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by Chef John Guinivere
Summary: Pan-browned chicken breast on caramelized sweet onions topped with a creamy bleu cheese and bacon sauce.
Cooking time (duration): 20 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 4
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Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 small sweet onion
- 4 tsp EVOO
- Ground black pepper
Sauce
- 1 c tequila
- 3-4 strips bacon, chopped (pre-cooked – firm but not crunchy)
- 1 c whole cream
- 1-2 cloves garlic (to taste)
- ½ c chopped cherry tomatoes (or sundried)
- ¼ c crumbled bleu cheese
- bay leaf or parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Butterfly each chicken breast.
- Lightly grind black pepper over each breast; caramelize on each side in frying pan (if Teflon pan, no fat or oil is needed to caramelize).
- Slice sweet onion into large, thick slices (to taste) – one slice per chicken breast.
- Caramelize each onion slice by adding a tsp of EVOO to each slice and heating in frying pan, turning to brown on each side.
- When the chicken breasts and onions are brown, add chicken to pan with onions and continue to cook uncovered over low heat.
- Use the pan chix was browned in to make sauce.
- Add 1 c tequila over low heat.
- Add bacon.
- Make sure tequila is pretty much boiled up, then add cream, garlic, tomatoes and bleu cheese.
- Cook over low heat until cheese is mostly dissolved (there can still be a few pieces in the sauce that did not dissolve).
- Arrange chicken on each onion slice on a plate.
- Top with sauce.
- Garnish with bay leaf or parsley sprig.
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