Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week creamy spinach, bacon wrapped chicken breasts

creamy spinach, bacon wrapped chicken breasts. Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Stuffed with Spinach and Ricotta. These chicken breasts stuffed with ricotta cheese, spinach, and wrapped with bacon are a sure-fire way to impress! How to make Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breast on the Weber Kettle Grill.

I prefer to use a large wooden rolling pin, or the bottom of a heavy sauce pan) and season with kosher or sea salt. This easy side dish is made with BACON and a creamy béchamel sauce. This makes a great side with roast chicken, seared fish, or a holiday dinner. You can have creamy spinach, bacon wrapped chicken breasts using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of creamy spinach, bacon wrapped chicken breasts

1. You need of ingredients.
2. Prepare 1/4 cup of cream cheese.
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of sour cream.
4. Prepare 3 of green onions.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of shreaded pepperjack cheese or parmasean.
6. You need 1 pinch of pepper.
7. You need 1 packages of 8oz bag spinach.
8. You need 2 clove of garlic minced.
9. You need 4 of bonless, skinless chicken breasts.
10. You need 12 of strips of bacon of choice.

The spinach gets its creaminess from a béchamel sauce based on a flour and butter roux. Juicy chicken breasts are stuffed with a cheesy spinach artichoke filling, then wrapped in thick cut bacon and baked to perfection. Slice chicken breasts thinly in half to create two thin breasts. Sprinkle each piece of chicken with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

creamy spinach, bacon wrapped chicken breasts instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Take each chicken breast and pound flat to 1/2" thickness. Optional, but you can marinade breasts a couple of hours prior to flattening them. Place in a bag with 1 cup of buttermilk or milk and tablespoon of lemon juice..
3. Put the spinach in a large bowl and put in microwave for 2-3 minutes or until wilted..
4. After spinach is done combine sour cream, cream cheese, parmasean or pepperjack cheese, minced garlic, sliced green onions, and pepper in same bowl as spinach. Mix well..
5. Fry bacon or microwave strips for 5 minutes. You don't want to cook to long as it will cook the rest of the way in oven..
6. Take the spinach, sour cream etc mixture and place spoonfuls of it in the center of each flattened chicken breast. You should use all the mixture..
7. Fold each chicken breast over and take 3 bacon strips to wrap chicken breast together with mixture in the middle. Use a few tooth picks to secure..
8. Place chicken breasts in a glass oven safe dish. I lined the dish with tin foil before placing them in. Makes clean up easier..
9. Place in oven 375°F for 35 minutes uncovered. After that If you desire bacon even more crispy put oven on broil for 2 minutes..
10. Take out of oven and let cool for couple minutes take toothpicks out and enjoy with some fresh cooked veggies or a salad. Hope you enjoy!!!.

These Bacon Wrapped, Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts are a taste sensation. Bacon-wrapped chicken breast elevates this humble dish into a whole new level. The bacon adds a delightfully smoky flavor and also keeps the chicken extra juicy. Dijon mustard: This traditional French mustard is creamier and less vinegary than yellow mustard. I highly recommend it in this recipe.