Chicken Pepper Bacon Melts

Ingredients

• ½ pound bacon slices (8 strips)
• 1 large red bell pepper, about 8 ounces cut into thick strips
• 8 ounces (in weight) sweet onion such as Vidalia, cut into thick strips (one medium to large onion)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 whole eggs
• 2 tablespoons whole milk
• 1 ½ cups bread crumbs
• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast cut into four portions and pounded to ¼ inch thick
• Oil for frying
• ¾ cup condensed cream of chicken soup, see our homemade recipe here
• ¼ cup whole milk or light cream
• 4 thick slices Fontina cheese, total 8 ounces

Instructions

• in a very giant sauté pan, cook bacon to only beneath crisp (still slightly chewy). Drain on paper towels and reserve bacon fat.

• Leave 2 tablespoons of bacon fat within the pan and reserve the remaining fat for later during this instruction.

• Heat the pan to medium heat and add peppers and onions and cook over medium for 10 minutes. Pour into a bowl and put aside.

• heat up kitchen appliance to 350 degrees F.

• Add salt and pepper to flour and place in a very pie plate.

• Place {the 2|the 2} eggs and two tablespoons of milk in a very giant bowl and whip.

• Place bread crumbs in a very second pie plate.

• once chicken has been pounded, dip in flour, shake off excess, dip in egg then in bread crumbs and hold on a plate or platter.

• within the same pan you accustomed cook the peppers and onions, add remaining bacon fat and prime it off with oil to regarding one 0.5 in. deep. Heat to 350 degrees employing a thermometer to check.

• Line a sheet pan with foil.

• Fry 2 items of chicken at a time browning on all sides and removing to waiting sheet receptacle. it's not necessary to cook fully through because it can end within the kitchen appliance therefore cook simply to a pleasant golden brown on either side.

• combine the condensed cream of soup with the quarter cup of milk or cream and microwave till hot. Divide this over the ace of every cooked chicken portion.

• Next, divide the parched onion and peppers equally over the ace of the parts.

• prime every with 2 slices of bacon then divide the cheese between every portion.

• Bake uncovered for 10-15 minutes or till the cheese has totally fusible and getting down to brown.

• take away from kitchen appliance and serve together with your favorite facet.