Best Bacon Tomato Chicken Bake Recipes

CREAMY ONE-PAN CHICKEN, BACON AND TOMATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large heavy-based frying pan over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes until softening. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes
• Stir in tomatoes and stock. Cover and bring to the boil over medium-high heat. Add chicken and thyme. Reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15-20 minutes until chicken is cooked through. Season to taste. Stir through cream and spinach. Serve with cauliflower rice or creamy potato mash

BACON-TOMATO BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Generously grease bottom and sides of 9-inch square pan with shortening. In medium bowl, stir Bisquick mix, Parmesan cheese and water until moistened; spread in bottom of pan. Bake 12 minutes.
• In medium bowl, mix bacon, onion, 3 tablespoons cilantro and the red pepper; sprinkle over partially baked dough. Place tomato slices on bacon mixture. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese.
• Bake uncovered 15 to 20 minutes or until edges are golden and cheese is melted. Cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Serve warm. Sprinkle with additional cilantro.

STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST WITH BACON, TOMATO, AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Whisk egg in shallow bowl. Dip and coat chicken breasts in the egg.
• Heat a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Brown chicken, flipping to ensure both sides are cooked, 5 to 7 minutes total.
• Meanwhile, combine spinach, bacon, tomatoes, Cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, mayonnaise, and garlic in a medium bowl.
• Remove chicken from the pan. Slice into the meatiest, thickest side of each breast carefully in a butterfly-cut, creating a "pocket" for the stuffing. Stuff liberally with spinach mixture.
• Place stuffed chicken into a baking dish, with stuffing mixture at the top. If pieces cannot stand on their own, lean against each other or the side of the baking dish to ensure stuffing remains inside chicken. Sprinkle each with salt and pepper. Cover the dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 40 minutes.

CHICKEN WITH BACON, TOMATO AND THYME

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• To par-cook bacon, lay slices on a sheet pan and bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for about 10 minutes until half-cooked. Remove and reserve.
• Working on a sheet pan, coat the chicken breast with olive oil and minced garlic. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Next, wrap 2 pieces of par-cooked bacon strips criss-cross around each piece of chicken, forming an "x" pattern in the center. Sprinkle with the diced onion and place a thick slice of Roma tomato and a couple sprigs of fresh thyme in the center of each breast, tucked in behind the bacon.
• Arrange chicken a little apart from each other on the sheet pan and bake until the chicken is completely cooked and reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F, about 30 minutes.

CAPRESE CHICKEN WITH BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Place bacon in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until partially cooked but not crisp, 8-10 minutes. Remove to paper towels to drain., Place chicken in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking pan; brush with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with tomatoes and basil. Wrap each in 2 bacon strips, arranging bacon in a crisscross., Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 165°, 15-20 minutes. Top with cheese; bake until melted, 1 minute longer.

AMATRICIANA CHICKEN TRAYBAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Find a large roasting tin that will hold the chicken thighs and potatoes in a single layer. Halve the chilli, scrape out and discard the seeds if you don't like it too hot, and remove the stalk. Put in a small food processor or mini chopper with the tomato purée, olive oil and garlic. Whizz to a paste, then spread over the chicken. Add the chicken and potatoes to the tin with a good grinding of black pepper and some salt, then mix everything together well with your hands. Add the thyme and roast for 30 mins.
• Stir in the pancetta and roast for 15 mins more, then add the tomatoes and roast for another 15 mins until the tomatoes have softened and the chicken is cooked. Serve straight from the pan and eat with a green salad and some bread, if you like, for mopping up the juices.