Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Stuffed Trout Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees. Cut bacon lengthwise in thin slivers, best done by rolling the slices as for a julienne, then slicing through the rolls. Put butter and oil in a baking dish large enough to hold fish. Place in oven until butter melts and starts to color. Lay bacon slivers in baking dish (don't worry if some break), return dish to oven and cook until bacon is crisp, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove bacon to several thicknesses of paper towel, leaving fat in baking dish.
• Pat trout dry and season with salt and pepper. Place in baking dish and baste with hot fat. Roast for 10 minutes. Baste again. Break bacon into 1-inch pieces and scatter, along with lemon bits, over fish. Add chicken stock to baking dish. Roast for 5 minutes. Baste again and scatter with herbs. Roast 2 minutes more.
• Serve directly from dish, cutting along the back edge of the fish with a sharp knife, then lifting the top fillet off the bones onto a platter or dinner plate. Spoon pan juices over the fish. Remove the bones, head and tail. Serve bottom fillet, then repeat with second fish. Before discarding the heads, check to see if anyone wants to pick out the cheeks.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• 2. Butterfly the chicken breast and place them between two sheets of plastic wrap and flatten with a meat mallet.
• 3. Season the chicken on both sides, with the packet of Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning.
• 4. In a small bowl mix together the shallots, chives, and cream cheese.
• 5. Spread the mixture on top of the chicken and top with spinach.
• 6. Lay half of the bacon out next to each other in the style of a fence.
• 7. Place a chicken breast on top and fold each side up and fasten together with toothpicks.
• 8. Repeat with the other chicken breast.
• 9. Roast the Chicken for 30 minutes, until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
• 10. Turn on broiler to crisp-up the bacon.