Rachael Ray's Bacon Wrapped Chicken With Blue Cheese and Pecans

Submitted by Lil Miss Nikki

"I saw this on 30 Minute Meals yesterday and just had to get this recipe! I haven't tried it yet but hey, it's from Rachael Ray! How can you go wrong!! I'll update once I try it!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 4 chicken breasts
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• salt
• ground black pepper
• 1 cup blue cheese, crumbles
• 1⁄4 cup pecans, toasted and chopped
• 2 scallions, sliced on bias
• 4 slices bacon, good-quality center cut
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1⁄2 cup half-and-half or 1/2 cup cream
• 2 tablespoons grainy mustard
• toothpick

directions

1. Heat the oven to 375°F.
2. Butterfly the chicken breast pieces by cutting across the breast but not all the way through. Open the breasts up and pound lightly between parchment paper. Peel paper away and season the meat with salt and pepper.
3. Cover the seasoned chicken cutlets with blue cheese crumbles, pecans and scallions in equal amounts. Roll the chicken, wrap each roll with bacon and secure with toothpicks. Season the outside of the rolls with salt and pepper.
4. Heat the olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken evenly all over, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a small baking sheet, place in the oven and cook 10 minutes more.
5. Melt the butter in the same skillet pan the chicken was seared in over medium heat. Whisk in flour, cook 1 minute then whisk in stock. Let thicken a minute then whisk in the half-and-half and grain mustard, season with salt and pepper, reduce heat to warm.
6. Halve the chicken and stack to show off the center. Set chicken in gravy or pour over top. Serve with rice and greens, if desired.

Reviews

[KingstonNormans]

Decadence at it's best. This was very rich. We did like it, however would probably only be able to eat it every now and then. One other thing we would try, is to leave out the flour and mustard in the gravy. It ended up a little thick. Also, the numerous flavours may have the chance to shine a bit more if there were less of them. Overall though - YUM!

 

[queenbeatrice]

This was amazing, so tasty. I followed the recipe exactly as listed and was very pleased. Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe.

 

[Diana Adcock]

Ten stars if I could. I used pepper bacon, and since I didnt have pecans I used walnuts. Moist chicken and the sauce was excellent. I served with Smothered Green Beans. Thanks for Posting, Di;-)

 

[pamela t.]

Very good! I saw Rachel Ray make this, and I, too, wanted to try it. Glad I did. The chicken was moist--loved the blue cheese and pecan combo. This is an impressive dish to serve to guests, and it's soooooo easy. Try this one today...

 

[Smoke Alarm Chef]

We'll definately make this roll up again. We've made it twice -- the second time without the bacon. It was a little dryer without the bacon, so keep that step. We also made Rachael's rice & grapes cooked in red wine, and some fresh string beans cooked with garlic & olive oil. Yummy! I had the best leftovers at the office last week!