Okay folks what is better than chicken wrapped in bacon? How about chicken stuffed with bacon and then wrapped in bacon. It doesn't get much easier or better than that. When I saw this recipe in one of the many food blog emails that I subscribe to I knew I had to try it. Well the next night the husband wanted chicken for dinner, I had bacon in the freezer so guess what we had for dinner. You have to try this soon.
The bacon gets nice and caramelized on the edges.
You can use any BBQ sauce that you have or like. I would suggest it be a thicker style sauce so it stays on the chicken.
Thinly slice a onion or part of an onion. How much you need depends on how many chicken breast you are cooking.
Chop up a couple of slices of bacon.
Saute the onions
Cut a pocket in the chicken breast.
Add the bacon to the onion and cook. You don't want the bacon crispy yet.
It is just about done.
Add about 1/4 cup bbq sauce to the onions and bacon.
Add the mixture to the pocket in the chicken.
Close it over carefully so the mixture doesn't come out. Add some bbq sauce to the top of the chicken.
Now carefully wrap the chicken in a couple of pieces of bacon.
While you are preheating the oven to 400 put your skillet in the oven to heat it up. The put the chicken in the pan and you should hear a sizzle.
Put the pan on the stovetop. Heat on medium high heat. Cook the chicken on both sides for about 3 minutes each.
They have been turned. You notice a little browning of the bacon. Place in the oven and bake for about 20 minutes. Now after the 20 minutes test with a meat thermometer. It should be 165. Mine was not so I baked for 10 more minutes.
The bbq sauce caramelized the bacon just perfect.
Serve with a favorite vegetable or rice whatever you like.
BBQ Bacon Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipe
chicken breast
2 pieces of bacon to wrap each breast
additional bacon to cook
sliced onion
1/4 cup bbq sauce for the onion bacon mixture
bbq sauce to spread on the chicken
Preheat oven to 400 Bake 20-30 minutes
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