[Family Cooking Recipe] Chicken with Bacon Cream Sauce | Edited by: Cooking Dad
🥓🍗 Chicken with Bacon Cream Sauce: A Complete Guide🍴✨
Hello all you cooking fans~ Today I’m going to share a recipe that ’s incredibly delicious yet incredibly satisfying : Chicken with Bacon Cream Sauce ! 😍
Chicken breast often feels like it's easy to overcook, but with the added aroma of bacon and a rich creamy white sauce, it instantly elevates to high-end Western restaurant quality. Whether paired with mashed potatoes 🥔, pasta 🍝, or rice 🍚, it's a perfect combination!
🛒 Ingredients (Serves 2–3)
- 2-3 chicken breasts (about 200g each)🍗
- 5-6 slices of bacon (cut into small pieces or strips)
- 30g butter 🧈
- 1 tablespoon olive oil🫒
- 3 cloves of garlic (chopped)🧄
- Half an onion (chopped)
- 50ml white wine 🍷 (optional, to deepen the sauce)
- Light cream 200ml 🥛
- 30g shredded Parmesan cheese 🧀 (for richness)
- A little fresh herbs (thyme or parsley)
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper 🌑 to taste
👩🍳 Detailed cooking process
1. Processing chicken breast
- Pat the chicken breast dry with kitchen paper.
- Sprinkle with salt and black pepper, massage gently, and let it sit for 10 minutes.
- If the chicken breast is too thick, you can use a knife to split it into butterfly shapes so that it can be fried more evenly.
2. Pan-fried chicken breast
- Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
- Place chicken breasts in the wok and sear for 4–5 minutes per side, until golden brown on the outside and almost cooked through on the inside.
- After frying, remove from the pan and set aside. Remember to leave some oil at the bottom of the wok for fragrance.
3. Stir-fry bacon with the same base
- Use the same wok, add the bacon pieces and fry until oily and slightly crispy.
- Add chopped onion and minced garlic, and sauté until the onion is transparent and the garlic is fragrant.
4. Add white wine to deglaze (optional)
- Pour in a little white wine, scrape up the bottom of the wok, and cook for 1-2 minutes to evaporate the alcohol.
5. Make cream sauce
- Turn to low heat, add light cream and stir well.
- Add shredded Parmesan cheese to make the sauce thick and smooth🧀.
- Season with a little black pepper and add fresh herbs such as thyme.
6. Pan-fry chicken breast
- Return the fried chicken breast to the wok and slowly soak it in the cream sauce.
- Simmer for another 3-5 minutes until the chicken breast is fully cooked and absorbs the sauce.
7. Finish serving
- Garnish with chopped parsley after serving.
- It can be paired with mashed potatoes 🥔, pasta 🍝 or rice 🍚, one plate is enough to satisfy you!
💡 Editor's Tips & Variations
- The secret to keeping chicken breast tender : Pat it dry before frying, and avoid using too high a heat; it is better to fry slowly over medium-low heat to lock in the juices.
- Deluxe version : You can add mushrooms 🍄 and stir-fry together to make "Chicken Breast with Bacon, Mushroom and Cream Sauce".
- Healthy version : Replace the bacon with turkey bacon and use low-fat cream. It tastes just as good.
- Hong Kong Fusion : Some people have tried adding a little oyster sauce and black pepper to make it "Hong Kong-style Black Pepper Cream Chicken Breast", which is super delicious with rice!
- Children's favorite : Cut the chicken breast into strips and drizzle with cream sauce. Children will think it is "fried chicken strips + white sauce", which is very popular~
🎉 Summary
Pan-fried chicken breast with bacon and cream sauce is a dish that can be described as both evil and blissful . The chicken breast is naturally healthy and light, but the salty flavor of the bacon and the richness of the cream sauce instantly elevate the flavor to several levels.
I think this dish is perfect for weekends. Not only is it easy to make, but it also looks great on the plate and has a restaurant-like atmosphere. Whether you're looking to treat your family, your significant other, or just to treat yourself, this recipe won't disappoint! 💖