Barbecue Bacon Chicken Stuffed With Ranch Cream Cheese Food

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.

RANCH CREAM CHEESE CHICKEN (CRACK CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375F and move the rack to the top third of the oven.
• Cook the bacon in a large oven-proof skillet until crispy (I cut it up quickly using kitchen shears). Transfer the bacon to a paper towel lined plate, and leave about 2 tablespoons of bacon fat in the skillet.
• Season the chicken breasts with the garlic powder and pepper, then add them to the skillet and sear for 5 minutes/side over medium-high heat.
• Meanwhile, add the cream cheese (microwave it for 30 seconds or until soft if it's straight out of the fridge), ranch seasoning, scallions, and about half of the cooked bacon to a bowl. Stir until smooth.
• Once the chicken has been seared, take the skillet off the heat. Spread the cream cheese mixture equally over the top of each piece of chicken, then sprinkle the cheddar over top, followed by the rest of the bacon. If you don't have an oven-proof skillet, transfer the chicken to a baking dish for this step.
• Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes. If your chicken breasts are on the smaller side, try 15 minutes then test for doneness (chicken is cooked at 165F).
• Let the chicken rest for a few minutes prior to serving so it's nice and juicy.

BARBECUE BACON CHICKEN STUFFED WITH RANCH CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil; spray foil with cooking spray.
• Microwave bacon between layers of microwavable paper towels on microwavable plate 3 to 4 minutes or just until edges begin to brown but are still soft and pliable. Cut each piece in half crosswise.
• In small bowl, stir together cream cheese and dressing mix.
• Cut pocket in each chicken breast by making a horizontal slit along thin long edge, being careful to not cut through to opposite side. Stuff each pocket with one-fourth of the cream cheese filling (about 2 tablespoons). Press edges of chicken together to seal. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
• Arrange bacon pieces diagonally over tops of chicken breasts, pressing bacon over sides. Brush each with 1 tablespoon barbecue sauce.
• Bake 15 minutes. Brush with remaining 1/4 cup barbecue sauce, using about 1 tablespoon on each breast. Bake 10 to 15 minutes longer or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (at least 165°F).

BACON CHEDDAR RANCH STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
• Cook the bacon in a cast iron skillet. Remove the bacon from the skillet, remove the skillet from the heat, remove the drippings, but do not clean the pan. There should be enough residual bacon fat for the chicken to cook perfectly in the pan.
• In a small bowl whisk together the cream cheese and ranch seasoning until well combined.
• Carefully slice the chicken breasts in half so that they butterfly open. Season the inside of each breast with salt and pepper. Top with one slice of cheddar cheese each. Divide the cream cheese mixture to evenly among each chicken breast.
• Crumble the cooked bacon and divide into thirds. Add one third of the bacon to each chicken breast. Fold them over and secure each breast closed with a toothpick. Season each side of the stuffed chicken breast with salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder.
• Heat the skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken breasts, breast side down to the skillet and cook for three minutes. Flip and cook for an additional three minutes. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes or until they read 165 degrees internally.
• Remove from the oven. Uncover and top each breast with one slice of cheddar cheese and the remaining bacon. Broil until the cheese is melted.
• Serve and enjoy!

CHEESY BACON BBQ CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400˚F.
• Thinly slice the onion and place it in the bottom of a casserole dish.
• Combine the salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder and season both sides of the chicken. Lay the chicken on top of the onions.
• Spread the BBQ sauce equally over each chicken breast. Sprinkle cheese over the top of the dish.
• Cover and bake covered for 25 minutes, then uncovered for an additional 15-20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through (165˚F internal temperature.)
• Top with crispy crumbled bacon and green onions. Enjoy!

STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH BACON AND CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet and a baking pan with foil.
• Lay bacon strips in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
• Place bacon in the preheated oven and cook until browned and crisp, about 15 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and chop. Keep the oven on.
• Slice chicken breasts horizontally, without going all the way through.
• Combine cream cheese, 1/4 cup of Cheddar cheese, green onions, and cilantro in a bowl. Add chopped bacon and mix to combine.
• Open chicken breasts at the hinge point and spread cream cheese mixture in a thin layer over each one. Close and transfer to the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Top with remaining Cheddar and bake until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 10 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Let cool slightly before serving.

BARBECUE CHICKEN BACON RANCH CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 8-inch square (2-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups of the Cheddar cheese, the cream cheese, sour cream and ranch dip mix. Spread evenly in baking dish.
• In medium bowl, mix chicken, barbecue sauce and green onion whites. Spoon evenly over cheese mixture in baking dish. Top with remaining 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, then top with cooked bacon. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until hot and bubbling at edges.
• Top dip with green onion greens; serve with crackers.

BARBEQUE BACON CHICKEN BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat until the edges begin to crisp, about 5 minutes; drain bacon on paper towels. Wrap each chicken breast with 2 slices of bacon in an x-shaped pattern and place into the prepared baking sheet with bacon ends underneath.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes; spread barbeque sauce over chicken breasts and bake until the juices run clear, the chicken is no longer pink inside, and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a breast reads at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), 10 to 15 more minutes.

BACON AND CHEESE STUFFED CHICKEN

Steps:

• With a sharp knife, cut a pocket into the thickest side of each chicken breast. Stuff each half with 1/4 of the bacon and a piece of cheese. Seal with a toothpick.
• Sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper and paprika.
• Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook 4 minutes per side, until browned.
• Reduce hea t to medium-low; cover and cook 10 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
• Remove from skillet and cover loosely with foil to keep warm.
• Stir cornstarch into chicken broth with a fork until dissolved.
• Add to skillet and bring to a boil, scrapping up browned bits on bottom of skillet. Cook 3 minutes, until sauce is thickened.
• Add chopped parsley.
• To serve, spoon over chicken.

BACON WRAPPED, CREAM CHEESE STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Pound out Chicken breast so it is about 1/4" thick.
• Mix together cream cheese and green onions and spread cheese mixture over 1 side of chicken breast.
• Roll Chicken breast up to conceal cream cheese.
• Wrap partially cooked bacon around chicken breast and secure with toothpick.
• Place on baking sheet and back for about 30 minutes at 375.
• Broil for about 5 minute to crisp bacon.

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.