Tessa’s Recipe Rundown
Taste: The best way I can describe this is if you took the flavors of a loaded baked potato and sour cream and onion potato chips and stuffed them into a chicken. Tangy, onion-y, poignant. Flavors you crave. Texture: The chicken is browned on the outside, tender inside, and stuffed with a crumbly yet melting cheesy filling with bits of crisp bacon. Ease: 5 ingredients (if you don’t count salt & pepper), less than 30 minutes. Perfect for a speedy gourmet meal. Appearance: I’m pretty sure anything that is “stuffed” will look mouthwatering (as long as it is stuffed with something edible). Pros: One of my most favorite ways to turn boring chicken breasts into something amazing. It’s cheap, quick, and impressive. Cons: None at all. Would I make this again? I’ve already made it twice since first seeing the recipe in Cooking Light January/February issue.This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy.
I am thrilled to share this recipe with you guys today. Why? Because it is one of my favorite chicken breast recipes of all time. The moment I saw the words goat cheese…bacon…chicken in one recipe title, I knew it was love. This recipe combines so many of my favorite flavors and textures but the best part has to be how simple and fast it is to prepare. Win, win. Or should I say winner winner chicken dinner? Or should I say “bi-winning“? Okay. I’ll stop now.
Bacon & Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons green onions, sliced
- 3 ounces goat cheese
- 1 slice bacon, cooked & crumbled
- 4 (6-oz) skinless, boneless, chicken breast halves
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine onions, cheese, and bacon in a small bowl. Cut a 1-inch-wide slit into the thick end of each chicken breast, and carefully cut down to center of chicken to form a pocket. Divide cheese mixture evenly among pockets. Secure with wooden picks. Sprinkle chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
- Heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the oil. Add chicken to pan; saute 4 minutes. Turn chicken over and place skillet in oven and bake for 12 minutes; let stand 5 minutes before serving.
Tried this for my husband tonight and he loved it
This recipe sounds good… I'd love to try it; do you have any recommendations for a side-dish that would complement the flavours?
I usually serve this with mashed potatoes and whatever vegetables I have on hand!
Thank-you
This looks so good…so much so that I made it and linked back to you for the recipe love! Thanks! I'm an officially reader subscriber now! 🙂
I'm making this for my boyfriend's parents tomorrow – an easy recipe that'll impress their son's new woman 🙂
Made this last night…it was delicious! 🙂
This looks really good!
I have a surplus of goat cheese in the fridge so I've been looking for recipes to use it in. This looks amazing! Thanks for sharing.
This is going on my to-make list! I love goat cheese with anything! (I found you through Tastespotting, btw.)
Love the goat cheese in there!
I have to get better at making recipes earmarked in magazines. I get excited about them, toss the magazine in a basket, and then proceed to bookmark approximately 30 recipes that I find online ;). Thanks for reminding me of this stuffed chicken recipe! My husband has only recently jumped on the goat cheese bandwagon, but he has always adored bacon and chicken – so I think we would both love this.
this looks so good! fancy enough to make for guests or simple enough to me for yourself!
Oh boy, that looks delicious. I have to make this. This week. Will let you know how it went 🙂