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Bacon, Cream Cheese, Cheddar Chicken

Published: Jun 15, 2017 | 382 Comments

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Looking for easy baked chicken recipes? Well, go no further than this Bacon, Cream Cheese, Cheddar Chicken! What’s great about this recipe? It uses basic ingredients that just about everybody loves! Everything is baked together in one casserole dish. Chicken and 2 kinds of cheese. Try it and see for yourself! This chicken bake is low carb, high fat, KETO friendly, gluten free recipe.

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Perfect recipe for those nights when you don’t have much time on your hands to fiddle with too many complicated ingredients.  This recipe is very similar to my popular broccoli bacon cheddar chicken. Baked chicken recipes these days often include some sophisticated ingredients and complicated cooking techniques, but not here.  It’s a KETO friendly, low-carb, and gluten free recipe.

This Bacon, Creamy Cheese, Cheddar Chicken is simple and delicious, with the minimum prep, and everything is baked in 30 minutes, just like in this ranch chicken bake!  And, if you want to make your chicken bake with ham instead, you can make ham and cheese chicken.

And, in all of these recipes you use good old casserole dish.

Substitutions

  • The recipe uses chicken breasts. You can also use skinless boneless chicken thighs and follow the recipe as is.
  • The recipe uses shredded Cheddar cheese. You can use also use Colby Jack cheese (combination of Colby cheese and Monterey Jack cheese).

Cooking tips

  • Use small chicken breasts. If you purchased large chicken breasts, slice each one in half horizontally, to make it thinner. Or, purchase thinly sliced chicken breasts.
  • The cooking time depends on the thickness of your chicken breasts. The thinner the chicken breasts are, the quicker the dish will cook. On average, the chicken should be done in 20-30 minutes.
  • Bake the chicken uncovered, so that the cheese on top gets crispy.

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What makes this chicken KETO friendly recipe

  • This recipe contains cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, and bacon. All these ingredients have high fat, low sugar content.
  • This recipe contains foods that are high in protein but low in carb, such as chicken breasts.
  • There is no flour, no grains, nothing with gluten in this recipe.

Steps to make this easy baked cream cheese cheddar chicken recipe:

Preheat the oven to 400 F. Grease the bottom of the casserole dish with olive oil. Then, add chicken breasts.

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Next, sprinkle chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Top with cream cheese.

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Next, top with chopped cooked bacon.

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Finally, top with shredded Cheddar cheese.

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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.

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Oozing with cream cheese, this bacon cheddar chicken is so good!  I hope you enjoy it and leave your review!

Related KETO Friendly Chicken Recipes

  • Chicken breasts are smothered with creamed spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, and bacon, and then baked in the oven: Chicken Smothered with Bacon and Creamed Spinach
  • Here is another low-carb, keto-friendly, gluten free chicken breast recipe with Mozzarella cheese: Basil Pesto Tomato Mozzarella Chicken Bake

Side dishes to serve with chicken

  • Cooked greens will always go great with this chicken dish. Cooked spinach, roasted asparagus,  green beans, or cooked broccoli. Also, mashed potatoes or scalloped potatoes are great.
  • You can also use flavored rice.  Or, try this cilantro-lime rice (with or without black beans).
  • Here is an excellent recipe for roasted asparagus with bacon and cheese.
  • I also love these Asiago cheese roasted broccoli, they are so crunchy I usually have a hard time not eating them all by myself.
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Bacon, Cream Cheese, Cheddar Chicken
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

Looking for easy baked chicken recipes?  Do you like chicken and cream cheese together?   Then, this Bacon, Cream Cheese, and Cheddar Chicken is a great choice!  Super easy to make!  And, you use simple ingredients.   This chicken bake is low carb, high fat, KETO friendly, gluten free recipe.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 602 kcal
Author: Julia
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
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
  5. Top with cream cheese. Cream cheese should be cold, right out of the fridge, sliced into 8 thin slices.
  6. Top with chopped cooked bacon (drained from fat).
  7. Top with shredded Cheddar cheese.
  8. 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 Facts
Bacon, Cream Cheese, Cheddar Chicken
Amount Per Serving
Calories 602 Calories from Fat 423
% Daily Value*
Fat 47g72%
Saturated Fat 21g131%
Cholesterol 177mg59%
Sodium 734mg32%
Potassium 591mg17%
Carbohydrates 2g1%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 39g78%
Vitamin A 905IU18%
Vitamin C 1.3mg2%
Calcium 251mg25%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Filed Under: Bacon, Cheddar cheese, Cheese, Chicken, Cream cheese, Dinner, Gluten Free, Recipe Published: Jun 15, 2017 382 Comments

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Comments

  1. Charmette Duplessis

    Dec 23, 2020 at 8:53 pm

    This was delicious. My husband loved it! I drizzled the bacon grease over the chicken breast before baking for extra flavor!

    Reply
    • Julia

      Dec 24, 2020 at 3:53 pm

      Charmette, I am so happy to hear you liked this recipe! Thank you for your comment!

      Reply
  2. Kristen Meyers

    Dec 16, 2020 at 12:00 pm

    What sides would you say go best with his recipe ?

    Reply
    • Julia

      Dec 17, 2020 at 7:48 pm

      Hi Kristen, here are some side suggestions:

      Garlic and Bacon Green Beans

      Green Beans with Pine Nuts

      Asiago Cheese Roasted Brussels Sprouts

      Ham and Cheese Asparagus

      Oven-Roasted Asparagus with Bacon, Garlic, and Asiago Cheese

      Reply
  3. Rachel

    Dec 11, 2020 at 12:53 pm

    Would sweet potatoes be an OK side with this meal??

    Reply
    • Julia

      Dec 11, 2020 at 3:58 pm

      Absolutely! Especially, if you make something like sweet potato fries.

      Reply
  4. brooklyn grill

    Dec 05, 2020 at 10:58 pm

    Wow, it looks so tasty . I love your recipe very much. I think your dish is very delicious. I will make this recipe for my family and my friend. I hope you have more recipe like this. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Julia

      Dec 11, 2020 at 12:05 am

      You are very welcome! Enjoy!

      Reply
  5. Melissa

    Nov 19, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    Not sure what went wrong but my chicken was severely under cooked. Thin cut chicken breasts cooked at 400* in a convection oven for 28 minutes. The cheese on top was all dried out but everything else was pretty much raw. Cover and double the time.

    Reply
    • Julia

      Nov 20, 2020 at 1:14 pm

      Hi Melissa! Not sure what went wrong. Were the chicken breasts thawed before you put them in the oven? Was the oven pre-heated to 400 F BEFORE adding the chicken breasts? With my ovens, I found sometimes that the temperature is not always accurate – so that could be the case. Maybe the oven was underheated.

      Reply
  6. Erica

    Nov 17, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    What’s the serving size for the nutrition information?

    Reply
    • Julia

      Nov 19, 2020 at 12:59 pm

      The whole recipe makes 4 servings. So, one serving is 1 chicken breast + 1/4th of all the toppings.

      Reply
  7. Megan

    Nov 06, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    This looks so good! I also am a fan of k
    keto recipes and how to make my favorite foods in a less calorie and carb version!

    Reply
    • Julia

      Nov 14, 2020 at 7:55 pm

      Thank you, Megan! Enjoy the recipe!

      Reply
  8. Lynn Olson

    Nov 04, 2020 at 7:41 pm

    Made this tonite and was amazing!! Chicken was so moist and flavorful and the topping was awesome.
    Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Julia

      Nov 14, 2020 at 8:08 pm

      Lynn, your comment made my day! So glad you enjoyed this recipe! 🙂

      Reply
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