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Bacon & Cheese Smothered Garlic Chicken!

Ingredients

  • 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts sliced thin
  • 3 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 6 slices of thick cut bacon cooked and chopped
  • 4-6 slices of deli sliced Mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon fresh parsley
  • 3/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup fresh spinach chopped
  • 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes

Instructions

  • In a large skillet, cook your thick bacon, remove from pan, drain reserving about one tablespoon of bacon fat.
  • Chop the bacon and set aside.
  • In that same large skillet add the olive oil to the one Tablespoon of bacon fat
  • Place your thin sliced pieces of chicken in the skillet and cook on a medium to high heat for roughly 4 minutes on each side OR until browned lightly on each side and cooked all the way through (NO PINK)
  • Remove fully cooked chicken from your skillet, and set aside.
  • In the same skillet, add in the heavy cream, chicken broth, garlic powder, parsley, salt, pepper and parmesan cheese.
  • Whisk over medium/high heat until ii begins to thicken.
  • Add in your spinach and sun-dried tomatoes and allow it to simmer until the spinach starts to wilt.
  • Turn the heat on low
  • Next add in the chicken one at a time into the pan, lightly coat with the sauce and place the sliced mozzarella cheese over each chicken piece and sprinkled the cooked bacon.
  • Cover for about one minute until the cheese completely melts.
  • Serve over pasta of your choice,
  • ENJOY!