Alice Springs Chicken Recipe (Outback Copycat)
This Alice Springs Chicken Recipe (Outback Copycat) is a delicious, juicy meal made easy at home, featuring cheese, bacon, and a sweet sauce.
Equipment
- oven-safe skillet
Ingredients
Sauce
- ¾ cup regular or light mayonnaise
- ¼ cup regular or spicy honey
- 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
Chicken and Toppings
- 6 slices thick bacon
- 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 1 cup thinly sliced yellow onion
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or reserved bacon grease
- 1 ½-2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts ¾-inch thick
- 1 teaspoon Tony Charachere Creole Seasoning or any creole/cajun seasoning blend
- 1 cup Colby jack cheese
- Garnish: sliced green onions
Instructions
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, honey and dijon mustard.
- In a large, oven-safe skillet on medium-high, cook bacon until crispy then remove from the pan.
- Reserve 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease in the pan, and add sliced mushrooms and onion. Cook for 5-7 minutes or until lightly browned and tender. Transfer to a bowl.
- Pound chicken breasts to ¾” thickness and season on both sides with Tonys. Add butter to the skillet and cook chicken breasts in a single layer in the skillet, about 3 minutes on each side. Turn off the heat.
- Return the cooked mushrooms and onion on top of the chicken breasts. Spoon on top ¾ of the honey mustard sauce. Distribute the crumbled bacon and cheese evenly.
- Bake uncovered for 10 minutes or until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165°F. Serve with the remaining honey mustard sauce and garnished with sliced green onion.
Notes
Make sure the chicken breasts are ¾" thick prior to cooking. You can do this by halving them with a knife or pounding them inside a zip-top bag with a mallet. If you don't like the heat Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning or hot honey gives this dish, you can easily swap for salt and pepper or an all-purpose salt blend and regular honey. Boneless skinless chicken thighs can be substituted for chicken breasts. Simply adjust the cooking time to ensure a minimum internal temperature of 165°F is met. We prefer our thighs around 175°F. The mushrooms in this recipe can be baby bella, button, or cremini mushrooms.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 385kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 31gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 109mgSodium: 591mgPotassium: 633mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 393IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 170mgIron: 1mg
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