Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2012

Overall good flavor but a little bland. It is also not a very attractive dish to serve to guests. Like most cooks I love to experiment and changed it a bit. Exchanged Cream of Potato for Cream of Mushroom (husb hates 'shroons). Added dried minced onion, 1 T of Worch., 2 T Mayo, 2 T Mustard - instead of wrapping chicken I poured on sauce and sprinkled real bacon bits on top of that and then sprinkled French's crispy onions on top of that. It looked much less "pasty" and the flavor was great. If salt is an issue for you (it wasn't for us) make sure to rinse the dried beef and pat dry before using.

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Diane

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2011

I found this recipe in an old cookbook from the '80's and it is almost identical. It is pretty easy to put togeher and very tasty (i like salty foods). My recipe calls for 4 oz of chipped beef and it cooks for 3 hours at 275. I also prefer to cut the chipped beef into small pieces rather than put the entire slice on the bottom of the casarole dish.

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Tylerhawkins84

Reviewed: Jun. 30, 2010

Pretty good! The first time was excellent. The second time I screwed it up!

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Rick Ratayczak

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2009

It was a pretty big hit with most of the family. The only substitution I made was to make the cream soup from scratch, minus the mushrooms.

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DimShell

Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2009

I make a dish like this, but it is called "Company Chicken". We save it for special occasions. For those who have written the dish is too salty, try using less bacon and dried chip beef and low sodium soup. I gave this recipe to my girlfriend and she too uses it for special occasions. Both of us receive wonderful compliments from our guests when we serve it. I do believe this recipe calls for too much bacon. I use one half a slice to wrap around each medium chicken breast. The bacon is cooked; it's just not brown and crispy. I serve this with baked potatoes or boiled rice and broccoli spears and tomato aspic or fresh sliced heirloom garden tomatoes. This recipe always turns out perfect. Putting the the chicken in the oven early, frees up time to do other baking or last minute activities before company comes. Using a whisk to slightly blend the separated soup and sour cream and diisolve the "clots" would take care of those problems.

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BETHS1

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: May 25, 2008

the soup and the sour cream separated and it was too watery making the sauce unusable. Next time we floured the chicken and quickly browned it before wrapping in the bacon and adding the other indredients - much fuller flavour and consistency

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DONNAB

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 15, 2008

This recipe was extremely easy to prepare. Unfortunately, the look and taste were highly unattractive. The sauce was a clotted mess and the grease from the bacon and chicken made it even worse. The chicken may have been moist, but the bacon looked undercooked. There was nothing at all elegant about this dish - just unappealing.

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Banks1104

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Aug. 28, 2007

I got a similar receipe from my mother-in-law some 25 years ago. The only difference is that she used the dried beef (Armour in the jar) and also she cut strips of monterey jack cheese, and layer the beef & cheese inside the chicken and then wrapped in the bacon, and grated the remaining block of cheese and mixed with the cream of mushroom soup & sour cream. And yes, we always have the "gravy" over the rice. Yum!

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Lin

Reviewed: May 26, 2007

Horrible. Not even close to being edible. Incredibly expensive per serving. And that's without the "chipped beef", whatever that is. The sauce was a clotted mess.

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chvickers

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Living In: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2007

I tried this recipe and found it was really good. What I did was lay dried beef in bottom after rinsing, then put chicken breasts on top, then bacon slices. Baked one hour took off bacon ,drained the grease off then added my soup and sour cream. Baked an additional hour. Turned out great. Try it!

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