creamy spinach, bacon wrapped chicken breasts. Cheesy spinach stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in crispy bacon! This chicken has a delicious cheesy spinach filling and is wrapped in smoky bacon then baked until tender and juicy. We love serving stuffed chicken breast on a bed of rice, or alongside some scalloped Potatoes and asparagus.
Roll up chicken to enclose the spinach, then wrap each chicken breast with two slices of bacon.
Secure with toothpicks, and arrange in a shallow baking dish.
Bacon-wrapped chicken breast elevates this humble dish into a whole new level.
You can cook creamy spinach, bacon wrapped chicken breasts using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of creamy spinach, bacon wrapped chicken breasts
- It's of ingredients.
- You need of cream cheese.
- It's of sour cream.
- You need of green onions.
- It's of shreaded pepperjack cheese or parmasean.
- Prepare of pepper.
- It's of 8oz bag spinach.
- It's of garlic minced.
- You need of bonless, skinless chicken breasts.
- It's of strips of bacon of choice.
The bacon adds a delightfully smoky flavor and also keeps the chicken extra juicy. Dijon mustard: This traditional French mustard is creamier and less vinegary than yellow mustard. I highly recommend it in this recipe. This recipe for bacon wrapped stuffed chicken breast with roasted potatoes is a quick and easy one pan meal that's sure to please any crowd!
creamy spinach, bacon wrapped chicken breasts step by step
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Take each chicken breast and pound flat to 1/2" thickness. Optional, but you can marinade breasts a couple of hours prior to flattening them. Place in a bag with 1 cup of buttermilk or milk and tablespoon of lemon juice..
- Put the spinach in a large bowl and put in microwave for 2-3 minutes or until wilted..
- After spinach is done combine sour cream, cream cheese, parmasean or pepperjack cheese, minced garlic, sliced green onions, and pepper in same bowl as spinach. Mix well..
- Fry bacon or microwave strips for 5 minutes. You don't want to cook to long as it will cook the rest of the way in oven..
- Take the spinach, sour cream etc mixture and place spoonfuls of it in the center of each flattened chicken breast. You should use all the mixture..
- Fold each chicken breast over and take 3 bacon strips to wrap chicken breast together with mixture in the middle. Use a few tooth picks to secure..
- Place chicken breasts in a glass oven safe dish. I lined the dish with tin foil before placing them in. Makes clean up easier..
- Place in oven 375°F for 35 minutes uncovered. After that If you desire bacon even more crispy put oven on broil for 2 minutes..
- Take out of oven and let cool for couple minutes take toothpicks out and enjoy with some fresh cooked veggies or a salad. Hope you enjoy!!!.
The creamy three cheese filling provides plenty of flavor and moisture on the inside of the chicken and the bacon on the outside keeps the chicken from. The half chicken breasts are stuffed with cream cheese, ricotta, and spinach. Cut the chicken breasts in half as shown. Carefully cut pockets into one of the ends of. Add a pinch of sea salt & pepper to the top of the stuffed chicken breast, then place it on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
