Monday, August 24, 2009

Alice Springs Chicken

The Alice Springs Chicken from Outback Steakhouse is one of Jeremy’s favorite meals there.  For those of you who have never had it, it’s a grilled chicken breast that is marinated in a honey mustard sauce, topped with mushrooms, bacon and cheese.  I’ll admit…it’s pretty delicious and probably has a million calories in it! 

In selecting our meals for the week, Jeremy chose Alice Springs Chicken and I told him that he was in charge of finding me a recipe.  Apparently, I trained him well because he found a great recipe from the fabulous, Recipezaar.   This recipe is very, very close to the real thing!  The honey mustard sauce is one of the best I’ve had (and I’m not even a huge fan of honey mustard) and the cheesy bacon on top is amazing.  When I made this tonight, I cut the recipe in half, used light cheese, and left out the mushrooms, since Jerm isn’t a fan of them.  The chicken breasts that I used were huge, so we both only ate half…which means we have leftovers for tomorrow.  Yum!  So, here’s another highly recommended meal from our kitchen.

Enjoy!

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Ingredients.

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Hot out of the oven.

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Served with veggies and au gratin potatoes.  Yum!

Now This is Alice Springs Chicken, by Recipezaar
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Dijon mustard
  • 1 cup honey
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2 cups sliced mushrooms
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 12 slices bacon, cooked
  • 3 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
  • 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
Directions
  1. With an electric mixer combine the mustard, honey, and 1 Tbsp oil, and lemon juice for 1 minute.
  2. Pour 1/2 mixture over chicken in a gallon ziplock to marinate in fridge 2-24 hours.
  3. Chill remaining marinade to serve with chicken.
  4. After marinating chicken, preheat oven to 375°F Put remaining oil in frying pan. Heat and sear chicken on both sides.
  5. Transfer chicken to oven safe pan and brush with marinade.
  6. Meanwhile in frying pan add butter and sauté mushrooms.
  7. Season chicken breasts with salt and peppers.
  8. Stack bacon across each breast, spoon mushrooms on each breast and then approx 1/3- 1/2 cup cheese on each.
  9. Cover pan with foil and bake 7-10 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly. Sprinkle with parsley and serve with honey mustard marinade.

12 comments:

  1. Looks delicious. Bacon is great, but you add cheese and POW!

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  2. This is the first time I hear about the Alice Springs Chicken recipe but it sounds delicious! I love the honey mustard sauce and the bacon of this recipe!

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  3. WOW that looks like a good dinner!!!

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  4. How incredibly delicious!! My mouth is watering at the sight of it!

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  5. WOW THATS ONE BIG CHICKEN BREAST. iT LOOKS GREAT,
    i WILL HAVE TO TRY IT.
    lOVE YOU,
    mOM

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  6. Okay - you gain 5lbs from my brownies and I'll gain 5lbs from this tasty chicken dish. It looks amazing!

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  7. I love recipezaar! Although I hate when people say "well, I didn't have salmon, so I used haddock, and it called for mustard seed and I subbed celery seed - and it didn't turn out very well!"

    duh!

    your dish turned out very well! :D

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  8. Yum! I am hungry for chicken now.. and it is only 7am!

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  9. I have always wanted to try the Alice Springs chicken at Outback, but always avoided it because of the mushrooms and I didn't trust them to make it without them! But this looks like a great recipe that I can make at home. YUM!

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  10. You can order the Alice Springs Chicken without the 'rooms. They will always accomodate the customers.

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  11. I am making this tonight... need to get the chicken marinating now!! :)

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