Bacon Wrapped Chicken Roulade - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts (boneless, skinless)
6 ounces cremini mushrooms (thinly sliced)
16 -20 slices pepper bacon
1 egg
1 cup seasoned croutons
1/4 cup parmesan cheese (grated)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Preparation

Pre-Heat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Dice 4 strips of bacon into small pieces and brown over medium heat in a large saute pan.
Once bacon pieces are browned and crisp, strain and reserve grease and add bacon bits to the work bowl of a food processor.
Add about 1 tablespoon of bacon grease back to the saute pan and saute 1/3 of the mushrooms with a pinch of salt until they are browned and reduced in size by about half.
Add the mushrooms to the food processor and repeat cooking the next third of the mushrooms same as before. Repeat until all the mushrooms are cooked and in the food processor.
Add the croutons, egg, grated cheese, and the 1/2 teaspoon of salt and pepper to the food processor. Process until the mixture forms a smooth paste.
Butterfly the chicken breast and lay them open on the cutting board.
Add 1/4 of the mushroom mixture to each chicken breast.
Roll the chicken breat around the filling and then wrap each roll with bacon.
Secure the bacon strips with toothpicks or tuck the ends under other wraps to hold in place. You want the end product to be a tight, firm roll that will be easy to pick up with tongs.
Brown the rolls, two at a time in the large saute pan until the are evenly browned on all sides.
Put the chicken roulades on a parchment lined sheet pan and bake in the oven until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 170\u00b0F Should take about 15 minutes.