Saturday, December 18, 2010

Cooking Club: Bacon Wrapped Chicken

Happy Saturday! It is cold and rainy here. This next recipe is a big one that would be perfect if you have lots of family in town. If you don't you might want to cut the recipe in half. I picked it as it has two of my favorite foods, cream cheese and bacon. Can't go wrong there. You can find the other cooking club recipes here.

Bacon Wrapped Chicken

  • Prep Time: 25 mins
  • Total Time: 1 1/4 hr
  • Servings: 12

About This Recipe

"This is another great way to make something great ahead of time to thaw as needed or eat right now with little effort!"

Ingredients

    • 12 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
    • 2 (8 ounce) cartons chive & onion cream cheese
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • salt
    • 12 slices bacon

Directions

  1. Flatten chicken to 1/2" thickness.
  2. Spread 3 tablespoons cream cheese over each chicken piece.
  3. Dot with butter and sprinkle with salt; roll up.
  4. Wrap each with a bacon strip.
  5. Place, seam side down, in a greased pan.
  6. Bake, uncovered, at 400F for 35-40 minutes or until juices run clear.
  7. Broil 6 inches from the heat for 5 minutes or until bacon is crisp.
  8. If you are making these ahead for future use, freeze these uncooked on a cookie sheet in your freezer. When solid, wrap and put in a ziplock bag or vacuum seal desired quantities.
  9. To cook from frozen state, thaw before cooking and follow directions above.

7 comments:

  1. YUM!! In my house, we live by the motto: Everything's better with bacon. LOL

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  2. They make this at the Brazilian place I frequent. I seriously can NOT wait until it makes the rounds.

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  3. Oh my, that sounds so good! The picture alone makes me want to try this.

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  4. If it's made of bacon, I'll eat it!

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  5. This sounds delicious! And I'm so glad you have your Cooking Club .. as I'm not creative when it comes to cooking and this does the work for me!

    I love this pair - the chicken and bacon together! YUM!

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  6. they have something similar to this at our grocery store called cowboy grillers. they are also stuffed with wild rice. sooooo yummy. i'd totally forgotten about them!!!

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