Chicken Bonne Femme Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Fry the bacon in a large skillet until crisp
• Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside leaving the fat in the skillet
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper
• Dust lightly with the flour ( I use a ziplock bag)
• Cook the chicken in the rendered bacon fat over high heat but be careful not to scorch Yikes!
• Brown on all sides
• Remove chicken pieces to an oven proof platter and keep warm
• Add the ham and yellow onions tothe skillet that you browned the chicken in
• Saute until the onions turn transparaent.
• Add the mushrooms.Worcestire sauce and tabassco, and bring it to a boil
• After a minute,reduce the heat to maintain a simmer
• Pour the oil into a deep skillet the depthof 1 iinch
• Fry the potatoes till lightl;y browned
• Drain them well and add to the skillet with the ham and onions.
• This is the Bomnne Femme " Garnish"
• Continue simmering the garnish until all of the liquid absorbed ,lightly stir to distribute the ingredients.
• Remove from fire
• Heat the butter in a small sauce pan until it starts to bubbling
• Lower the heat skim the foam off and add the garlic.
• Cook the garlic in the hot butter for almost a minute then add to the Bonne Femme Garish
• Spoon the Bonne Femme overand between the chicken pieces
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Crumble the bacon over the top
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Turn the chicken pieces ,redistribute the "garnish"
• If the white meat is done the first remove from the platter.
• Continue cooking the thighs and the rest of the dark meat till done
• Remove and pour any remaining "garnish" over the chicken and Relax Its done and its a feast fit for a King!!!!!