APPLE BACON BAKED CHICKEN

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This is a nice spin on traditional baked chicken and apples - bacon makes it that much better! This recipe can be easily adapted for the fall fruits or veggies you have on hand, and is delicious served with mashed sweet potatoes.

Provided by S Nunes

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Breast Recipes

Time 3h15m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

½ cup dried cranberries
½ cup apple cider
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
salt and ground black pepper to taste
½ cup stone-ground mustard
½ cup applesauce
4 slices bacon, halved crosswise
2 Granny Smith apples, quartered
2 sweet onions (such as Vidalia®), quartered

Steps:

Soak cranberries in apple cider in a bowl until cranberries are rehydrated, 2 to 6 hours.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Coat bottom of a baking dish with olive oil.
Arrange chicken breasts in the prepared baking dish; sprinkle with salt and black pepper.
Whisk mustard and applesauce together in a small bowl; spoon over chicken breasts. Lay two half-slices of bacon atop each chicken breast. Arrange apples and onions around chicken. Add cranberries, pouring any remaining apple cider over chicken. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and continue baking until bacon is crisp and chicken breasts are no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 20 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 371 calories, Carbohydrate 37.2 g, Cholesterol 77.1 mg, Fat 11.9 g, Fiber 3.7 g, Protein 30.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 663 mg, Sugar 26.7 g