Louisville Hot Brown

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 8 slices toast
• 1 cooked chicken breasts or 1 cooked turkey breast, sliced
• crisp-fried bacon, crumbled
• sliced fresh mushrooms, sauteed

Recipe

• 1 saute onion in butter until transparent, add flour and cook stirring for 1 minute.
• 2 add milk, salt and pepper and whisk until smooth.
• 3 cook on medium heat until sauce thickens, stirring occasionally.
• 4 add cheeses and continue heating until they blend.
• 5 remove from heat.
• 6 put one slice of toast in each of four oven-proof individual serving dishes (i used our 1980's stoneware dinner plates).
• 7 top each piece of toast with slices of chicken or turkey.
• 8 slice remaining toasts diagonally and place on sides of sandwiches.
• 9 ladle cheese sauce over sandwiches.
• 10 place sandwiches under broiler until sauce begins to bubble.
• 11 garnish with crumbled bacon and sauteed mushroom slices and serve immediately.