Pat's Do Ahead Party Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 -3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
• 1 -2 egg, lightly scrambled
• 1/2 lb fresh sliced mushrooms
• 2 -3 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 lb fresh muenster cheese
• 4 -6 tablespoons butter
• 4 beef bouillon cubes or 4 equivalent granular bouillon
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water

Recipe

• 1 cut chicken breasts in half lengthwise, and pound slightly with a meat mallet (having chicken in a durable zipper bag.).
• 2 place pounded chicken in a bowl, pour scrambled egg over the chicken, stirring to coat chicken. cover and place bowl in the refrigerator for a 2 or more hours.
• 3 slice mushrooms. saute for just a few minutes in melted butter. set aside.
• 4 dredge chicken pieces in seasoned (or plain) bread crumbs, and place on a platter.
• 5 in an electric skillet, melt enough butter to coat bottom of pan, on med hi heat.
• 6 fry chicken pieces just until lightly browned, turning to fry other side, and adding butter to the pan as needed. chicken will not be done at this point.
• 7 place browned chicken in a 13x9 pan, (or the size to fit your party!).
• 8 cover chicken with sliced muenster cheese.
• 9 place sauteed mushrooms over muenster cheese. .
• 10 ** *if desired, you can stop here, cover with foil and refrigerate***.
• 11 at cooking time preheat oven to 350.
• 12 mix bouillon with boiling water, set aside until dissolved.
• 13 pour dissolved bullion mixture over the top of the chicken.
• 14 cover pan with foil.
• 15 bake 45 minutes with foil on.
• 16 remove foil and bake 15 additional minutes to brown cheese. (you can also carefully broil for a few minutes here instead, but watch it carefully!).
• 17 serve with a spoon handy for the wonderful sauce.