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Ingredients
- 10 oz. country ham
- 6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 3 slices thick-cut bacon
- 2 cans cream of mushroom soup
- 2 cups sour cream
- 1/3 cup milk or light cream
- 1 tsp. black pepper
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 300F.
That’s what country ham looks like. Dark red and sliced very thin. Make sure you use country ham, not deli ham or ham slices or spiral cut or anything like that. Line your baking pan with a single layer of country ham. I’m making a half recipe in the photos, so if you’re making the full recipe you’ll probably need two baking dishes.
Arrange the chicken breasts on top of the ham. Top each chicken breast with a half slice of thick cut bacon. Combine the soup, sour cream, milk or light cream and pepper in a bowl. Pour evenly over chicken breasts.
You won’t need any additional salt in this dish. Remember the country ham is very salty! As a matter of fact, if you’re not sure about the saltiness of your ham, I’d advise you to cook up a tiny piece and taste it. If you think it will make the dish too salty, you might want to soak the ham in milk for a few hours to remove some of the salt.
Cover the pan with aluminum foil and place it in your preheated oven. Cook for 1 hour. Remove foil and cook for an additional hour.
Serve chicken and sauce over hot, fluffy rice.
Enjoy!