Chicken Breasts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 large chicken breast halves
1 c. all-purpose flour
salt and pepper
1/2 c. bacon drippings or vegetable oil
3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
4 c. chicken stock, heated
1 (4 oz.) jar mushroom slices
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Dredge the chicken in 1 cup of flour, sprinkled generously with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat fat until hot. Brown chicken and place in a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Reserve 1/4 cup of drippings and discard remainder. Return reserved drippings to a hot skillet. When hot again, sprinkle in 3 tablespoons of flour, stirring constantly. Brown the flour but do not burn. Slowly add the stock, stirring until well blended. Simmer over low heat for 4 or 5 minutes. Stir in salt and pepper and the mushroom slices with juice. Pour this over the chicken. Cover the baking dish. Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour.