Bacon Wrapped Chicken & Brown Ale

Bacon Wrapped Chicken

Servings – 2

4 large chicken tenders
2 slices of bacon
4 ounces of shredded cheddar or Colby cheese
½ can of condensed cream of chicken soup
¼ cup of sour cream
¼ cup of milk
Splash of lemon juice
Dash of salt
Dash of pepper

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Pre cook bacon for 2 minutes in microwave
3. Cut bacon in half
4. Salt and pepper chicken tenders
5. Wrap chicken tenders in bacon and place into baking dish
6. Cook for 20 minutes
7. Mix cheese, soup, sour cream, milk, lemon juice, onion powder and pepper and salt
8. Pour mixture over chicken
9. Cook 20 more minutes

I served this with angle hair and side of green beans. It would also be good over rice or egg noodles using the topping as a sauce for the pasta.

This time of year we are in between fall and winter beers. This is rich dish, but has more subtle flavors, nothing too overpowering or strong. A brown ale with a nutty flavor would go great with this dish, supplementing the flavors of this meal and cutting through the richness. As always, I try to focus on domestic, especially microbrews. I am choosing a beer from Texas, Real Ale English Brown Ale. This can typically be found year round, but I consider these beers great for this time of year. As with most brown ales ales, it has a malty taste and aroma with little hops but has a slight sweet, toffee flavor. Great together with this recipe.