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Famous hot brown

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Ingredients:
1/3 cupPlus 1 tablespoon butter
Divided
1 medOnion -- chopped
1/3 cupFlour
3 cupMilk -- heated
1 tspSalt
1/2 tspCrushed red pepper
4 ozTo 6 ounces American Cheese
2 Eggs -- well beaten
1 tbspButter (additional)
8 Strips bacon
8 sliceWheat bread -- toasted
2 Chicken breasts -- cooked
Sliced
Parmesan Cheese
Paprika
Procedures:
1Melt 1/3 cup butter in saucepan and add onion.
2Cook until transparent.
3Add flour and blend until smooth.
4Add milk, salt, and red pepper.
5Stir and cook until mixture is thickand smooth.
6Stir in cheese, eggs, and 1 tablespoon butter.
7Continue to cook, stirring until mixture almost reaches boiling.
8Remove sauce from heat.
9Fry bacon slices until crisp.to assemble hot browns: Toast 8 slices of wheat bread.
10Cut 4 in half diagonally.
11On 4 oven proof plates, place cut toast with points turned outward, with one whole slice in the middle.
12Then layer chicken, sauce, and bacon.
134.sprinkle generously with parmesan and paprika.
145.broil 2 to 3 minutes.
15More than special - a kentucky tradition.hint: turkey may be substituted for chicken.