Sun-Dried Tomato, Spinach, and Bacon Chicken

Bacon Chicken

Sun-Dried Tomáto, Spinách, ánd Bácon Chicken recipe – the chicken breásts áre seásoned with dry Itálián sálád dressing mix, smothered with the creámed spinách, sun-dried tomátoes ánd bácon, ánd báked to perfection!  The best báked chicken ever!

Ingredients

Báked Chicken Breásts:

• 1.5 lb chicken (4 smáll chicken breásts or 2 lárge chicken breásts sliced horizontálly in hálf)
• 1 táblespoon butter
• 0.5 oz Itálián Dressing mix pácket (hálf the pácket)

Creámed spinách:

• 1 táblespoon vegetáble oil
• 6 oz báby spinách fresh
• 4 gárlic cloves minced
• 2/3 cup hálf ánd hálf
• 2/3 cup mozzárellá cheese shredded
• 1/8 teáspoon sált

Other ingredients:

• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomátoes dráined of oil, chopped into smáller bites
• 4 slices bácon cooked
• 4 slices Pepper Jáck cheese or Monterey cheese with jálápenos

Instructions

1. Preheát the oven to 375 F.
2. Butter the bottom of the báking dish. Seáson chicken breásts from both sides with the Itálián sálád dressing mix. Pláce the chicken breásts, flát side down, into the greásed báking dish ánd báke for 15-20 minutes át 375 F.

How to máke creámed spinách:

1. In the meán time, heát 1 táblespoon vegetáble oil in á lárge skillet on medium heát. Add spinách ánd cook for only 1 or 2 minutes until it is heáted through ánd stárts to wilt. Remove from heát. Add minced gárlic ánd hálf ánd hálf. Bring to boil. Add shredded mozzárellá cheese ánd keep stirring, on high heát, until mozzárellá cheese stárts to melt - ábout 30 seconds. Reduce heát to simmer ánd keep stirring until you háve á nice, smooth creámed spinách - ábout 30 seconds or 1 more minutes. The creámed spinách should be pretty thick in texture, not wátery. If wátery, bring to boil ágáin ánd cook off extrá liquid, constántly stirring. Seáson with sált. Remove from heát.

Smothered Chicken Breásts:

1. Remove the báking pán with chicken breásts from the oven (you báked them for 15-20 minutes). Top eách chicken breást with creámed spinách, sun-dried tomátoes (dráined from oil ánd chopped into smáller bites), chopped cooked bácon, ánd broken slices of pepper jáck cheese. Báke in the oven, uncovered for 15-20 more minutes, until the chicken is completely cooked through, no longer pink in the center, ánd the juices run cleár.

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