Recipe: Perfect Baked Bacon Wrapped Chicken

Baked Bacon Wrapped Chicken. "These chicken breasts stuffed with ricotta cheese, spinach, and wrapped with bacon are a sure-fire way to impress," says Kitty KaBoom, the recipe submitter. And here's a tip from meganfromseattle: "Cook the bacon briefly in a skillet before wrapping the chicken to get a crispier texture." Crispy bacon, tender chicken breasts and a rich BBQ sauce combine to make this a family favorite dish. Bacon always adds a lot of flavor to any recipe, and this chicken recipe is no exception.

This baked Bacon Wrapped Chicken is food euphoria. Because we all know bacon makes everything better. So when you lightly season the chicken, wrap it in bacon, dust it with brown sugar then bake it to golden caramelised perfection, it takes that basic rule to a level you won't believe. You can cook Baked Bacon Wrapped Chicken using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Baked Bacon Wrapped Chicken

1. Prepare of Ingredients.
2. It's 2 large of chicken breasts, boneless skinless.
3. You need 12 of strips raw bacon.
4. It's 2 of eggs, lightly beaten.
5. Prepare 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
6. You need 1 cup of bread crumbs.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of each, black pepper, garlic powder, chili powder.

Place the chicken breasts, seam side down in a baking pan or ovenproof skillet. Sprinkle the remaining brown sugar mixture over the top of the chicken. Dot with butter and sprinkle with salt; roll up. Wrap each with bacon strip, securing with toothpicks if necessary.

Baked Bacon Wrapped Chicken instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Season chicken if desired.
3. Cut chicken into strips. It help cutting if the chicken is semi frozen.
4. Mix flour and spices.
5. Take a strip of bacon, wrap around end to end on chicken strip. Secure with toothpicks.
6. Roll wrapped chicken in flour spice mixture.
7. Coat in egg.
8. Roll in bread crumbs.
9. Place in cookie sheet and bake at 425°F for 30 to 45 minutes or until golden, turning half way thru cooking and juices run clear..
10. Serve and enjoy.

Pound the chicken breasts until flat. Place each chicken tender in the zipper bag, close, and shake bag to coat the chicken in the spice blend. Once coated wrap in bacon being sure to tuck in the ends and then place on rack in prepared pan. Wrap the two together in a slice of bacon. Place on the baking sheet, with the cheese side facing up.