Bennigan's Smothered Chicken

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, thawed
• 1 cup sliced onion
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke flavoring (found on condiments aisle)
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 8 slices provolone cheese (use more or less to your liking)
• 4 slices cooked bacon
• 1 teaspoon basil leaves
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 3 tablespoons hickory liquid smoke flavoring
• 1/4 cup wine
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons vinegar

Recipe

• 1 combine all marinade ingredients in a bowl.
• 2 marinade meat in covered bowl or plastic bag for at least 30 min.
• 3 while chicken is marinating, slice onions and mushrooms and cook your bacon.
• 4 saute mushrooms and onions in butter and hickory smoke flavor for 3 to 5 minutes, or until onions are transparent but not brown and mushrooms are tender.
• 5 remove chicken from marinade, and grill* (if you would prefer to cook it in the oven, instructions are below) for about 10 minutes.
• 6 do not overcook chicken!
• 7 while grilling, preheat oven on broil.
• 8 after chicken is done, remove from grill and place in a shallow baking dish.
• 9 cover each breast with a strip of bacon, then provolone cheese, then some sauteed onions and mushrooms.
• 10 broil for 3 to 5 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly.
• 11 *oveninstructions: preheat oven on broil.
• 12 broil chicken, 5 to 7 inches from broiler element, for about 10 minutes.
• 13 watch the chicken carefully!
• 14 about 6 minutes into broiling, top chicken with bacon strips.
• 15 once the chicken and bacon is done, remove from oven, top with cheese and mushroom/onion mixture, and broil for 2-3 minutes more.
• 16 watch carefully; sometimes the grease from the bacon will ignite if not careful.