Servings: 8 people
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1 cup bacon crumbles
- 2 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
- 2 tbsp butter
- 8 boneless skinless chicken breasts pounded to 1/2 inch thick
- coarse salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tsp garlic powder halved
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp dried dill weed
- 1 tsp dried chives
- 8 oz shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- Grease a large casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray
- To make the ranch flavored cream cheese: In a small bowl, mix cream cheese, chives, dill weed, onion powder, and 1 teaspoon of the garlic powder.
- In a large skillet, over medium heat, add bacon and cook until crispy.
- Remove bacon from skillet, keeping bacon fat.
- Season chicken with salt, pepper, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, and paprika.
- Heat olive oil in the pan with bacon fat, and add chicken.
- Cook chicken on one side for approximately 4 minutes, or until browned. Flip chicken, add butter, and cook the other side until browned. Then set aside.
- Place chicken in the baking dish, and top with equal amounts of ranch-flavored cream cheese mixture, shredded cheese, and half of the bacon crumbles.
- Bake for 15 minutes
- Top with remaining bacon and serve
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