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Marry Me Chicken

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Ingredients
  

  • 7 slices thin bacon
  • 4 T. butter
  • 1 T. olive oil
  • 6 thin chicken cutlets
  • 1 cup Wondra flour
  • 5 garlic cloves chopped
  • 1 large handful sliced mushrooms
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • ¼ c. heavy cream
  • ½ c. Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • parsley chopped
  • ¾ pound shells pasta cooked
  • 2 T. butter
  • salt
  • 1 handful fresh baby spinach

Instructions
 

  • In a large cast iron, cook bacon until crispy and lay bacon on paper towels to drain.
  • Leave bacon grease in pan.
  • Dredge chicken in wondra and pan fry in the bacon grease.
  • Add 2 T. butter to the skillet and brown chicken on each side. Add some salt.
  • Remove chicken to a plate once browned-does not need to be cooked through.
  • To the skillet add the remaining 2 T. butter and sauté the garlic and mushrooms a few mins.
  • Deglaze the pan with the broth.
  • Add cream and cheese and bring up to a simmer.
  • Return chicken to the skillet and lower heat to a very low simmer to cook the chicken through. Add fresh spinach to wilt.
  • Add Rosemary and the cooked bacon, chopped up. (reserve 2 slices for garnish)
  • Meanwhile, toss the cooked shells with 2 T. butter, salt and parsley and lay on platter.
  • Lay the chicken on top and spoon the sauce over the top.
  • Garnish with parsley and chopped bacon.