Best Bacon Stuffed Chicken Breast With Honey And Lemon Pepper Recipes

BOURSIN CHEESE AND BACON STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS - FOR TWO!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F/190°C.
• Add the 3 tablespoons olive oil to a baking dish, tilting to coat.
• Warm 1 teaspoon olive oil in a small frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the proscuitto or bacon and cook until crispy. Remove from heat.
• Place each breast between a large sheet of cling wrap and lay on a cutting board. Gently pound each breast with a cook's mallet until flat and thin (about 1/4 inch thick). Be careful not to tear the chicken. Remove wrap.
• Lay the chicken breasts flat on the cutting board and evenly spread the Boursin cheese & the proscuitto onto one side of each breast, all the way to the edges.
• Roll up the chicken breasts jelly-roll style, starting with the narrow end and roll firmly, tucking in ends to form a neat roll.
• Gently place them into the oiled baking dish, seam side down.
• Arrange the tomatoes, haricots verts, and shallots around the chicken.
• Place a thyme sprig onto each breast.
• Drizzle with wine and squeeze fresh lemon juice over all, then sprinkle with lemon zest, a small pinch of salt over the vegetables, and the pepper.
• Place in the center of a pre-heated oven and roast for 40 to 50 minutes, until chicken is cooked through and tender.
• Serve vineyard-style with a crusty baguette for mopping the juices.
• To Freeze:.
• Immediately after stuffing and rolling, wrap individually in cling wrap and place into an airtight container or freezer bag. Defrost overnight in the fridge, then bake as directed above. May be frozen for up to 3 months.

CHEESY BACON-STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking dish with olive oil, then sprinkle 3 pinches bread crumbs across the bottom.
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned and crispy, 10 to 11 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels.
• Filet chicken breasts 90% of the way through and open like a hot dog bun. Spread 2 tablespoons chopped Parmesan cheese on one side of each breast. Top each with a bacon slice and 1 1/2 tablespoons shredded Parmesan.
• Close the breasts. Dip in beaten egg, then in bread crumbs. Place in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining shredded Cheddar over top.
• Cook in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 35 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

BACON STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST WITH HONEY AND LEMON PEPPER

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Butterfly your chicken breasts. To butterfly simply slice your chicken breast in half short ways, stopping before you slice it into 2 pieces, it should open like a book.
• Place in a foil lined baking dish.
• Sprinkle both sides of the open butterflied chicken breast with lemon pepper. Drizzle honey on one side.
• Cut one slice of bacon to fit inside the breast, be sure to use the entire slice of bacon. Arrange the bacon on the side of the chicken you drizzled the honey,.
• Drizzle bacon with honey and fold the chicken breast over covering the bacon.
• Sprinkle honey and lemon pepper on the outside of the chicken breast, repeat with the remaining chicken breasts.
• Cover tightly with foil and bake for 1 hour.
• Remove breasts and add enough cornstarch to thicken the pan drippings.
• Serve over chicken breasts.

STUFFED CHICKEN WITH CANADIAN BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, line bottom of a glass pan with olive oil and set aside at least 10 – 15 toothpicks near your workstation.
• Mix seasoning ingredients in a shallow pan, with enough room to lay one chicken breast down in it.
• Add as much as you want of each seasoning per your taste, I used a couple of shakes for each ingredient and a little extra of the cheeses.
• Mix all stuffing ingredients together in a bowl.
• Lay one chicken breast in the shallow seasoning dish to coat the outside, and then in the center of the chicken breast add a line of the stuffing mixture.
• Roll and seal by sticking a toothpick on the top of each end to close.
• Once all the chicken breasts are stuffed and in the glass dish, you will have left over stuffing, place the leftover stuffing on top of each chicken breast on the lip of the “seal”.
• Bake in oven for 30 minutes, check to see if done, depending on oven you may need another 15 minute.

FETA CHEESE AND BACON STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small bowl combine olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper.
• Butterfly cut the chicken.
• mix together feta and bacon.
• stuff each breast with feta and bacon mixture. secure sides of chicken with toothpicks (if needed).
• Pour oil mixture over top of breasts.
• Bake uncovered for 30 - 35 minutes.