I had a an apple for breakfast and it just didn't satisfy me for long. So I'm waiting for the clock to keep turning so I can go meet a wonderful friend for lunch. Josh doesn't ever read my blog, actually I doubt he even knows that I have one. So I can say all sorts of terrible things about him and he'd never even know, but I won't.
This time.
Instead, since I'm so hungry I'll share a recipe that I made not long ago. It wasn't the prettiest food on the plate, but my oh my it was yummy. Classic feel good comfort food. I called it Smothered Ranch Chicken and Taters, you can call it whatever you wish.
You'll need:
4 chicken breasts6 tablespoons spicy ranch dressing
1 medium onion
1 small can of mushrooms
1 clove garlic
2 tablespoons butter
Dash of Worcestershire sauce
Splash of beer
4 large potatoes
4 slices of bacon
½ a bag of Monterey jack cheese
Salt, pepper and seasoning salt
EVOO
It's really quite easy to make, a little time consuming, but easy. Just follow these steps:
Marinate chicken in dressing for a few hours, the longer the better.
Preheat oven to 400F.
Sauté chopped onion, garlic and mushrooms in butter over low heat. Add a few dashes of Worcestershire and seasoning salt and a splash or two of beer.
While mushrooms are sautéing, chop potatoes. Place in dish and microwave for 4-5 minutes.
Pour a little EVOO over potatoes, salt and pepper and toss to coat.
Sauté chicken on each side for 1 to 2 minutes, do not cook through, just enough to brown up.
Place the chicken on top of the potatoes.
Drizzle spicy ranch dressing on top of chicken and potatoes.
Smother chicken with mushroom topping.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Sprinkle cheese on top and bake for another 20 minutes.
While the chicken is baking, fry up the bacon.
Add bacon and bake for another 5 minutes.
**I would normally use fresh mushrooms but didn’t have any on hand; canned work just fine, but I would recommend fresh.
**Chopped scallions would be a good garnish as well, but I didn’t have any. Try it!
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