Bacon Mushroom Bake Food

CHICKEN BACON MUSHROOM BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In 12-inch cast iron skillet melt 1 tablespoon each butter and olive oil over medium high heat.
• Season chicken with seasoning salt and pepper to taste. Add chicken to skillet and cook for 6-8 minutes till golden (chicken will finish cooking in the oven). Remove to plate and set aside.
• To the same skillet, add the remaining 1 tablespoon each butter and olive oil. Add mushrooms. Cook till tender. This took me about 8-10 minutes. Remove to plate and set aside.
• To the skillet add the fresh spinach, garlic and the 1/2 cup chicken broth. Cook spinach down, season lightly.
• In medium sized mixing bowl using wooden spoon or mixer, mix together cream cheese, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, dried onion flakes.
• Return chicken and mushrooms to the skillet with spinach. Stirring well to mix the ingredients together. Stir in half the crumbled or chopped bacon pieces. Stir in the cheese mixture. Top with remaining bacon and additional tablespoon of parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 30 minutes until golden and bubbling.

BACON MUSHROOM PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• reheat oven to 375°.
• Cook pasta according to the package directions, omitting salt and fat.
• Drain well. Set cooked pasta aside.
• Cook bacon and set aside to cool.
• Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add shallots; sauté 3 minutes.
• Add mushrooms, 1 tablespoon thyme, salt, pepper, and garlic; sauté 8 minutes or until mushrooms are tender.
• Add sherry; cook 1 minute, stirring frequently.
• Remove from heat.
• Place flour in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat; gradually add milk, stirring constantly with a whisk.
• Bring mixture to a boil; cook 1 minute or until slightly thick, stirring constantly with a whisk.
• Remove from heat; add 1/2 cup cheese, stirring until melted.
• Add pasta and mushroom mixture to cheese mixture, crumble in the bacon, tossing well to combine.
• Spoon pasta mixture into an 8-inch square baking dish lightly coated with cooking spray; sprinkle evenly with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
• Bake at 375° for 30 minutes or until cheese melts and begins to brown.
• Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.

BACON MUSHROOM AND RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 325 degrees.
• Butter a casserole dish.
• Cook the rice, and set aside.
• In a frypan cook bacon until crisp; drain the bacon fat if desired, or just leave in frypan to fry the veggies (you might still have to add in some butter for frying) remove and chop bacon into large pieces and set aside.
• Add in 1/4 cup butter, and saute onion, garlic, celery and green pepper for about 4-5 minutes or until soft.
• Transfer the cooked bacon and sauteed veggies to a large bowl; add in the cooked rice and all remaining ingredients; mix well to combine, adjusting salt and pepper to taste.
• Transfer to a greased casserole dish.
• Bake (covered or uncovered) for about 30-40 minutes.
• **NOTE** if desired sprinkle grated cheddar cheese over the casserole the last 20 minutes of baking.
• Also, for perfrect converted rice, boil 1-3/4 cups water with 1 cup rice and 2 tablespoons butter (double the water, rice and butter if desired) this will give you a not too soft rice, perfect for this or any recipe.

BACON AND MUSHROOM STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Cook bacon until fat is rendered out, remove with slotted spoon, reserve. Pour off all but 2 Tbsp of bacon fat, keeping the excess in reserve if you wish to use it in the stir frying of the vegetables. Vegetable oil is really better.
• Combine all sauce ingredients in a small bowl, stir until cornstarch is dissolved.
• Pour over vegetables and bacon; cook and stir only until sauce thickens.
• Serve over hot brown rice, or Chinese noodles, topped with additional soy sauce and toasted sesame seeds.

BACON & MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in boiling water in a large non-stick saucepan according to pack instructions. Meanwhile, slice the mushrooms and snip the bacon into bite-size pieces with scissors or a sharp knife.
• Reserve a few drops of the cooking water in a cup or bowl, then drain the pasta and set aside. Fry the bacon and mushrooms in the same pan until golden, about 5 mins. Keep the heat high so the mushrooms fry in the bacon fat, rather than sweat.
• Tip the pasta and reserved water back into the pan and stir over the heat for 1 min. Take the pan off the heat, spoon in the pesto and crème fraîche and most of the basil and stir to combine. Sprinkle with the remaining basil to serve.

EGG, BACON, MUSHROOM, AND CHEESE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°; butter a shallow 2-quart casserole.
• In a large skillet, cook the bacon until crisp; drain well and crumble.
• Add the green onions and 1 tablespoon butter to the pan and cook for 2 minutes, stirring.
• Add the mushrooms and cook for 2 to 3 minutes more, then remove from the heat.
• In a medium bowl, beat the eggs, milk, salt, and pepper together.
• Stir in the cheese and mushroom mixture.
• Pour into the prepared dish and bake, uncovered, for 30-35 minutes, or until puffed and set.

BACON-MUSHROOM BAKED POTATO TOPPING

Steps:

• Microwave bacon in a microwave-safe dish on high for 2 minutes.
• Drain on a paper towel.
• Add shallot to bacon fat and microwave 1 minute.
• Stir in mushrooms and butter; microwave 1 minute longer.
• Crumble bacon; stir into mushrooms.
• Spoon over a hot, split baked potato.

BAKED MUSHROOM BACON RICE

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 425 F or 220 C.
• If you are using a fan assisted oven, you can cut the heat by about 10 percent.
• In a large skillet, melt the butter and sauté the rice and bacon for two minutes.
• Add the celery, onion and mushrooms.
• Cook and stir for a further 2-4 minutes, until the vegetables just start to soften.
• Pour into a large casserole dish.
• Stir in the broth and garlic.
• Add a generous amount of black pepper and a couple pinches of oregano.
• Mix well.
• Cover and bake for 30 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is cooked.