Smoky Mountain Chicken My Way |
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Smoky Mountain Chicken can be found on lots of menus in our area. It's always a bbq chicken breast with bacon and monterrey jack cheese, sometimes topped with chopped tomatoes and green onions. REALLY tasty! Here's my version - with a variation that I like to do in the summertime! Read more ! Ingredients:
bottle good bbq sauce, like sweet baby rays or sticky fingers (savory, not sweet or honey bbq) or your homemade sauce |
** if not homemade sauce: will need zest and juice of a lemon wedge, 2 t minced onion, a few drops liquid smoke, 2 t worcestershire, 1 t margarine and 2 t jack daniels or 2 t beer, if desired - i use jd |
4 large boneless skinless chicken breasts |
seasoned salt |
garlic pepper |
italian seasoning |
8 pieces thick cut, peppered bacon |
1 c shredded monterrey cjack cheese |
2-3 green onions, chopped |
1 large ripe red tomato, chopped |
***variation |
1/2 c breadcrmbs |
1/4 c parmesan |
2 beaten eggs |
2 t milk |
2 dashes hot sauce |
4 large slices green tomatoes |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Pour bottled BBQ sauce in saucepan, add lemon juice and zest, onion, liquid smoke, and worcestershire
3. Simmer together while preparing chicken
4. Rinse chicken and pat dry
5. Season both sides with seasoned salt, garlic pepper, and italian seasoning
6. Butter a casserole dish and add chicken
7. Baste both sides of each peice of chicken with sauce, and bake covered, about 25 minutes - until chicken is just done
8. Meanwhile, fry the bacon, drain, and break pieces in half (if you cook the bacon on the foreman grill, clean up is much easier, cuts cook time at least in half if not more, and your grease is already poured in a container)
9. Remove chicken, pour liquid from dish - if any - baste each piece of chicken with sauce, cover with bacon and shredded cheese
10. Return to oven, and cook uncovered about 10 more minutes
11. Serve topped with green onions and chopped red tomato
12. **VARIATION**
13. Prepare chicken breasts and bacon as above
14. Beat together eggs, milk and hot sauce
15. In another bowl stir together bread crumbs and parmesan
16. Dip green tomatoes in breading mixture then egg
17. Fry in hot skillet
18. Serve chicken breasts on top of a fried green tomato slice
19. Either variation also makes and excellent sandwich, use a nice big roll, that has been butter and grilled on the insides.
20. NOTE - You will have sauce left over. It will keep in the fridge for about 3 weeks. If you don't use bbq sauce that often, use half a bottle, and cut the add-ins recipe in half.
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