Bacon Wrapped Cream Cheese Chicken

Ingredients:

  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 4 oz cream cheese (½ of the block)
  • 2 tbsp minced garlic
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 8 slices of bacon
  • 2 sliced jalapenos (optional)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 300 F
  2. Mix together the cream cheese and minced garlic
  3. Slice a pocket into the chicken breasts
  4. Divide the cream cheese mixture into 4 equal potions (1 for each breast)
  5. Evenly spread out the cream cheese mixture in each chicken breast pocket, add jalapeno coins into pocket if using jalapenos
  6. Wrap 2 slices of bacon around each chicken breast
  7. Place chicken breasts on an aluminum foil lined baking sheet (alternatively you can place them on a baking rack set into a baking sheet to let the bacon grease drip down away from the chicken breasts)
  8. Bake chicken breasts for 45 minutes, remove to drain bacon grease from pan
  9. Increase temperature of oven to 400 F and bake for 10 minutes
  10. Check chicken breasts for doneness, and enjoy

Suggested sides:

  • Cream cheese mashed potatoes
  • Roasted veggies
  • Garlic and herb quinoa 
  • Lemon roasted asparagus

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