Asiago Chicken with Bacon Cream Sauce

Asiago Chicken with Bacon Cream Sauce – tender and moist chicken breast cooked with lemon, garlic, bacon, in a delicious Asiago cheese cream sauce.

This is one of the best ways to cook chicken breast – chicken will always come out tender and never dry, thanks to the sauce! Asiago cheese has a very strong and particular flavor, so if you love this cheese, do try it in this creamy bacon sauce with chicken. It’s amazingly flavorful!

How to make asiago chicken:

In recipes like this one, I like to use small chicken breasts or chicken breast halves, which means halving each chicken breast in half before cooking. This ensures even cooking and reduces total cooking time, thus preventing the chicken from drying out.

So, to make this asiago chicken, first, season the chicken breasts generously with salt and pepper and brown them in the skillet.   Then, cooke the chicken breast halves in chicken broth, lemon, garlic, bacon until fully cooked:

Next, add cream and shredded Asiago cheese:

Your Asiago Chicken with Bacon Cream Sauce is ready!  So easy and super delicious!

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Asiago Chicken with Bacon Cream Sauce

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

Asiago Chicken with Bacon Cream Sauce – tender and moist chicken breast cooked with lemon, garlic, bacon, in a delicious Asiago cheese cream sauce.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 581 kcal

Author: Julia

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb chicken breasts (4 small chicken breasts, or 2 large chicken breasts halved)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• salt and pepper
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 8 slices bacon , cooked and drained of fat, chopped
• 1/2 lemon sliced
• 1 cup half and half
• 1/2 cup asiago cheese shredded
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped

Instructions

1. Generously season the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet. Cook chicken breasts on medium-high heat - about 2 minutes on each side, to brown a bit. Chicken doesn't have to be cooked through - you'll continue cooking it later. Remove the chicken from the skillet.
2. Add minced garlic to the same skillet - cook on medium heat for about 30 seconds, scraping the bottom of the pan. Deglaze the pan with the small amount of chicken stock. Add the remaining chicken stock (total of 1 cup).
3. Add half the bacon (cooked, fat should be drained off, and chopped into small chunks) to the chicken broth.
4. Add the chicken back to the pan, on top of bacon and in the chicken broth. Arrange 5 thin lemon slices around chicken breasts - and cook, simmering on low heat, covered, for about 20 minutes, until the chicken is completely cooked through, and is no longer pink in the center.
5. After the chicken is completely cooked, remove it from the skillet. Remove lemon slices from the skillet - it's very important that you remove them now, do not leave them in for the sauce otherwise it will be too sour. Add 1 cup half and half to the skillet. Bring to boil and mix everything well, scraping from the bottom. Add 1/2 cup shredded Asiago cheese and stir to melt completely, about 30 seconds. Immediately reduce to simmer, add chicken breasts back to the skillet and reheat.
6. To serve, spoon some of the sauce over the chicken breasts, and sprinkle with the remaining chopped bacon and chopped parsley.

Nutrition Facts

Asiago Chicken with Bacon Cream Sauce

Amount Per Serving

Calories 581 Calories from Fat 342

% Daily Value*

Fat 38g58%

Saturated Fat 17g106%

Cholesterol 170mg57%

Sodium 801mg35%

Potassium 911mg26%

Carbohydrates 8g3%

Sugar 1g1%

Protein 49g98%

Vitamin A 545IU11%

Vitamin C 13.4mg16%

Calcium 232mg23%

Iron 1.3mg7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.