Wrapped Chicken Breasts

Sackville's Note:

This is another one of my favourite ways to dress up chicken breasts. The basic idea is in the recipe but I think there are so many variations you could try, depending on what's in your kitchen. A bit of fresh rosemary, instead of sage, might be nice or maybe another type of cheese.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 ounces softgoat's cheese or 2 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
• 4 strips bacon
• sage leaf , minced
• 2 cloves garlic , minced (optional)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F or 190 degrees C.
2. Use a knife to make a slit in the chicken breasts.
3. Stuff 1/2 of the cheese, 1/2 garlic and 1/2 sage in the slit.
4. Wrap 2 bacon strips around each breast.
5. Put in a baking dish and drizzle olive oil over the meat.
6. Bake uncovered for 30-35 minutes and serve with your favourite side dishes.

Reviews

[Gail11]

I used pepper jack cheese inside the pocket, wrapped the bacon around the breasts,sprinkled with cajun seasoning,granulated garlic, salt & pepper and cooked on my cast iron grill pan 7 minutes on each side. These were delicious and quick to put together. They came out very moist. Will make again often and vary the fillings inside and the seasonings.

[bratty]

this was great! i threw it together really fast. i made a few changes, the cheese, and the sage.., but had most ingrediants on hand, a big plus in my book. i thought it was an especially nice meal for the "last minute" preperation involved. i will definately be making it again! thanks for a great recipe Friedel!

[Kate in Ontario]

This was an excellent easy meal. I used shredded Tex-Mex cheese blend and sprinkled each breast with Mexican seaoning before wrapping in bacon. I left out the sage. I served it with roasted asparagus #11040 and my low fat Italian potatoes #23014. I will definately make this again.