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I see food blogs come up every here and there in the blogs section, but I feel like there needs to be more. So, this is my contribution to working towards that goal.
For this dish, I have made a chicken breast stuffed with bacon, pepper jack cheese, and sauteed onions with a side of fried potatoes and coleslaw.
Ingredients
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Chicken breast
Pepper jack cheese
Bacon
Garlic
Onion
Potato
Mushrooms
Cabbage
Salt
Pepper
Paprika
Dill
Sugar
Vinegar
Mayonnaise
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Butter
First and foremost, heat your pan over medium heat and fry up a couple strips of bacon. You can start the next step while waiting for the bacon to finish. When it finishes, set it aside on a paper towel (and maybe eat a little bit of it.... Mmmm, bacon...), and drain the bacon fat from the pan.
I like to prep all my vegetables before getting into anything else. Julienne about 1/4 of the onion, cube 2 white button mushrooms, cube the potato, slice three cloves of garlic, and thinly slice 1/4 of the head of cabbage. All of this can be set aside after you are done. Except for the onions. You're going to start those first.
Heat a pan over medium/medium-low heat with the bacon fat that wasn't drained (you can, of course, clean the pan and use a little bit of butter or oil instead, but I'm lazy). Once it is up to heat, throw the onions in, and spread evenly. You will want to watch those periodically and give them a stir every now and then. Add the garlic when the onions are about 3/4 of the way done. Meanwhile, you can break down the chicken breast (remove it from the bone, remove the skin) while you cook the onions (may not have to be done if your chicken breast is already off the bone and cleaned).
(NOTE: Whenever you are working with chicken, use a dedicated cutting board for it, and wash your hands and knife after handling it.)
With your now cleaned chicken breast, you can now cut a pocket to house the stuffing. If you have a thinner knife than a chef's knife, use that as you do not really want a huge hole in the side of the breast. While cutting the pocket, make it as large as you can, but be careful not to cut out the other side/bottom/top. If you do this, you fail miserably and should give up now, or you could sew it up and carry on fairly easily.
What is going to be put into the pocket is a mixture of crumbled bacon, cubed pepper jack cheese, and half of the sauteed onions and garlic. Add a little salt and pepper to this, and shove it into the chicken. When you can't get any more in the pocket, clean up the area around the opening (and probably your hands) and sew it shut.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/htXvH.jpg) Just shove it in there. Yeah, you like that, don't you?
Before starting the chicken, put the potatoes into a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and allow the potatoes to boil for about 7 minutes or until they are slightly fork tender (if they break apart easily, you have gone too far and should just make mashed potatoes instead). When they are done, drain them well, and toss with the mushrooms, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and dill. Set aside until the chicken is done.
Dust both sides with salt, pepper, and paprika. Have a pan heated over a little below medium heat with some butter (or oil), and cook the chicken for about 5 minutes on each side. After that, turn the heat down to medium-low, throw in a little bit of water to create a little bit of steam, and let it sit covered for another 5 minutes or so. (These times were pretty much made up by me and more tailored to the size of the chicken breast that I was using.)
While waiting for the chicken and potatoes, you can start and finish the coleslaw. The sauce for the slaw will consist of mayonnaise, vinegar, salt, pepper, sugar, and dill. Mix those together well, and toss with the cabbage and remaining onions to coat.
What was that? Specific measurements/amounts?
Uhhhh.....
Uhhhhhhhh...
1 1/2 Tbsp mayonnaise
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp dill
2 tsp vinegar
....maybe?
I usually just do this by eye/feel. Those numbers are just educated guesses (completely made up).
So, at this point, the chicken should be done, set it aside and let it rest while you finish the potatoes. Take the seasoned potatoes you had prepared before, and fry them in the pan the chicken was just removed from over medium to medium-high heat (feel free to clean out some of the chicken juices/fat/anything that leaked out). Fry for about 5-8 minutes or until they are done, keeping the potatoes moving.
Once everything is done, go ahead and plate. I decided to slice the chicken, but would work just as well, if not better, if you didn't.
And that's that. Enjoy.
 
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Why the hell do I keep reading food blogs when I am hungry.. I'm an idiot. That looks really good.
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yeah reading this high isnt the best idea....
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Lol.
NIcely done.
Pepper jack is so expensive now  (( Have to try this though.
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oh my, that looks awesome!
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Why does that look so good...
I was admiring the pots before I looked at the ingredients...
And then I saw the chicken...
Food blogs shouldn't exist...
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ahh, is it neccessary to sew the chicken shut?
If yes, can I just use normal string? or is there some special way of doing it? lol
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5/5 dish would drool some more.
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On August 22 2011 12:55 me_viet wrote:
ahh, is it neccessary to sew the chicken shut?
If yes, can I just use normal string? or is there some special way of doing it? lol
It's rather important that you do, yes. Otherwise, the cheese/filling melts out and gets all over the place, which leads to sad times. Go ahead and use normal string, don't need anything special. Actually, in the past, I have used dried spaghetti to spear it shut.
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iis there like an instruction manual somewhere showing how to show chicken? lol
Usually i just cook it like a hot dog (so the chicken is the bread lol) face up, but the addition of cheese does complicate atter =[[
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Those potatoes make the meal even more delicious! Do you cook as a job or for fun? Make more of these kinds of blogs. You should try to make tortellini, I myself made a blog on me eating some which you should check out  .
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i know what i'm having for lunch tommorow......
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i just burnt pasta while making spaghetti, then I come on TL and see this.. i'm jealous of your cooking abilities, you're like an A while I'm a D at most if there were cooking iccup levels
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Very nice presentation :p
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Bookmarked to try sometime this week.
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On August 22 2011 13:53 Endymion wrote:
i just burnt pasta while making spaghetti, then I come on TL and see this.. i'm jealous of your cooking abilities, you're like an A while I'm a D at most if there were cooking iccup levels
No offense man, but I'd say your D- at best, it's pretty hard to burn pasta lol. Did you not put in enough water or something?
OP: Wow that looks really good and yet fairly simple to make. Next time I have someone over for dinner I'll probably make this minus the slaw.
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You bastard. Why did I read this right before I was going to go to bed. Now I want to try to make this at 3am.
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On August 22 2011 13:53 Endymion wrote:
i just burnt pasta while making spaghetti, then I come on TL and see this.. i'm jealous of your cooking abilities, you're like an A while I'm a D at most if there were cooking iccup levels
Wow. You're really something else if you have the ability to BURN pasta.
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chicken breast and pepper jack are amazing together
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I'm a damn moron for reading this while hungry. Looks awesome though, I have to try making this.
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Looks good. I'm hungry now
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That looks amazing. What kind of flavor does dill add to the potatoes and coleslaw?
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On August 22 2011 13:53 Endymion wrote:
i just burnt pasta while making spaghetti, then I come on TL and see this.. i'm jealous of your cooking abilities, you're like an A while I'm a D at most if there were cooking iccup levels
Burn pasta?
You actually burned pasta?
I think that's pretty close to being able to burn water. How on earth did you pull this off?
This was a good blog. Making the potatoes like that hadn't quite crossed my mind before so I'll definitely try it. I despise coleslaw but salad would be just as good with that stuffed chicken.
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Looks absolutely delicious. I'm hungry now.
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I wish I was a better cook... Keep these coming, that was awesome!
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Awww yea. Looks so f***in moist. I'd sear the shit out of that. You gonna deglaze that f***in pan?
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On August 22 2011 13:06 me_viet wrote:
iis there like an instruction manual somewhere showing how to show chicken? lol
Usually i just cook it like a hot dog (so the chicken is the bread lol) face up, but the addition of cheese does complicate atter =[[
No idea what you're trying to say with the bit about cooking it like a hot dog O.o, but you should be able to find some good guidelines through searching the internet.
On August 22 2011 13:07 edc wrote:Those potatoes make the meal even more delicious! Do you cook as a job or for fun? Make more of these kinds of blogs. You should try to make tortellini, I myself made a blog on me eating some which you should check out .
I used to work in a small cafe when I was in college, nothing too fancy. Currently, I just cook for fun. I love food. I'll have to try making tortellini sometime and make that into another blog.
On August 22 2011 18:02 TOloseGT wrote:
That looks amazing. What kind of flavor does dill add to the potatoes and coleslaw?
The dill adds a nice mild sweetness. I really enjoy how well it works with potatoes, and more or less decided "hey, why not" for the slaw.
On August 22 2011 23:16 novabossa wrote:
Awww yea. Looks so f***in moist. I'd sear the shit out of that. You gonna deglaze that f***in pan?
Fuck yeah, I deglazed the shit out of that bitch. A moment of seriousness, though. If I were to make a sauce for this, I would deglaze the pan with some cream or white wine and make a sauce with that. I didn't this time because I figured that there was no need for it. The filling is what brings the flavor to this dish, and I didn't want to muddle or complicate it by adding a sauce.
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On August 22 2011 13:02 WooChop wrote:Show nested quote +On August 22 2011 12:55 me_viet wrote:
ahh, is it neccessary to sew the chicken shut?
If yes, can I just use normal string? or is there some special way of doing it? lol It's rather important that you do, yes. Otherwise, the cheese/filling melts out and gets all over the place, which leads to sad times. Go ahead and use normal string, don't need anything special. Actually, in the past, I have used dried spaghetti to spear it shut.
Wow, the dried spaghetti trick sounds like the type of thing I'd like to try. Does the spaghetti come out edible? Or do you just throw them away after the chicken is done?
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Making this tomorrow night, I love pepper jack cheese, bacon, chicken and fried potatoes so this should be amazing. Thx a ton!
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The pictures are clearly photoshopped. I'll need you to come to my house and make me some of this stuff for me to confirm it's legitimate.
...Please? :D
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On August 23 2011 05:21 Newbistic wrote:Show nested quote +On August 22 2011 13:02 WooChop wrote:On August 22 2011 12:55 me_viet wrote:
ahh, is it neccessary to sew the chicken shut?
If yes, can I just use normal string? or is there some special way of doing it? lol It's rather important that you do, yes. Otherwise, the cheese/filling melts out and gets all over the place, which leads to sad times. Go ahead and use normal string, don't need anything special. Actually, in the past, I have used dried spaghetti to spear it shut. Wow, the dried spaghetti trick sounds like the type of thing I'd like to try. Does the spaghetti come out edible? Or do you just throw them away after the chicken is done?
Define "edible." It will definitely soften up, but it's not the best tasting spaghetti you'll have. Not even close. It's not too difficult to remove after the cooking is done, though. Still, it doesn't work as well as string. Takes a little finessing to make it work.
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toothpicks work fine as well, you just have to remember to take them all out.
awesome blog
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Going to try this with feta instead. I'll let you know. :D
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