Four Cheese Bacon Stuffed Smothered Chicken Casserole!
- Servings
- 4
Ingredients
- 6 thin boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 6 slice Bacon cooked and chopped + 6 more for the stuffing
- 1/2 can cream of chicken or mushroom soup
- Olive Oil for cooking
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 red bell pepper chopped
- 1 tsp butter melted
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 1/2 cup Monterey jack cheese shredded
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 tbsp onion minced
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 tsp Lemon Juice
- Salt to taste
- 6 piece cooked and chopped Bacon
- 1/4 cup Italian bread crumbs
- 1 egg beaten
Method
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Pre-heat oven to 350.
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Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat, add in only the teaspoon of butter, the chopped bell pepper and the 1/2 chopped onion - allow cook only about 3 minutes until slightly softened, remove from heat and set aside.
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In a bowl, beat cream cheese, onion, Italian Seasoning, garlic powder, pepper and lemon juice until blended. Stir in cooked and chopped bacon.
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Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture on each piece of chicken and spread it out into a thin layer.
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Roll the chicken.
Note to avoid them unrolling, you can use toothpicks to keep them together
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Next, lightly dip the chicken rolls in egg mixture, followed by dipping them into the italian breadcrumbs
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In a large skillet drizzle some olive oil and heat, Briefly cook rolls over high heat, browning all sides,.remove from heat and set aside.
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In a large bowl add the water and the cream of soup and mix well
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Add in the bell pepper/onions,and one of the 1/2 cups of cheese (any one you want) and combine
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Pour mixture into a Large Baking dish and place the chicken rolls in, press down lightly to cover the sides with the mixture and space them out.
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Take a teaspoon and scoop a little of the mixture on top of each chicken roll
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Finally add in the rest of the cheeses on top evenly
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Bake for 25 minutes or until chicken is cooked completely
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Remove from oven and top with the 6 slices of chopped, cooked, bacon and place back into the oven for and additional 5 minutes
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ENJOY!
Nutrition per serving
Counted from 0 of the 1 ingredients; the rest have no figures recorded, so this is not a complete total.