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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.
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.
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.
Next, sprinkle chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Top with cream cheese.
Next, top with chopped cooked bacon.
Finally, top with shredded Cheddar cheese.
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.
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.
Bacon, Cream Cheese, Cheddar Chicken
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
- Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
- Top with cream cheese. Cream cheese should be cold, right out of the fridge, sliced into 8 thin slices.
- Top with chopped cooked bacon (drained from fat).
- Top with shredded Cheddar cheese.
- 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
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The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
I see you have it over 600 calories but what is the serving size? All 4 pieces or each one..
It says "4 servings" at the top of the ingredients list like most recipes...
Correct, the number of servings is at the top of the recipe card (closer to the photo of the dish).
The calorie count is per serving. There are total 4 servings.
Ive been fighting a cold and needed some spice and had the chucken and cream cheese to use when i came across the recipe.... i added jalapenos and onions... OMG ny family said DONT LOSE THIS RECIPE!! I will be sharing with friends and will definetly be making this again!!
So happy you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comment! 🙂
My husband and I love this. I brown the chicken in some butter and garlic before putting it in the oven and adding the other ingredients. So very good!
So glad both of you like this recipe! What a great idea to brown the chicken in some butter and garlic - adds extra flavor!
It was delicious. My son loved it too. He liked the cream cheese the best, so did I!!
So glad both you and your son enjoyed it! 🙂 .
I made this last week. It was so yummy. My husband and I really like it. I think it will become a regular weekly supper for us.
So happy to hear that! 🙂 .
I just cooked this for dinner and it was a big hit. Hey husband didn’t talk at all and cleaned his plate before anyone, my 2 year old loves it too
So happy to hear that, Cassandra!
Hi Julia! Can bone in breast or legs with skin removed be used? There was a great sale last week so I have alot of those in my freezer. Maybe increase cooking time? This looks and sounds delicious. Thanks in advance.
This recipe is best suited for boneless chicken. You can use boneless chicken breast or boneless chicken thighs - they will work best!
Just made this for dinner... so simple and delicious! I cooked my bacon strips on the skillet until they were just starting to curl up and laid 2 strips on each chicken breast instead of chopping them up. Broiled the last 2 minutes. Perfect! Will make again.
So glad you liked it! Such a great idea to just add 2 strips of cooked bacon on each chicken breast and then bake the dish! Yummy!
OMGoodness this was delicious Now I don’t want chicken any other way!! Awesome recipe.
So happy to hear that! Thank you for your kind words! 🙂
The recipe was delicious easy and didn't take long to prepare or cook.
I will definitely make this recipe going forward and recommend it to my family and friends.
I think the next time I will add something to the cream cheese though to flavor it.
I'll let you know how that works out.
Thank you! I am so happy you enjoyed this recipe! 🙂
The recipe was delicious easy and didn't take long to prepare or cook.
I will definitely make this recipe going forward and recommend it to my family and friends.
I think the next time I will add something to the cream cheese though to flavor it.
I'll let you know how that works out.
Love this recipe,so easy and delicious!! I am not a person who loves to cook but this is worth it !! My husband and daughter love this too. Thanks send me more Keto recipes
So glad you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for such a wonderful comment! 🙂
This is actually one of my absolute favorite recipes of all time. I CRAVE it. So simple and easy yet so satisfying. I lost count of how many times I’ve made it! Thank you for this fantastic recipe!
Thank you for such a wonderful comment! So glad you liked it and took your time to leave a feedback on my site. 🙂
How many calories per chicken
The whole recipe makes 4 chicken breasts (4 servings), there are 602 calories per one serving (1 chicken breast).
Will whipped cream cheese be just as good?
I think the texture of the regular cream cheese is better suited for this recipe. Regular cream cheese (not whipped kind) will hold its shape better.