Ingredients:
For the chicken base:
3 ounces bacon, chopped
2 teaspoons olive oil
6 ounces crimini mushrooms, sliced
3 leeks, white part only, sliced in 1/4 inch half circles
2 tablespoons butter
1 lemon slice, seeds removed
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup white wine
3/4 cup chicken stock
2 tablespoons mixture of chopped fresh parsley, rosemary, and thyme
For the chicken:
4 8-ounce chickn breasts, boned, skinned, and pounded thin
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup panko bread crumbs
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup grated Asiago cheese
For the sauce:
1 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
8 ounces tagliatelle pasta
1 tablespoon snipped chives
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cook the bacon over until done. Drain on a kitchen plate lined with paper towels and set aside.
- Combine the bacon drippings with the 2 tsps olive oil in a skillet, and sauté the mushrooms. Add the leeks, butter and lemon slices.
- When the leeks have wilted, add the garlic, salt, pepper and herbs. Then add the wine and reduce by half.
- Add the chicken stock, and reduce by half again.
- Remove the lemon slices and put the mushroom/leek mixture into an oiled shallow baking dish. Set aside.
- Dredge the chicken breasts in the panko bread crumbs.
- Add 2 T butter and 3 T olive oil to the skillet and sauté the chicken.
- Season with salt and pepper, turning once.
- Place the chicken breasts on top of the leek mixture. Deglaze the pan you sautéed the chicken in with white wine, reduce by half, and pour over the chicken.
- Top with Asiago and bacon bits.
- Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in medium saucepan, reduce the heavy cream with the mustard, salt and pepper over medium heat until thickened.
- In a large pot, boil water and cook the tagliatelle until just tender.
- Drain and toss with the cream mixture and chives. Serve with the chicken on top.