Bacon Wrapped Spring Chicken Recipes

CREAMY BACON HASSELBACK CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Slice into the chicken several times, about ½ cm (¼ inch) apart, but only cut about 85% of the way through, leaving the bottom intact.
• Cook the bacon over a medium heat until it starts to get crispy.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
• Stir in the spring onions and cook for another minute or so.
• Add the cream cheese and cook until melted.
• Allow filling to cool to the touch, and then fill each segment of the chicken breast with about 1 teaspoon of the mixture.
• Bake in the centre of the oven for 18-22 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear.
• Enjoy!

BACON-WRAPPED CHICKEN IN THE OVEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix brown sugar, paprika, garlic powder, pepper, salt, and onion powder together in a small bowl. Rub 1/2 of the spice mix over chicken breasts.
• Wrap each breast with 2 to 4 slices of bacon, depending on size. Place in a baking dish and sprinkle remaining spice mix over top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bacon is crispy and chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 25 to 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Serve topped with parsley.

SOUTHWEST BACON-WRAPPED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until cooked but not crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain; keep warm. Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness. Sprinkle chicken breasts with seasoned salt. In a bowl, combine the cream cheese, chilies and garlic. Spread half of the mixture on each chicken breast. Roll up chicken and wrap with two bacon strips; secure with toothpicks., Place chicken in a greased shallow 4-1/2 cup baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 45 minutes. Cover and bake 10-15 minutes longer or until chicken juices run clear. Discard toothpicks before serving.

BACON WRAPPED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• CHICKEN: Pound the chicken breasts until flat.
• Put a slice of cream cheese and a few chopped chives in the middle of each and roll up.
• Wrap Each breast with a slice of bacon and secure with toothpicks.
• SAUCE: Combine the soup, Mayo, Milk, lemon juice, pepper, and salt(to taste).
• Mix all together until smooth.
• Place wrapped chicken breast pieces in a 9 x 13 baking dish (or glass pie pan if making half the recipe) and cover with the sauce mixture.
• Bake at 325 for one hour or until chicken is done.

BACON AND BASIL-WRAPPED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In a small saucepan of boiling water blanch basil 2 seconds and drain in a sieve.
• Rinse basil under cold water to stop cooking and pat dry on paper towels.
• Put 1 whole chicken breast, skinned side down, on a work surface and remove "tender" (fillet strip located on either side of where breast bone was) from each breast half, keeping rest of chicken breast intact.
• (There should be 2 tenders from each whole breast.).
• Put 2 tenders side by side and wrap 7 basil leaves around them to enclose them.
• Season remainder of whole breast with salt and pepper and put basil-wrapped tenders lengthwise down middle of 1 breast half.
• Fold other breast half over to enclose tenders.
• Beginning on underside at 1 end of breast, wrap bacon slices snugly but without stretching, 1 at a time, around breast in a continuous overlapping spiral from 1 end to the other. (You will need about 4 to 5 bacon slices for each breast.).
• Remove tenders from remaining 2 chicken breasts and stuff and wrap breasts in same manner.
• Sprinkle crushed peppercorns evenly over bacon wrappings.
• Heat a 9- to 10-inch cast-iron skillet over moderately high heat until hot.
• Sliding a metal spatula under wrapped chicken breasts to keep bacon intact, transfer 2 breasts, undersides down, to skillet.
• Cook chicken, turning it only after bacon on underside is golden, until bacon is golden and crisp on all sides, about 4 minutes total.
• Transfer chicken as browned to a plate and cook remaining breasts in same manner.
• Pour off fat from skillet and return all 3 chicken breasts to skillet.
• Roast chicken in middle of oven 15 minutes, or until firm to the touch and just cooked through.
• Transfer chicken with tongs to a cutting board and let stand 10 minutes before slicing.