Bacon Mushroom Chicken

About

Everyone loves a good one pan meal! This dish is cooked in the fat that is released from bacon cooking, making the dish full of bacon-y goodness and resourceful so the bacon fat doesn’t go to waste. The chicken is paired with meaty mushrooms and artichokes in a delicious cream sauce. This is a great dish to scale up and keep around for meals during the week. Full-fat coconut milk was used for this recipe, but you can use cream as well.

Ingredients

1 pound chicken breast
6 ounce applewood smoked uncured bacon by niman ranch
½ cup leeks
2 ½ cup, pieces or slices mushrooms
½ teaspoon thyme fresh
½ fruit (2-1/8 in. dia) lemon
1 teaspoon lemon juice
8 pieces artichoke hearts quarters by kroger
½ cup coconut milk by aroy-d
¼ cup broth
¼ cup parsley raw
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ teaspoon salt
1 clove garlic

Instructions

Cut the chicken breast into 1 inch cubes and toss with olive oil, salt, a grated clove of garlic, half of a sliced lemon, and thyme and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and arrange bacon on a large oven-safe skillet. Bake the bacon for 30-40 minutes or until bacon is crisp. Chop the bacon roughly and set aside. Pour half of the bacon fat into a cup and set aside.
Heat the same pan with half of the bacon grease over medium high heat. Once hot, add the chicken to the pan in a single layer.
Cook the chicken for 2 minutes on each side. Once both sides are brown, set aside and reduce the heat on the stovetop to medium heat.
Thinly slice the bottom part of a leek and add it to the pan with the rest of the bacon fat. Allow to soften slightly.
Cut the baby portobellos in quarters and add them to the pan and saute until slightly softened.
Add the broth and add the chicken back to the pan once the mushrooms started to soten. Add the teaspoon of lemon juice and cream.
Continue cooking on the stovetop or transfer the pan to the oven until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
Chop the artichoke hearts and parsley and add them and the chopped bacon to the pan. Add salt and pepper to taste and enjoy!