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Smoky Mountain Chicken My Way Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Sparow64 / All my dishes 1 year, 1 month ago Smoky Mountain Chicken can be found on lots of menus in our area. It's always a bbq chicken breast with bacon and monterrey jack cheese, sometimes topped with chopped tomatoes and green onions. REALLY tasty! Here's my version - with a variation that I like to do in the summertime! ... More Prep:20m Cook:45m Servings:4	Sparow64
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Ingredients

Bottle GOOD BBQ Sauce, like Sweet Baby Rays or Sticky Fingers (Savory, NOT Sweet or Honey bbq) OR your homemade sauce

** If not homemade sauce: will need zest and juice of a lemon wedge, 2 T minced onion, a few drops liquid smoke, 2 T worcestershire, 1 T margarine and 2 T Jack Daniels or 2 T beer, if desired - I use JD **

4 large boneless skinless chicken breasts

Seasoned Salt

Garlic Pepper

Italian Seasoning

8 pieces thick cut, peppered bacon

1 c shredded monterrey cjack cheese

2-3 Green Onions, chopped

1 large ripe red tomato, chopped

***VARIATION***

1/2 c breadcrmbs

1/4 c parmesan

2 beaten eggs

2 T milk

2 dashes hot sauce

4 large slices green tomatoes

Directions

Preheat oven to 350

Pour bottled BBQ sauce in saucepan, add lemon juice and zest, onion, liquid smoke, and worcestershire

Simmer together while preparing chicken

Rinse chicken and pat dry

Season both sides with seasoned salt, garlic pepper, and italian seasoning

Butter a casserole dish and add chicken

Baste both sides of each peice of chicken with sauce, and bake covered, about 25 minutes - until chicken is just done

Meanwhile, fry the bacon, drain, and break pieces in half (if you cook the bacon on the foreman grill, clean up is much easier, cuts cook time at least in half if not more, and your grease is already poured in a container)

Remove chicken, pour liquid from dish - if any - baste each piece of chicken with sauce, cover with bacon and shredded cheese

Return to oven, and cook uncovered about 10 more minutes

Serve topped with green onions and chopped red tomato

**VARIATION**

Prepare chicken breasts and bacon as above

Beat together eggs, milk and hot sauce

In another bowl stir together bread crumbs and parmesan

Dip green tomatoes in breading mixture then egg

Fry in hot skillet

Serve chicken breasts on top of a fried green tomato slice

Either variation also makes and excellent sandwich, use a nice big roll, that has been butter and grilled on the insides.

NOTE - You will have sauce left over. It will keep in the fridge for about 3 weeks. If you don't use bbq sauce that often, use half a bottle, and cut the add-ins recipe in half.

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Comments

rosemaryblue 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Wonderful!

justjakesmom 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Sounds great, Sparrow! ;')

22566 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Thank-you,this sounds like a very good recipe.

Kind Regards

m11andrade 1 year, 1 month ago said:
I love this! I have a collection of "Tennessee" recipes (I was born in Sparta, TN) and I am adding this to it! Thanks for a great recipe!
Melissa

kytigger 1 year, 1 month ago said:
I will be trying this...and soon. Thanks for posting. donna

binky67 1 year, 1 month ago said:
This sounds so Yummy!!! Thanks

jenniferbyrdez 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Yuuuummmm.

knoxcop 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Oh my maude! This sounds so good it'd make everything *else* on the table taste bad!
--Kn0x--

lilliancooks 10 months, 1 week ago said:
Wow, this sounds amazing! I'm saving this one (in my make soon file) for future use!

lilliancooks 10 months, 1 week ago said:
Oh Yeah...This was outstanding!!! I made it exactly as written!!! Did not change a thing! I served it on sandwich rolls. I loved the way you kicked up the flavor of the Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce...this just took it to a whole other level! You can taste the zing of the lemon and the sweetness of the BBQ sauce and the little extra punch of flavor from the whiskey! The toppings of bacon and monterey jack cheese make it real comfy! I think the chopped tomatoes and green onions give it just the right amount of freshness! And you can taste all of these flavors coming through with each bite! I will be making this on a regular basis for sure! I posted a pic for you!

gagagrits 10 months ago said:
Sounds incredible, right to the save pile, thanks......:)

mis7up 10 months ago said:
Photograph looks great. Always looking for Chicken recipes, since we eat alot of chicken. I've saved it and will look forward to making these.

sandysunshine 9 months, 3 weeks ago said:
This was AWESOME! Made as directed (except I didn't have any green onions so I fried slices from a small white onion) and it was soo juicy and yummy! Hubby scarfed 2 down before I could finish my first. This is definitely going in the "Make again" file. Thanks Sparow!

valinkenmore 3 months ago said:
Lori- These sound great. Now I won't be bored with chicken!
Valerie

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