Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breast - Oven

I copied the recipe for this one from here: Blog Chef - Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breast/

Ingredients:
12 boneless skinless chicken breasts halves
2 (8 oz) cartons chive and onion cream cheese
12 slices of bacon
salt (to taste)
2 tablespoons butter


Step 1: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Between 2 sheets of wax paper with a mallet flatten chicken breasts to ½” thickness.
Step 2: Spread 3 tablespoons of cream cheese over each chicken breast. Then Dot with butter and season with salt. Wrap with bacon and stick a toothpick through the rolled chicken breast to hold it together. Roll up and stick a toothpick through to hold it together.
Step 3: Bake uncovered for 35-40 minutes (or until juices run clear).
Step 4: Turn on the broiler and broil six inches from the heat for 5 minutes or until the bacon is crispy.

Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breast - Slow Cooker

This recipe was what we used for the slow cooker

250 ml Sour Cream
2 - 10 oz cans of Mushroom Soup
1 tsp of minced/chopped garlic
1/3 cup of flour
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
6 slices of bacon

Mix the sour cream, mushroom soup, garlic and flour - whisk together until well blended.

Wrap bacon around the chicken breast - you may need more then one slice depending on the size of the breast (insert giggle here).

Place bacon wrapped breasts in the slow cooker, pour mushroom soup sauce over it.

We baked it on high for 3 hours and then low for another 2 hours. It fell apart with a fork. The meat probably was cooked sooner but we had company.

Pulled Pork Sandwiches

In 2004 on my journey to Nashville, TN I had the opportunity to try BBQ pulled pork in Kansas City. The tantalizing taste is a memory that has stuck with me for over 4 years.

This year I received a brand new slow cooker that beats the heck out of the little round one that's been sitting in the pantry for years. Before Christmas I bought a little pork roast that would be perfect for making 'pulled pork' should I receive the gift I most wanted. *thanks my sweet Santa*

Recipe

2.5 to 3 lb roast
1 tsp of California seasoning (purchased at Overwaitea and is yummy on Steak too!)
1/2 medium onion
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp garlic powder
1 to 2 cups of bbq sauce (depending on how much sauce you want on your pulled pork)

Place roast seasoned with garlic, paprika, onion, a sprinkle of California seasoning and a bit of water.
Cook on high for 4 hours, then on low for another 2 on low. Roll the roast at least once in this time.

Remove the roast from the slow cooker and start pull the pork apart with two forks.
Place the meat back in the slow cooker smothered with the other 1/2 of the onion and two cups of your favourite bbq sauce and let it continue to cook for another 2 hours.

By 6:30 p.m. both of us were anxiously awaiting to taste this delicious dish as the smell was putting our taste buds into overdrive!

We cut some thick slices of Calabrese bread, smothered it with the pulled pork and added some baked brown beans and coleslaw as the side dishes - we were in heaven and this is a dish that will be cooked again and again over the years in our home!

I knew that what I cooked yesterday would not have the same taste as what they served in Kansas but my goal was to come as close as possible - It was sweet success!!