One of my favorite hobbies is to go to a restaurant, find a meal I LOVE, and then come home and play around with the ingredients until I can get my meal to taste just like the restaurant..or, even better! One of my all-time favorite meals at Outback Steakhouse is their Alice Spring Chicken. The combination of flavors are perfect. I love the saltiness of the bacon, the freshness of the tomatoes and green onions, and the sweetness of the honey mustard. The combination of this meal (although it may seem like a lot of different ingredients), when you put it all together, it is DIVINE!! Switch up your chicken dinners to something a little more special. You will feel like you are out to eat at an expensive restaurant, but for 1/2 the price. I went to Outback just a few days ago and spent $22 for MY meal of the Alice Spring Chicken. Making this at home, you could feed a family of 6 for under $10-$12 (buying the items on sale of course).
Smothered Chicken
Smothered Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Garlic powder and seasoned salt to taste
- 1 T. vegetable oil
- 8 oz. button mushrooms cut in half or quarters
- 1 c. shredded Cheddar cheese blend
- ½ c. chopped green onions
- ½ c. real bacon bits real bacon works best and tastes the best
- ½ c. tomatoes
- 1 bottle BBQ sauce
Instructions
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Flatten chicken breasts to ¼ in. thick (or just cut chicken breasts in half horizontally). Sprinkle with seasonings.
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In a skillet, brown chicken in oil for 4 min., or until mostly cooked through (you could also grill them if that is easier)
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In a separate pan saute cut up bacon until crispy. Drain the excess grease.
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Add mushrooms to the bacon and cook until mushrooms are soft.
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Place chicken breasts on a cookie sheet or in a 9x13 pan.
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Squeeze a generous amount of bbq sauce on top of each chicken breast.
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Top the chicken with the mushroom and bacon mixture.
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Sprinkle the cheese all over the tops of the chicken breasts.
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Cover and cook until chicken is done and cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.
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When chicken is finished, top the chicken breasts with the fresh tomatoes and green onions. Serve with garlic mashed potatoes and honey mustard sauce.
Honey Mustard Sauce
Smothered Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Garlic powder and seasoned salt to taste
- 1 T. vegetable oil
- 8 oz. button mushrooms cut in half or quarters
- 1 c. shredded Cheddar cheese blend
- ½ c. chopped green onions
- ½ c. real bacon bits real bacon works best and tastes the best
- ½ c. tomatoes
- 1 bottle BBQ sauce
Instructions
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Flatten chicken breasts to ¼ in. thick (or just cut chicken breasts in half horizontally). Sprinkle with seasonings.
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In a skillet, brown chicken in oil for 4 min., or until mostly cooked through (you could also grill them if that is easier)
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In a separate pan saute cut up bacon until crispy. Drain the excess grease.
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Add mushrooms to the bacon and cook until mushrooms are soft.
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Place chicken breasts on a cookie sheet or in a 9x13 pan.
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Squeeze a generous amount of bbq sauce on top of each chicken breast.
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Top the chicken with the mushroom and bacon mixture.
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Sprinkle the cheese all over the tops of the chicken breasts.
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Cover and cook until chicken is done and cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.
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When chicken is finished, top the chicken breasts with the fresh tomatoes and green onions. Serve with garlic mashed potatoes and honey mustard sauce.
Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Smothered Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Garlic powder and seasoned salt to taste
- 1 T. vegetable oil
- 8 oz. button mushrooms cut in half or quarters
- 1 c. shredded Cheddar cheese blend
- ½ c. chopped green onions
- ½ c. real bacon bits real bacon works best and tastes the best
- ½ c. tomatoes
- 1 bottle BBQ sauce
Instructions
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Flatten chicken breasts to ¼ in. thick (or just cut chicken breasts in half horizontally). Sprinkle with seasonings.
-
In a skillet, brown chicken in oil for 4 min., or until mostly cooked through (you could also grill them if that is easier)
-
In a separate pan saute cut up bacon until crispy. Drain the excess grease.
-
Add mushrooms to the bacon and cook until mushrooms are soft.
-
Place chicken breasts on a cookie sheet or in a 9x13 pan.
-
Squeeze a generous amount of bbq sauce on top of each chicken breast.
-
Top the chicken with the mushroom and bacon mixture.
-
Sprinkle the cheese all over the tops of the chicken breasts.
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Cover and cook until chicken is done and cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.
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When chicken is finished, top the chicken breasts with the fresh tomatoes and green onions. Serve with garlic mashed potatoes and honey mustard sauce.
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Oh that looks so yummy! Defiantly going to try this recipe, thanks!
Mmmmm…I LOVE Alice Spring’s Chicken! My mom makes it too! Thanks for sharing this and I’m excited to try your potatoes. Mashed potatoes are the foundation of my life…just kidding, but pretty close!
Yum! I’m going to have to try this one!
This looks SO yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe…I’m going to try this one, too.
ooh yummers – I just stole a recipe for their chopped salad recently from another blog… looks like it’s time to do Outback “in” next week – I LOVE Alice Springs Chicken!!
YUM!!