Bacon-Apple Chicken

[htmb]

I promised Tod I would post the recipe I used to make this dish. It was something my daughter made for a special meal. I suppose you can adapt it any way you'd like. I plan to try it with pork chops instead of chicken sometime soon. All amounts are approximate. It will make three to four servings with the amounts I suggest.

Fry five strips of bacon until crispy. Remove the bacon and set aside.

Cook chicken in the bacon grease. I used the equivalent of four boneless breasts. Before cooking I sprinkled salt, pepper, and garlic salt on the chicken. (My daughter pounded her chicken first to help it cook more evenly.) I cooked the chicken for six minutes on each side at medium temperature.

Remove the cooked chicken and keep warm. Add to the cooking pot one medium-sized sweet onion and a cup of celery, both chopped. Saute until the texture you like best.

Add two cups sparkling apple cider and one cup chicken stock (more or less). Bring to a low boil. Add two cups frozen English peas and cook until tender. Chop and add the bacon you set aside earlier.

Serve the chicken over rice (I used brown rice to which I had added slivered almonds) and drizzle vegetables and sauce over the top.

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Oh, I definitely need to adapt that. It looks pretty bad! Just joking -- although I am not a fan of using fruit with "normal" food, there are some interesting ideas in this recipe. Since I cook with both wine and beer, the idea of cooking with cider intrigues me.

[tod2]

Many thanks htmb! Reading through the recipe I can immediately see that this was similar to a chicken dish ordered off the menu at a local restaurant. Their version was a Caribbean influence, with small dice pineapple and red sweet peppers, onions, and maybe a few other vegetables which I don't recall right now.
Their failing was they put the grilled chicken breast on top of a Versuvius of mashed potato. Sorry,
Caribbean food in my kitchen would only be served with some form of rice. Failing rice, I might saute` little chunks of pumpkin or even over stir-fry cabbage.

I'm going to give your cider versian a go - I like the pork chops too!

[Don Cuevas]

I once made Milanesas de Cerdo al Mango—I think.
I have found a couple of photos. Here's one:


Looks like a lightly breaded pork cutlet dressed with sweet peppers and, I think, fruit. I may reprise this today. The Brussels Sprouts are hard to find here. Probably could have gotten some at Wal Mart in Morelia yesterday, but I wasn't thinking of them. The green beans are a snap.

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I love using fresh fruit when cooking. Whether apples, mango,figs most especially,and of course papaya, all lend marvelous flavor to savory dishes.
And using apple cider is an old New England food tradition. Maybe a dash of maple syrup would be yummy in that dish too HTMB.

[lugg]

Mmmm sounds good htmb. Of course coming from Herefordshire I am a strong supporter of cider. It is economical too as it can be bought direct from the farm here.
I have a great recipe for pulled pork which uses cider, I will have to see if I can find it.

[htmb]

I hope you can find he recipe, lugg. It sounds great!