Chicken Breast with Bacon-Cranberry Stuffing
 
Ingredients
  • 1¼ cups dried cranberries
  • ⅓ cup hot water
  • 1  (12-ounce) package center-cut bacon, chopped
  • 2  teaspoons olive oil
  • 3  cups finely chopped onion
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • ½ cup white wine
  • 2 cups seasoned stuffing mix
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (about 11 ounces each)
  • 1 teaspoon CanCooker Creole seasoning
  • 1½ cups water
  • Steamed green beans, for serving Garnish: fresh thyme and rosemary
Instructions
  1. In a small bowl, stir together cranberries and ⅓ cup hot water. Let stand for 20 minutes to allow cranberries to soften. Drain and discard soaking liquid.
  2. In a 2-gallon nonstick CanCooker, cook bacon over medium-high heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove bacon using a slotted spoon, and let drain on paper towels. Remove drippings from pan.
  3. In CanCooker, heat olive oil over medium- high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute more. Add stock, wine, and drained cranberries. Bring to a boil, and cook, stirring frequently, over medium-high heat for 5 minutes, allowing wine to evaporate.
  4. Remove onion mixture to a medium bowl. Add stuffing mix, rosemary, thyme, parsley, and reserved bacon, and toss together until combined and liquid is almost completely absorbed.
  5. Cut a horizontal slit into one side of each chicken breast half to form a deep pocket. Fill each pocket with about ¾ cup stuffing. Sprinkle chicken with Creole seasoning.
  6. Add 1½ cups water to CanCooker. Place rack inside. Place chicken in a single layer on rack. Cover pan, close latch, and steam over medium heat for 20 minutes or until a food thermometer inserted in stuffing and thickest portion of chicken registers 165°.
  7. Using oven mitts, remove CanCooker from heat. Remove lid carefully, allowing steam to escape. Remove chicken using long tongs. Serve with green beans. Garnish with thyme and rosemary, if desired.
Recipe by Taste of the South at https://tasteofthesouthmagazine.com/cancooker-giveaway-cozy-fall-recipe/