If you love chicken and bacon recipes (and who doesn’t?), you will really enjoy this easy Broccoli Bacon Cheddar Chicken dinner. Just throw everything on top of chicken in casserole dish, and then bake in one pan for 30 minutes! Done! Low-carb, gluten-free, keto friendly chicken recipe.
I’d like to note that there is nothing creative about this recipe. All the ingredients are very basic: chicken, broccoli, bacon, cheddar cheese. But the assembly and the cooking technique are so easy, which I hope makes this dish attractive to many, especially to those who love chicken and broccoli recipes.
And, by the way, in terms of simplicity and the ingredients, this recipe is very similar to my ranch chicken bake and buffalo chicken bake with bacon. It’s all about making our dinners easy without sacrificing taste and our favorite ingredients.
Keto Friendly Chicken Recipes
Here are some more keto friendly recipes similar to this one. If you want to cook low carb, gluten free, high protein and higher fat recipes, take a look at these:
- Gluten free and low-carb chicken bake: Bacon Cream Cheese Cheddar Chicken
- 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
- And, one more super delicious low-carb, gluten free and keto-friendly chicken recipe: Basil Pesto Tomato Mozzarella Chicken Bake
When you don’t have too much time on your hands and don’t want to think about what to cook for dinner – make this broccoli bacon chicken!
I recommend to blanch the broccoli before adding it on top of chicken (blanching means adding broccoli to boiling water just for a couple of minutes, removing it and draining it well). Blanching the broccoli makes it moist and brighter in color.
How to make this broccoli bacon cheddar chicken:
First, add chicken breasts to the casserole dish:
Then, add blanched broccoli on top of chicken. Blanched just means that you add broccoli to boiling water for a couple of minutes, then drain it well – it makes the broccoli moist and brighter in color:
Next, add chopped cooked bacon on top of broccoli and chicken:
Add shredded Mozzarella cheese:
Finally, add shredded Cheddar cheese:
Bake your bacon broccoli chicken for about 30 minutes at 400 F in the preheated oven. The exact baking time will depend on the thickness of your chicken breasts.
If you enjoy chicken and broccoli recipes, you'll love this easy Broccoli Bacon Cheddar Chicken dinner. All you do is throw chicken breasts in a casserole dish, then top with the rest of the ingredients and bake for 30 minutes! Low-carb, gluten-free, keto friendly chicken recipe.
- 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
- 2 cups broccoli florets , blanched, chopped
- 6 strips bacon , cooked, chopped
- 1/3 cup Mozzarella cheese , shredded
- 1 cup Cheddar cheese , shredded
- 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 chopped and blanched broccoli florets.
- Top with chopped cooked bacon.
- Top with shredded Mozzarella cheese.
- 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.
can I add cream of chicken?
This recipe has been added to my favorites! We’ve made it many times and we absolutely love it!! I do use extra bacon and cheese, I also use a little bit of the bacon drippings on top. I sometimes have crammed more chicken into the pan, or doubled the recipe using a larger pan, but this has been a mistake as it takes “forever” to get the chicken to finish. It’s much better to divide between two pans and bake both pans side by side. We have used this recipe for company or when making a meal for people in need after surgery, new baby etc. We also make roasted red-skin potatoes as a side, and that’s perfect! Thank you for this awesome recipe!!!
can this be done with turkey bacon and other kids of cheeses? my fiance is needing to lower his cholesterol.
You can use turkey bacon if you like!
I made this today for hubby and I for our lunch. Loved it. I kept the chicken whole. I was a bit worried out putting the cooked bacon on top of the raw chicken, so browned it up in a frying pan before cooking it in the oven. I also made a gravy out of the juices and some heavy cream, with also some of the bacon that was left after dishing it up. Will definitely cook it again .
So glad you enjoyed this recipe! 🙂
I marinated the chicken first (balsamic vinaigrette with basil and citrus from Sam’s Club) was absolutely delicious.
What a great idea to marinate the chicken! Glad you enjoyed the recipe! 🙂
This was just so so delicious. Even the kids loved it. I added leek and corn and a squirt of mayo prior to cooking. Also did it with thighs cos thats what we had. Then i made a gravy with the juices.
So glad you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for sharing your comment!
Can I use frozen broccoli florets?
Yes, but I would thaw them first.
Gosh this was so easy to make and very delicious. Thank you for an easy dinner that was low carb
You are very welcome! I am glad you enjoyed it!