Chicken With Dried Beef
["3 whole chicken breasts", "1 (3 oz.) pkg. dried beef (bought in wafer thin slices)", "6 strips lean bacon", "1/2 lb. fresh mushrooms or 1 (8 oz.) can sliced mushrooms (optional)", "1 Tbsp. butter or margarine", "1 (10 3/4 oz.) can condensed cream of mushroom soup (undiluted)", "2 Tbsp. sherry"]
["Bone chicken breasts and cut in half; set aside.", "Arrange dried beef in shallow baking pan large enough to hold chicken in 1 layer.", "Wrap a strip of bacon around each breast half; arrange over beef.", "Saute mushrooms in butter and spread over chicken. Combine soup and sherry and mix until smooth; pour over chicken. Cover baking pan with aluminum foil and bake chicken at 300\u00b0 for 2 hours.", "Uncover; increase heat to 350\u00b0 and bake for an additional 20 to 30 minutes, basting several times.", "Yield:", "3 to 4 servings."]
["chicken breasts", "beef", "bacon", "fresh mushrooms", "butter", "condensed cream", "sherry"]