Bacon, Cream Cheese, Cheddar Chicken

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

4 chicken breasts (use 4 thin chicken breasts, or use 2 large chicken breasts, sliced in half, horizontally)

salt and pepper

6 oz cream cheese (, cold, refrigerated, and sliced into 8 slices)

8 strips bacon (, cooked, chopped)

1 cup Cheddar cheese (, shredded)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 F.

Grease the bottom of the casserole dish with olive oil. I used the the oval casserole dish measured 13 inches x 9 inches x 4 inches deep.

Add chicken breasts to the casserole dish. Note about chicken: use 4 thin chicken breasts, or use 2 large thick chicken breasts, sliced in half horizontally each to make 4 thin chicken breasts.

Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt and pepper.

Top with cream cheese. Cream cheese should be cold, right out of the fridge, sliced into 8 thin slices.

Top with chopped cooked bacon (drained from fat).

Top with shredded Cheddar cheese.

Bake, uncovered, for about 20-30 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through. The cooking time will depend on the thickness of your chicken breasts.

Nutrition

• Calories: 602 kcal
• Total Fat: 47 g
• Saturated Fat: 21 g
• Cholesterol: 177 mg
• Sodium: 734 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 2 g
• Total Sugars: 1 g
• Protein: 39 g