Cheese Topped Lemon Chicken Breasts Food

CHEESY LEMON CHICKEN WITH BRUSCHETTA TOPPING

Steps:

• Use a sharp pairing knife to cut a pocket lengthwise into the chicken.
• Add 1/4 cup lemon juice, 3 garlic cloves, and 1/4 cup olive oil to a large ziplock bag. Add chicken and massage into flesh. Marinated for at least one hour, but no longer than 8 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Once the chicken has marinated, pat dry with paper towels. Season liberally with salt. Sprinkle evenly with dried basil. Heat a large cast-iron skillet to a medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil. Once the oil is hot, add chicken. Sear until golden brown, about 3-4 minutes on each side.
• Once the chicken is seared, remove from the pan and onto a plate. Gently put a few slices of mozzarella into the pocket. Add white wine to the pan and use a wooden spoon to scrape up all the brown bits. Add remaining 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Remove the pan from the heat and add chicken back. Place in the oven and bake until chicken is cooked through and cheese is gooey and melted, another 7-8 minutes.
• While the chicken bakes, add tomato, shallot, vinegar, fresh basil, 1/4 tsp salt, remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil, and 1 garlic clove to a bowl. Toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper.
• To serve: Plate chicken and spoon sauce on top. Top with bruschetta topping. I also like to sprinkle a little bit of flaked sea salt and black pepper on top.

CHEESY STUFFED LEMON CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Split chicken breasts down the middle with a knife, but do not cut fully in half.
• Mix cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, buttermilk, 2 tablespoons garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon thyme together in a bowl. Divide mixture and stuff evenly into split chicken breasts. Set into a casserole dish.
• Mix mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon thyme together in a separate bowl. Apply mayo mixture evenly to both sides of the chicken breasts.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 45 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a chicken breast should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

BREADED LEMON-GARLIC CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Butter an 11 x 7-inch or a 9-inch baking pan baking dish (if doubling the recipe to make 12 breasts, use a 13 x 9-inch pan.
• In a bowl, combine the dry breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, parsley, salt and pepper.
• In another bowl combine the melted butter/garlic mixture and lemon juice; whisk well to combine (if you run out of butter when dipping the breasts, which has happened to me many times, just melt about another 1/4 cup butter and add in about 1 tablespoon more of lemon juice in the microwave.
• Dip chicken in butter mixture, then roll in crumbs (patting down the crumbs into the chicken breasts).
• Roll-up chicken jelly-roll style; place seam side down in a greased baking dish drizzle with any remaining butter mixture; sprinkle with paprika if desired.
• Place a slice of cheese on top the last 10 minutes of baking if desired.
• Bake uncovered for 35-45 minutes or until the chicken is cooked though (baking time will vary depending on how thin you pounded the chicken).

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.

EASY CREAMY LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken until lightly browned on both sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Place in a baking dish.
• Stir lemon juice and zest into the leftover butter in the pan, and cook over medium-low heat, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in half-and-half slowly. Stir in 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese until sauce is smooth. Pour sauce over chicken.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, 20 to 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese on top.

CHEESE LOVER'S CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking dish that is deep enough to allow at least one inch between the chicken and the top of the dish.
• In a large pot over medium heat, stir together tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar, parsley, basil, oregano, and garlic.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss chicken with bread crumbs until completely covered. Arrange chicken in baking dish and sprinkle to taste with garlic salt and pepper to taste. Top chicken with half of shredded Cheddar and mozzarella cheeses. Pour tomato sauce evenly over chicken. Reserve half of the remaining Cheddar and mozzarella cheeses, and sprinkle the rest over the chicken and sauce.
• Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for about 50 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Remove foil, and top with remaining Cheddar and mozzarella cheeses. Return dish to oven and cook, uncovered, until the cheese on top melts. Remove pan from oven and let sit five minutes before serving.