Bacon-wrapped Stuffed Chicken Breast – Bacon wins again

You’ve had a busy week and getting tired of those pre-prepared meals that you worked on so hard. But, all you want to do is be creative and have something tasty and comforting to eat. So we took and old favourite, the stuffed chicken breast, wrapped it in bacon and and popped it into the oven. Because, who doesn’t love bacon, right? Our Bacon-wrapped Stuffed Chicken breasts recipe is all of the comfort you need right now.

This recipe is a familiar favourite to many families. It’s easy to make, flavoursome and very tender with the familiar crunch and smokiness from the bacon. Not only is it really simple to prepare and make, it also does not require hours of preparation or cooking. Thus, making it suitable for a lazy cook which turns into one impressive meal. If you decide to go all-in with this meal, add some potatoes and maybe a salad like our Green bean, Cashew Nut and Cranberry Salad for the ultimate experience.

Bacon-wrapped Stuffed Chicken Breast is a fancy meal made in less than an hour and will definitely hit the spot.

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Bacon-wrapped Stuffed Chicken Breast

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Recipe by Basson Laubscher Course: MainCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Servings

2

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

25

minutes

Total time

55

minutes

Ingredients

• 800 g chicken breasts

• 8 tsp sun-dried tomatoes and basil cream cheese

• 2 tbsp garlic, minced

• 250 ml olive oil

• 8 strips streaky bacon

• 2 tbsp chicken spice

• salt & pepper

Method

• Make the marinade by mixing the olive oil and chopped garlic into a bowl. Add the spices of salt, pepper and chicken spice and give it a final stir.
• Cut a slit through the middle of each chicken breast. Once cut, place the chicken breasts into the marinade bowl. Make sure all of the chicken is submerged into the marinade and leave for 20 minutes.
• Once the chicken breasts are marinated, add two teaspoons of cream cheese into the middle of the chicken breast where the slit was made.
• Wrap two pieces of bacon around the chicken breast and place into oven dish for cooking.
• Place the prepared chicken breasts into the preheated oven at 180 °C for 25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and enjoy!

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