Bacon Wrapped Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast

An easy, but elegant main dish! The chicken is moist, the flavor superb and the bacon a perfect wrapping!

Ingredients:
1 lb. Boneless skinless chicken breast cut into 4 – 4-ounce pieces
4 T cream cheese
1/4 cup Pepperjack cheese, shredded
2 T green onion, chopped
4 to 8 pieces of bacon

Instructions:
Cut chicken into 4 equal size pieces. Pound breast so it is about 1/4″ thick. Mix together softened cream cheese, chopped green onion, and pepper jack cheese. Put 1/4 of this mixture into the middle of each piece of chicken. Starting at the long side, roll chicken breast up, keeping the cheese mixture to the middle. Wrap 1 to 2 slices of bacon around the chicken breast, secure with a toothpick, if needed. Place on baking sheet (with an edge on it) or a baking dish and bake for 30 minutes at 375 degrees F. Broil topside for about 5 minutes to fully brown and crisp bacon. Turn each breast over and broil for another 3 minutes or so to crisp up the bottom side. Serve immediately.

Notes:
– One piece of bacon wrapped around each breast is enough. But 2 pieces of bacon for each breast fully wraps the chicken and is outstanding as well.
– 1 lb. of chicken usually equals one large chicken breast cut in half. Cut each half in half again and you will have four 4 ounce pieces.
– This recipe is very adaptable to being basted with your favorite grilling sauce, marinade, chili sauce, or sweet and sour sauce during baking.

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