Combo Chicken

One day, I was sitting at work eating a bag of combos (Ehh-I guess I shouldn't say one day, when at one point, it was everyday for a about a month) and I realized that there were no recipes out there that involved combos. If you're reading this and already thinking that combos as ingredient doesn't sound right, well, you're not the only one! Everyone I mentioned this to thought so as well!

Anyway...

For the past few weeks, I have been thinking of different recipes that either included combos or was combo-like. After thinking for a long time, I came up with the idea of making pretzel crusted chicken stuffed with cheese!

The ingredients needed
Pretzels
4 pieces of Bacon
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper
3 cloves of garlic - chopped up
1 brick of Havarti Cheese Herbs and Spices (or any type of soft cheese) - broken up
4 Chicken Breast



First thing is to create the pretzel crust. I took about seven or eight big handfuls of pretzels and put them in the food processor. The amount doesn't have to be exact, as it is only for the crust; However, the pretzel consistency should be fine.



Before creating the cheese filling, chop the bacon up into pieces and cook.



Once the bacon has cooled, it's time to create the cheese filling. In a food processor, add the bricks of cheese, garlic, bacon and 3 teaspoon of olive oil. Mix this up until the mixture is a paste. It took a little bit of a time and some manual mixing to get the cheese to the desired consistency. Also, depending on the cheese you use, you may have to add a little more olive oil to get everything mixed up. When the chicken cooks, a lot of the cheese sauce will absorb into the chicken, giving you a thin layer of a cheese sauce. If you want a thicker cheese filling, add less oil and leave some chunks of cheese in the filling.



The next step is prepare the chicken. Butterfly the chicken open, tenderize both sides, season with salt and pepper and add the cheese filling to the insides.



Close the chicken up. In a mixing bowl, beat two eggs. Coat the chicken in the egg and then in the pretzels. Repeat this one more time.

Cook the chicken on stove for 3 minutes on each side. Doing this will help give the chicken a crispy crust and a golden brown color. Also, I recommend adding three toothpicks throughout the chicken to keep it from falling apart. Once done, add some olive oil to a baking dish, add the chicken, and cook at 425 for 20-25 minutes



Well, the recipe isn't exactly a combo, but it is really good!