Lemon Pepper Bacon Chicken Sandwich Pioneer Woman Recipes

RANCH CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• With a very sharp knife, cut the chicken breasts in half down the middle. This will result in 8 chicken breast pieces that are thinner and uniform in size.
• Next, make the marinade. In a large bowl mix together the honey, mustard, paprika, salt, pepper to taste, lemon juice and crushed red pepper flakes if using. Stir to combine.
• Add the chicken to the marinade and toss to coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and marinate in the fridge, 2 to 4 hours.
• While the chicken marinates, fry up the bacon until chewy. When finished cooking, reserve 1/4 cup of the bacon grease and pour off the rest of the grease (but do not clean the skillet).
• When you are ready to cook the chicken, remove it from the marinade and cook it in the skillet over medium-high heat, 3 to 4 minutes each side. Brush a little reserved bacon grease on the chicken as you cook it. (Or you can grill the chicken breasts on an indoor or outdoor grill.)
• When a couple of minutes grilling time are left, lay 2 pieces of bacon onto each chicken breast. Top with some Cheddar and allow it to melt on the grill (if you need to remove the chicken you can finish melting the cheese under the broiler).
• Halve the rolls and immediately load with the bacon-and-cheese covered chicken.

LEMON PEPPER BACON CHICKEN SANDWICH - PIONEER WOMAN

Steps:

• On a cutting board, pound the chicken breasts briefly with a mallet to flatten the thick parts so they'll cook more evenly.
• Cut each strip of bacon in half. Arrange strips in a large (12") skillet and cook over medium heat until it reaches your desired crispness. Remove cooked bacon from skillet and put on paper towels to absorb excess grease.
• Pour off all but approximately 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease. (you can pour it all off and then add back 1 TB - you decide!).
• Heat skillet again, over medium-low to medium heat.
• Liberally sprinkle both sides of the chicken breasts with lemon pepper. When the skillet is hot, place all 4 chicken breasts in it. Cook approximately 4 minutes on one side.
• Flip the chicken breasts over. Arrange the bacon slices on top. Then place sliced cheese on top of the bacon.
• Cover the skillet and cook for about another 4 minutes. The cheese should be well-melted. To test doneness, poke the fattest part of a breast with a sharp knife - you shouldn't see any pink meat left in the middle.
• Dress your bun with mayonnaise, a dijon/mayonnaise combo, or ranch dressing.
• Put chicken on bun. It tastes great without veggies, but you can also add leafy lettuce, sliced tomato, and sliced onion.

BACON STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST WITH HONEY AND LEMON PEPPER

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Butterfly your chicken breasts. To butterfly simply slice your chicken breast in half short ways, stopping before you slice it into 2 pieces, it should open like a book.
• Place in a foil lined baking dish.
• Sprinkle both sides of the open butterflied chicken breast with lemon pepper. Drizzle honey on one side.
• Cut one slice of bacon to fit inside the breast, be sure to use the entire slice of bacon. Arrange the bacon on the side of the chicken you drizzled the honey,.
• Drizzle bacon with honey and fold the chicken breast over covering the bacon.
• Sprinkle honey and lemon pepper on the outside of the chicken breast, repeat with the remaining chicken breasts.
• Cover tightly with foil and bake for 1 hour.
• Remove breasts and add enough cornstarch to thicken the pan drippings.
• Serve over chicken breasts.

MARLBORO MAN'S SECOND FAVORITE SANDWICH (PIONEER WOMAN RECIPE)

Steps:

• Cook cut in half bacon strips as crispy (or not crispy) as you like them. Remove bacon and drain on paper towels. Pour off all grease, except for about a tablespoon.
• Sprinkle both sides of chicken breasts with lemon pepper and Lawry's - don't skimp.
• Add chicken breasts to pan and cook until just about done.
• While second side of breast is finishing cooking, lay desired amount of bacon strips across the breast, add sliced cheese over bacon. Cover with a lid and allow cheese to melt.
• Serve chicken on roll/bun, whatever bread you want. Toasted, untoasted, it will be yummy either way, trust me.