Alice Springs Chicken

Online Only servings4 addedJuly 2019

• ½ cup Dijon mustard
• ½ cup honey
• 1 tablespoon oil
• ½ teaspoon lemon juice
• 4 boneless chicken breasts, sliced in half
• 2 cups mushrooms, sliced”
• 2 tablespoons butter
• salt and pepper
• 1 dash paprika
• 8 slices bacon, fully cooked
• 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
• 2 teaspoons fresh parsley, finely chopped

1. Mix the mustard, honey, 1½ teaspoons oil and lemon juice in a small bowl for about 30 seconds.
2. Pour about ⅔ of the marinade over the chicken breasts and marinate them, covered, in the refrigerator for about 2 hours. Chill the remaining marinade to use as a dipping sauce later.
3. Preheat oven to 375°F.
4. Heat up the oil in a frying pan on the stove and sear each chicken breast 3-4 minutes per side until golden brown.
5. Transfer chicken to oven safe pan and brush with honey mustard.
6. Salt and pepper breasts.
7. Add butter to frying pan and sauté mushrooms.
8. Stack bacon across each breast, spoon mushrooms on each breast and then approximately ½ cup of cheese on each.
9. Cover pan with foil or lid and bake 7-10 minutes to melt cheese. Dust with paprika, sprinkle with parsley and serve with honey mustard.