Best Bacon Cheddar Chicken Recipes

BACON & CHEDDAR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Using a slotted spoon, remove bacon to paper towels; reserve drippings., Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. In same pan, brown chicken in drippings over medium heat, 3-4 minutes per side. Brush with 1/3 cup barbecue sauce. Transfer to oven; bake 8 minutes., Spoon remaining sauce over chicken; sprinkle with cheese and bacon. Bake until cheese is melted and a thermometer reads 165°, 4-6 minutes. Sprinkle with green onions.

CHEDDAR BACON RANCH CHICKEN PASTA

Steps:

• 1. Cook pasta according to package directions in boiling salted water; drain, return to pot, and keep warm.
• 2. Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Drain all but one tablespoon of bacon drippings from the pan.
• 3. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Add the butter to the reserved bacon drippings, then add the chicken to the same skillet. Cook until tender, no longer pink, and slightly browned.
• 4. Sprinkle the flour and ranch dressing mix over the chicken, stirring to coat evenly. Stir in the milk, and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and bubbly. Stir in the cheddar cheese and half of the reserved bacon; cook and stir until the cheese is melted.
• 5. Serve each plate of pasta with more bacon sprinkled over the top.

GRILLED BARBECUE BACON-CHEDDAR STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat a grill to medium. Prepare the chicken: With your knife parallel to the cutting board, slice each chicken breast in half horizontally without cutting all the way through; open like a book. Cover with plastic wrap and pound until 1/2 inch thick.
• Make the filling: Cook the bacon in a skillet until crisp; crumble. Mix 2 tablespoons bacon drippings with the melted butter in a bowl. Combine the buttermilk biscuit, bacon, half of the drippings mixture, the cheese, chives and parsley in a separate bowl. Stir in 2 to 3 tablespoons water; season with salt and pepper.
• Season the pounded chicken on both sides with salt and pepper and brush with the remaining drippings mixture. Spoon the filling over the top, leaving a 1-inch border around the edges. Roll up the chicken toward the pointy end; tie with 3 pieces of kitchen twine.
• Brush the grill grates with vegetable oil. Grill the chicken breasts, turning, until cooked through, 18 to 20 minutes, brushing with the barbecue sauce during the last 2 minutes of cooking. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 5 minutes, then remove the twine and slice.

CHEDDAR BACON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Dip both sides of chicken in teriyaki sauce; place on a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 13-18 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°. , Spread barbecue sauce over chicken; top with bacon and cheese. Return to the oven and bake for 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

CHEDDAR CHEESE BACON WRAPPED CHICKEN BREAST AT ITS BEST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Add water to a baking dish (I just use a cookie sheet).
• Place onions in water.
• Wrap each chicken breast with a slice of bacon. Make sure ends of bacon are faced downwards when placed on cookie sheet.
• Once all chicken breasts are wrapped with bacon and placed on cookie sheet on top of onion slices, sprinkle the top of chicken with an even amount of each dry ingredient. Starting with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder then paprika. Bake for 20 minutes.
• By this time, if the water is evaporated add a little more. Flip over and sprinke the tops of chicken breasts with all dry ingredients again. Cook for an additional 20 minutes. By this time, again, water should be gone. Add cheese to the top of each piece of chicken and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until cheese has melted. Enjoy!

CHEDDAR-BACON BBQ CHICKEN BREAST SANDWICH

Steps:

• HEAT grill to medium-high heat.
• GRILL chicken and onions 8 min., turning onions frequently. Transfer onions to bowl. Turn chicken; grill 7 to 9 min. or until done (165F), turning occasionally.
• CUT chicken into strips. Add barbecue sauce to onions; toss to coat.
• FILL bread slices with chicken, cheese and onions.
• Serving Suggestion: Serve with a fruit salad and assorted cut-up fresh vegetables.
• Substitute: Prepare using whole wheat hamburger buns.

CHEDDAR BACON CHICKEN RANCH LAYERED SALAD

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, add chicken breasts and enchilada sauce. Cover and cook over medium heat 20 to 25 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (at least 165° F).
• Using two forks, shred chicken; refrigerate to cool.
• Just before serving, in 6-quart trifle bowl or glass bowl, layer as follows: Gently transfer chicken mixture to bowl, being careful to keep sides of bowl clean. Top with romaine lettuce, then Chex™ mix, then cheese, bacon and finally green onions.
• Drizzle dressing on top, or place in bowl on side for people to take what they want.

CHEDDAR STUFFED, BACON-WRAPPED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• 1. Pound out Chicken breast so it is about 1/4″ thick. Salt & pepper chicken to taste.
• 2. Partially cook bacon in skillet over medium high heat until just cooked but not crispy. Set aside bacon. Reserve 2 Tbsp. drippings.
• 3. Saute onions in pan drippings until tender.
• 4. sprinkle cheddar cheese and sauteed onion on chicken.
• 5. Roll chicken breast up in a way so as to hide the cheese and onions.
• 6. Wrap partially cooked bacon around chicken breast. Secure with toothpicks.
• 7. Place chicken on a rack and bake in a 375 degree oven for 30 minutes.
• 8. Serve!

CRISPY CHICKEN OVER CHEDDAR BACON RANCH PASTA

Steps:

• 1. Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crispy; drain on paper towels. Reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon grease for frying chicken. NOTE: save the rest for another recipe! I never discard good bacon grease.
• 2. I use extra-large skinless chicken breast (from SAM's) that I slice in half. Pound the chicken between two sheets of plastic wrap to about 1-inch thickness; coat chicken for frying.
• 3. Using three cake pans or bowls; add flour to one; season with salt and pepper. Add egg and milk to 2nd pan and then panko and parmesan to third pan; seasoned with salt.
• 4. Coat both sides of chicken with flour, coat both sides in the milk/egg mixture and then coat in panko.
• 5. Add butter to the reserved bacon drippings, and then add chicken to the same skillet. Cook until golden browned and done; remove from pan and set aside. Let chicken rest for 5 minutes before cutting/slicing it. This will help keep the chicken moist and from becoming too dry.
• 6. Add 3 tablespoons flour and ranch dressing mix into pan. Add additional butter if needed. Stir in the milk, stirring occasionally, until thickened and bubbly. Stir in the cheddar cheese; cook and stir until the cheese is melted. Taste for seasoning and adjust as needed.
• 7. Cook pasta according to package directions in boiling salted water; drain and return to pot. Stir in all but a little of the sauce and 1/2 of the bacon.
• 8. Plate pasta, slice chicken to go on top; drizzle with remaining sauce and top with remaining bacon and sliced green onions if desired.
• 9. Enjoy!

~ EASY CHICKEN, BACON, CHEDDAR, RANCH PINWHEELS ~

Steps:

• 1. In a medium bowl, thoroughly mix all ingredients except the tortillas.
• 2. Lay out tortilla and spread mixture to edges evenly. Begin rolling firmly, then wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for a couple hours.
• 3. When ready to plate, remove from refrigerator and with a serrated knife gently slice ends off.
• 4. Slice into desired thickness and plate. Now the yummy nuggets are ready to devour! P.S I like serving these at room temperature, but you can serve them straight from the fridge as well.

BACON CHEDDAR CHICKEN FINGERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Line cookie sheet with foil; spray with cooking spray.
• Mix Bisquick mix, cheese, bacon, salt and paprika in 1-gallon resealable plastic food-storage bag. Dip half the chicken strips into egg; place in bag of Bisquick mixture. Seal bag; shake to coat. Place chicken on cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining chicken. Drizzle butter over chicken.
• Bake 12 to 14 minutes, turning after 6 minutes with pancake turner, until no longer pink in center.
• Meanwhile, in separate small bowls, mix Sriracha Dipping Sauce and Bacon Ranch Dipping Sauce until each is well blended. Serve chicken fingers with dipping sauces.

BACON CHEDDAR CHICKEN FILLET MELT

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon; drain on paper towels. Reserve 1 tablespoon drippings in skillet.
• Add onion; cook and stir 2 to 4 minutes or until tender. Remove onion from skillet.
• Add chicken to skillet; cook 6 to 8 minutes on each side or until browned and no longer pink.
• Place toasted bread slices on cookie sheet; spread each slice with 1 teaspoon steak sauce. Top with chicken, bacon slices, onion and cheese.
• Broil 4 to 6 inches from heat for 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.

CHEDDAR BACON RANCH CHICKEN PASTA

Steps:

• 1. Cook pasta according to package directions in boiling salted water; drain, return to pot, and keep warm. Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Drain all but one tablespoon of bacon drippings from the pan.
• 2. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Add the butter to the reserved bacon drippings, then add the chicken to the same skillet. Cook until tender, no longer pink, and slightly browned.
• 3. Sprinkle the flour and ranch dressing mix over the chicken, stirring to coat evenly. Stir in the milk, and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and bubbly. Stir in the cheddar cheese and half of the reserved bacon; cook and stir until the cheese is melted. Taste for seasoning and adjust as needed.
• 4. Serve each plate of pasta with more bacon sprinkled over the top. Green onions would also be a delicious topping.

BARBECUE BACON CHEDDAR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pound chicken breasts to 1/2 inch thickness( you could make them thinner to speed up cooking).
• Mix milk and egg in a shallow dish or bowl.
• Pour flour onto a plate.
• Place both chicken breasts in egg/milk mixture,coating well.
• Then coat each piece of chicken with flour.( coating each side well).
• Place both pieces in pre-heated oiled skillet.
• Fry until golden brown in color, about 10 to 15 minutes,drain oil from skillet if needed.
• Coat both sides of fried chicken with barbecue sauce.
• Place 1/8 cup of shredded cheese on each chicken breast, top with equal amounts of bacon.
• Cover with lid until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.

BBQ BACON WRAPPED CHICKEN WITH CHEDDAR

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large jellyroll pan (or large cookie sheet with rim) with foil so it's hanging over a little. Line up bacon side by side in jellroll pan (may overlap a bit) and bake for 12 minutes. You want to partially cook it and still have it limp. Do not drain off bacon grease from jellyroll pan, you will need this later in the pan. Increase oven temp to 400 degrees.
• 2. Trim your chicken breasts of excess fat, if any, and slice chicken breasts in half lengthwise so you have two large tenders from each whole breast. Take 4 of your pieces of bacon and cut in half. Wrap 1 whole and 1 half piece of bacon around each chicken breast tender making sure ends of bacon are tucked under bottom of chicken piece.
• 3. Place all of your bacon wrapped chicken in same jellyroll pan you cooked the bacon in with reserved bacon grease. Baste chicken pieces with BBQ sauce, using about 1/2 cup of sauce. Bake in oven for 20 minutes, check for doneness. Remove from oven and baste chicken with remaining BBQ sauce. Turn oven to broil and broil chicken for 3~4 minutes to crisp up the bacon and carmalize the BBQ sauce slightly. Keep an eye on it so it doesn't burn.
• 4. Remove from oven and place chicken on serving platter. Sprinkle the cheddar cheese over all of the chicken and let melt. Enjoy!!

WEIGHT WATCHERS CHEDDAR CHICKEN BACON RANCH PASTA

Steps:

• 1. Cook pasta according to package directions in boiling salted water; drain, return to pot, and keep warm.
• 2. Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Drain all but 1/2 tablespoon of bacon drippings from the pan.
• 3. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Add the butter to the reserved bacon drippings, then add the chicken to the same skillet. Cook until tender, no longer pink, and slightly browned.
• 4. Sprinkle the flour and ranch dressing mix over the chicken, stirring to coat evenly. Stir in the milk, and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and bubbly. Stir in the cheddar cheese and half of the reserved bacon; cook and stir until the cheese is melted. Taste for seasoning and adjust as needed.
• 5. Serve each plate of pasta with more bacon sprinkled over the top.

SLOW-COOKER BARBECUE BACON, CHICKEN AND CHEDDAR PASTA

Steps:

• Spray inside of 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In slow cooker, beat milk, evaporated milk, 1/4 cup of the barbecue sauce, the melted butter, salt, pepper and red pepper with whisk. Add pasta, 3 1/2 cups of the Cheddar cheese and the Velveeta™ cheese. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until pasta is cooked, but not mushy.
• Reserve 1/4 cup of the crumbled bacon.
• When the pasta has cooked, increase to High heat setting; stir in chicken and remaining bacon. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese on top. Cover; cook about 15 minutes or until melted. Turn off slow cooker and let stand, still covered, 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in 6-inch skillet, heat 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add bread crumbs, and stir to coat. Cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes or until golden brown. Add reserved 1/4 cup bacon to bread crumbs. Sprinkle crumbs and bacon over pasta. Drizzle with remaining 1/4 cup barbecue sauce, and serve.

CHEDDAR-BACON CHICKEN BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Prepare stuffing as directed on package.
• Combine chicken and beans in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Stir in remaining ingredients; top with stuffing.
• Bake 30 min. or until heated through.

BACON WRAPPED CHICKEN BREAST STUFFED WITH AVOCADO AND CHEDDAR

Steps:

• Using a sharp knife, carefully butterfly chicken. Cut through the center but not all the way through, opening the chicken like a book. Sprinkle inside and outside of chicken with black pepper, salt if desired
• Open chicken up and add cheddar and avocado slices. Fold chicken over cheddar and avocado, set aside. Repeat with the other chicken breast.
• On cutting board, spread 5 out bacon slices so that they are touching. Lay chicken on top of bacon slices and wrap them around, overlapping as needed. Repeat with other chicken breast.
• Grill over medium indirect heat with the cover down for 20-30 minutes, carefully flipping at least once, or until bacon is crispy and chicken is cooked through or measures 165 degrees Fahrenheit with an instant-read meat thermometer. Let rest for 2-3 minutes before serving.

CHEDDAR CHEESE CHICKEN WITH BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350 and spray baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Combine first 5 ingredients.
• Dip chicken first in egg white, then into crumbs.
• Place in baking dish.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until tender.
• About 5 minutes before chicken is done, top with bacon bits and cheese, then place back in oven until cheese melts.
• ENJOY!