Chicken American

Name: Chicken American
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 slices American cheese; 2 Tbsps canola oil; 170 grams package corn bread stuffing mix; 2 eggs; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour, or more if needed; 1 teaspoons ground black pepper; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoons salt; 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts; 8 slices thick-cut bacon; 1 Tbsp water

The recipe Chicken American could satisfy your American craving in about 45 minutes. One portion of this dish contains roughly 48g of protein, 56g of fat, and a total of 856 calories. This recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. It works well as a main course. Head to the store and pick up chicken breasts, eggs, corn bread stuffing mix, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the eggs you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Place a baking rack over a roasting pan.

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Roasting Pan

Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until browned but not totally crisp, 5 to 8 minutes.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate.

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Bacon

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Paper Towels

Mix the flour, salt, and black pepper into a resealable plastic bag, seal the bag, and shake a few times to combine. Beat the eggs with water in a shallow dish.

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Black Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Shake

Water

Egg

Salt

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Ziploc Bags

Place the corn bread stuffing mix into a large plastic bag, seal the bag, and roll the stuffing with a rolling pin to crush it into crumbs.

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Stuffing

Roll

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Ziploc Bags

Rolling Pin

Pour the stuffing crumbs into a shallow dish.

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Stuffing

Mix in the Parmesan cheese.

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Parmesan

Rinse chicken breasts, shake off excess water, and place them, one at a time, into the bag containing the flour. Seal the bag and shake well to coat the chicken with flour; shake off excess flour. Dip the floured breast into the beaten egg, then gently but firmly press into the corn stuffing crumbs, turning to coat all sides.

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Chicken Breast

Stuffing

Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

Dip

Water

Corn

Egg

Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and pan fry the breaded chicken breasts until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side.

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Breaded Chicken Breasts

Canola Oil

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Frying Pan

Transfer the chicken breasts to the baking rack; cut the bacon slices in half crosswise, and lay 4 halves on each chicken breast. Top the bacon with a slice of American cheese.

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American Cheese

Chicken Breast

Bacon

Bake in the preheated oven until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink inside, the bacon is crisp, and the cheese has melted, 15 to 20 minutes. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a breast should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

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Meat

Cheese