Chicken Chesapeake Recipe
A Chicken Chesapeake Recipe is a quick and easy meal that can be made in a flash. The recipe involves some pretty basic ingredients you probably have on hand at home, and everything that you need to step up your cooking game is right there.
Ingredients
- 4 Boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 5 sliced strips Thick-cut bacon
- 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
- 4 ounces Shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 ounces softened cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon Sour cream
- ¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ Lemon Juice
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 ounces Lump crab meat
Instructions
Preparation Before the Stuffing:
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and lightly grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with either olive oil or cooking spray.
- In the meantime, cook your bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, turning it once or twice until it starts to crisp up.
- Once your bacon is done cooking, remove it from the pan and drain it on paper towels.
- Do not remove the bacon grease from the pan because you will use it to cook the chicken after it has been stuffed.
- Now we're ready to make the filling, so take a medium bowl and combine cream cheese, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, and salt.
- Gently fold in the lump crabs until just combined with the mixture.
- Now you want to season your chicken breasts with Old Bay seasoning on both sides.
- Using a paring knife, we carefully cut a pocket that is 2 inches long by 1 inch wide into the center of each chicken breast after it has been seasoned.
Cooking and Stuffing Instructions:
- Fill each pocket of each chicken breast with two to three tablespoons of crab mixture.
- Tuck the top back over the filling and secure it using toothpicks, repeat until all of your chicken breasts have been stuffed.
- Now, heat the pan with the bacon grease you reserved on medium-high heat.
- Place your stuffed chicken breasts in a pan and cook for about 3 minutes on each side or until they are browned.
- After your chickens have cooked for 3 minutes, remove them from the pan and place them in the greased baking dish that we prepared earlier.
- Sprinkle cheddar cheese and bacon crumbles over each chicken breast.
- Place the chicken into the oven and let it bake for about 25 to 30 minutes, or until it is fully cooked (Tip: You can tell when the chicken is cooked when its internal temperature reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Let it cool for 5 minutes before slicing and serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 523.4kcal
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