Honey glazed bacon wrapped chicken breast.

Got home from work and though what to cook. I wanted something slightly sweet but with a nice kick. I had some chicken breast spare from cutting down some chickens for stock, some bacon and a cupboard stocked with odds n sods.

This was a bit of safe experimentation as I've made honey glazed chicken a few times and wrapping it in bacon isn't that much of a leap. The special bit was the sticky sweet sauce made from the cooking juices, some Marsala and a little bit of red wine. The results, when added to some boils new potatoes and vegetables was a very tasty and quick tea.

Ingredients

• 1 Chicken breast
• 3 rashers of unsalted back bacon
• 2 tbsp of Marsala for the cooking
• 3 tbsp of Marsala for the sauce
• 1 tsp chilli flakes, don't add too much the heat isn't the point
• 3 tsp clear runny honey
• 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
• good knob of butter

Directions

1. lay the rashers of bacon so they are just overlapping
2. sprinkle most of the chilli flakes over the bacon, leaving a little for the chicken
3. drizzle on some honey, about half
4. place the chicken breast on the bacon and wrap the bacon around it. don't worry if it doesn't go all the way around as it allows the edges to crisp up
5. find a small baking dish and put the vinegar and Marsala in the bottom
6. place the chicken on top and sprinkle on the remainder of the flakes
7. drizzle the remainder of the honey over this
8. add a knob of butter on the top
9. Place in the over, 180 for 25 minutes
10. The potatoes need to go on almost the same time but don't cook the veg too much
11. When the chicken is cooked, feels firm to touch when squeezed with a slight spring or bounce, take out and let rest.
12. in the baking dish add in the wine and more Marsala then heat and reduce to a think sauce, keep stirring all the time

enjoy