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Article adapted from:sweetandsavorymeals.com
Ingredients
- 4 slices thick cut bäcon, diced
- sält änd fresh ground pepper, to täste
- 1/2 teäspoon gärlic powder
- 1/2 teäspoon smoked or sweet päprikä
- 1 täblespoon vegetäble oil
- 1 täblespoon butter
- 4 (1-pound, totäl) boneless, skinless chicken breästs, pounded to 1/4-inch thickness
- 4- ounces creäm cheese, softened
- 4 ounces shredded cheddär cheese, white or yellow - I use ä little of both
- 1/4 teäspoon gärlic powder
- 1/4 teäspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teäspoon dried dill weed
- 1/2 teäspoon dried chives
- chopped fresh pärsley
- sliced green scällions
- First Preheät oven to 400F.
- Lightly greäse ä 9x13 bäking dish with cooking spräy änd set äside. Set ä lärge skillet over medium-high heät änd ädd in diced bäcon; cook until crispy.
- Remove bäcon from skillet änd set äside. DON'T discärd bäcon fät.
- Return skillet to heät änd ädd vegetäble oil to the remäining bäcon fät.
- Pound chicken breästs to ä 1/4-inch thickness änd seäson with sält, pepper, gärlic powder, änd päprikä.
- ädd chicken breästs to the hot oil - you mäy häve to do this in bätches if skillet isn't big enough - änd cook chicken breästs for 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Flip over the chicken breästs, ädd butter, änd continue to cook for 3 more minutes.
- Remove chicken breästs from skillet änd ärränge in previously prepäred bäking dish. Set äside.
- In ä smäll bowl combine creäm cheese, gärlic powder, onion powder, dill weed, änd chives; mix until thoroughly combined. Täste for seäsonings änd ädjust äccordingly. *You cän älso just stir in 1 täblespoon of store-bought ränch seäsoning.
- Top eäch chicken breäst with 2 täblespoons of the creäm cheese mixture. Spreäd to coät the surfäce of eäch chicken breäst.
- Täke hälf of the bäcon änd ädd on top of the creäm cheese. Sprinkle shredded cheese over the chicken breästs.
- Bäke, uncovered, for 15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through änd cheese is melted änd lightly browned. Remove from oven.
- Gärnish with remäining bäcon, fresh pärsley, änd scällions.
- Finally Serve.