(You will find the recipe on the Country Club Chicken link above.)
I mean just look at the plate of deliciousness...bacon, pasta, creamy sauce, need I say more!!! It was very good! Mine looked a little different that this. I did realize as I was going through the blog where the recipe was found that the lady who posted it is Dutch and used a Dutch ingredient in her recipe. This might be why my sauce was a little darker than hers!
Here is my version of the recipe! It doesn't look quite as beautiful as her's but it was sooo good! A little labor intensive, but well worth it. It would be a very nice meal to make and take to someone or for company and I think it could be made ahead of time and then reheated.
The things I did different: I used 6 chicken breast instead of 4. I wanted to make sure there were leftovers and I'm glad I did because there would have been tons of sauce for only four chicken breast. I used more mushroom than she called for. I bough a larger package because I needed them for another recipe and used half of that package. I did not use the Unox condensed cream of mushroom soup. This is the Dutch ingredient I was talking about that she used. I am sure you could find it at a fancy grocery store but I went with the alternative she suggested in the recipe. I used 2 cans of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup. I was also using Cream of Mushroom Soup for another recipe and it called for the Golden Cream of Mushroom Soup by Campbell's. So for the Country Club Chicken I used one regular Cream of Mushroom and one Golden Cream of Mushroom. This is probably why my sauce looks darker than her's. I don't think I'll change it for the next time I make it because it was delish just like this! I used about 7 slices of bacon instead of 4 or 5. I did not have dry white wine so I used a sweeter white wine I had leftover in the fridge. I just didn't use as much as it called for and substituted the rest of the amount for water. You could also use chicken brother or stock. Her recipe used sharp white cheddar cheese and I did not have white. I used the regular yellow sharp cheddar cheese. Lastly, she calls for butter or oil to be used in the pan with the bacon dripping for cooking the chicken. I didn't use any extra butter or oil, only the bacon drippings. In my opinion cooking everything in the bacon dripping is what makes this recipe! Even though it makes a mess to cook bacon on the stove top I would not skip this step. Without the drippings the flavor would not be the same at all!!! Bacon makes everything better!!!!
Gonzo loved it, Adda loved it, and so did Ella! Ella chowed down on the chicken. This was a hit at our house and we will for sure make it again!
I've had this on my board too and not made it yet. It is on the menu for this week. :)
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