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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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Cooked it for the family and it is their new favorite!
So happy to hear that!
I tried this recipe and it was delicious and my particular husband loved it as well.
So glad you made this recipe and enjoyed it!
My stepdaughter just found out she is diabetic, so I've been looking for low carb and low sugar meals to make for her. I found this while searching. It is so simple, and really yummy! It's also a great dish to make with another daughter who is just learning to cook - very few ingredients and simple steps. We really love this! Thanks for sharing!
Cheryl, I am so glad you found this recipe useful! Enjoy! 🙂
Hello! I'm getting ready to enjoy this yummy dish too, but caught sight of your post about your daughter being a diabetic! I am 26 and have been type 1 since I was 7! If you ever need someone to bounce ideas off of or to vent to, I'm easy to find on social media 🙂 I'm hoping to start an online support group for type 1's because it's certainly an every day battle. God bless you! -Hannah Eagan
I made this tonight! So good but it is very rich so I paired it with white rice and that helped! Soooo good though!
I am so glad you tried this recipe! Serving it with rice sounds soo good! What a great choice of a side dish!
If you suck at making bacon try baking it. put it in the oven on 400° for 15 mins and voila nice crisp bacon!
Thanks for the tip! I also prefer to bake the bacon in the oven. Then, I drain the bacon slices on paper towels to get rid of extra grease.
Looks delicious I am making it tonight.. Can I ask is it 602 calories for one small breast of chicken?
Yes 602 calories is per one serving (one chicken breast with the toppings).
I wasn't sure if my kids would like this or not, it has now become one of the top favs! So easy to make and so delicious.
So happy to hear that! Love your comment! Thank you for your kind words!
This was really good... I was surprised that the cream cheese didn’t melt like most cheeses and it really added a richness to our meal. I paired it with a chopped green salad and steamed broccoli. Yes I’d make this again.
So happy to read comments like yours! Great idea to serve this with the green salad and steamed broccoli!
Was looking for a quick keto chicken with cream cheese recipe and came across yours. Made it tonight - it was so easy and very good. Next time I might add some chopped jalapenos. Thanks for such a quick and easy recipe!
You are very welcome! I am glad you liked this recipe! 🙂
This was delicious! And so easy.
I am glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
So easy and so good. thanks for sharing
You're welcome! I am glad you enjoyed it.
Seems kind of silly to me to advertise a recipe as gluten free, then to advocate mashed potatoes or rice as a side.
Well since rice and potatoes don’t have gluten - I think it makes sense.
This recipe was AMAZING!!! I used pre-cooked bacon (I suck at making bacon myself) and it was pretty darn tasty. I highly recommend trying it whether you are low carb or not!
Tiffany, I am so glad you liked this recipe! Thank you for taking your time to leave such a kind comment!
Seriously this is look very tasty , i need to try this one for my family .
Enjoy!
My 16 year old loved it it taste great and it is a very fast dish to make. Also as a bonus it is carb free and gluten free. Can not beat.
Alex, I am so happy to hear that! Glad you enjoyed this recipe. 🙂