Famous Hot Brown

Ingredients

28 gr butter
1 onion
40 gr flour
700 ml milk heated
3 gr salt
1 gr pepper
90 gr american cheese
2 eggs well
8 slices bacon
8 slices wheat bread
2 chicken breasts
1 slice parmesan cheese paprika

Instructions

Melt one third cup butter in saucepan and add onion. Cook until transparent. Add flour and blend until smooth. Add milk, salt, and red pepper. Stir and cook until mixture is thick and smooth. Stir in cheese, eggs, and 1 tablespoon butter. Continue to cook, stirring until mixture almost reaches boiling. Remove sauce from heat. Fry bacon slices until crisp.To Assemble hot browns:

1. Toast 8 slices of wheat bread.

2. Cut 4 in half diagonally.

3. On 4 oven proof plates, place cut toast with points turned outward, with one whole slice in the middle. Then layer chicken, sauce, and bacon.

4.Sprinkle generously with Parmesan and paprika.

5.Broil 2 to 3 minutes. More than special a Kentucky tradition. Hint: Turkey may be substituted for chicken.