Chicken Boscaiola

Ingredients

• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite sized pieces
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ½ pound bacon chopped (about 8 slices)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 ½ cups sliced mushrooms (baby bella or button)
• 1 cup diced onions
• 2 teaspoons fresh garlic, minced
• 1/8 cup dry sherry
• 1 ¼ cups heavy cream
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil (or 2 teaspoons fresh chopped)
• 1 tablespoon fresh Italian flat leaf parsley, chopped
• ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 pound fettuccini
• 1 tablespoon fresh Italian flat leaf parsley, chopped to garnish dish

Instructions

• in a very giant sauté pan over medium high heat, mix one tablespoon every of oil and butter till dissolved and frothy.

• operating in 2 batches, add in chicken and brown on all sides, regarding 3-4 minutes per batch. don't over cook. take away chicken to a flat plate to cool down and stop the cookery method.

• Place the bacon within the same pan and cook till it's crisp. take away to paper towels and reserve.

• Drain off all bacon fat however reserve 2 tablespoons, half that gets employed in next step.

• place one tablespoon of bacon fat and one tablespoon of butter within the same pan and sauté mushrooms for 2-3 minutes or till they simply begin to grant up their liquid. take away from pan and put aside beside all of the pan drippings.

• Add the second tablespoon of bacon fat and butter into the pan and sauté onions and garlic till the onions ar semitransparent, regarding 3-4 minutes.

• Add mushrooms and their liquid back to the pan with the onions, add the fortified wine and cook for one minute scraping any bits from rock bottom.

• Add in cream, sour cream, salt, pepper, oregano, basil, parsley and Parmesan cheese. As mixture starts to bubble, scale back heat to medium and simmer two additional minutes. The mixture can begin to thicken. scale back heat to low.

• Cook alimentary paste per package directions. once debilitating reserve one cup of food water.

• Add braised chicken and bacon back to sauce, flip heat to low to medium heat and stir.

• Add braised alimentary paste and cook for 1-2 minutes to mix flavors. If the dish is just too thick, add a bit food water till desired consistency is achieved.

• Serve with contemporary parsley wet over individual servings.