning desserts, love MMA, skydiving, the movies, video games, and try to involve my kids in them all.
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