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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.
Broccoli Bacon 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
- 2 cups broccoli florets , blanched, chopped
- 6 strips bacon , cooked, chopped
- ⅓ cup Mozzarella cheese , shredded
- 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 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.
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Nutrition
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This is my daughters absolute favorite recipe. I love that it's so easy! It's perfect! Thank you
Very disappointed. I would suggest putting the cheese on last during the last 15 minutes otherwise it'll be burnt . The cheese , broccoli, and bacon slid right off the chicken whole .
Made this tonight but added onions and mushrooms to it and also used applewood smoked bacon. Definitely make this again
Can I use chicken tenders instead of breast
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I made this tonight. Super easy i out dry Ranch Dressing on mine because my family loves ranch. No leftovers it will be a repeater
Made this last night. Cut chicken breasts in horizontal halves. Placed chicken in casserole and seasoned lightly with GOYA®-ADOBO (blue lid), freshly ground black pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. Placed in oven 10 minutes. Did not have broccoli so I used Doña María® nopalitos instead. Added a layer of 505 Southwestern® roasted green chile and the bacon. Placed in oven 20 minutes. Added cheese and placed in the oven an additional 10 minutes.
It was perfect. EVERYONE got seconds. Made 12 pieces for 6 of us.
It would be nice to have the nutritional information, or did I miss it?
I don't have that capability on my site yet, but you can use this online tool for now: https://www.verywell.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4129594
I made this tonight and it was a huge hit! I did tweak it a bit. I had 3 smallish chicken breasts that I pounded flat and then I made up a rub of cumin, seasoning salt, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, paprika, ground pepper and some dry broth. I also used a little bit more cheese because there's no such thing a small too much cheese for me! I baked at 400 for 23 minutes. Also blanching the broccoli was an awesome suggestion, it was the just right amount of tender and crunchy.
Valerie, so glad to hear you have enjoyed this recipe! Your seasoning mix sounds delicious on a chicken! I agree there is no such thing as too much cheese. 🙂
This was a HUGE fail. The broccoli burnt and the cheese separated (I was already hesitant to cook cheese at 400). Such a waste of expensive ingredients! It smelled so good and we were hopeful for a healthy, low carb meal. I would possibly try it again with chicken that was already cooked. Way too long in such a hot oven for the other ingredients!
Baking the chicken in the oven for 20 minutes at 400 F is pretty regular practice and a good temperature for cooking the chicken. It seems like your oven is way too hot - all ovens are different, and if you have an oven proof thermometer - I would recommend to check how hot your oven really gets. Either way, next time, just bake the chicken at 350 F in your oven, or even at lower temperature.
Maybe you had your rack to close to the top.
Added shallots and we all enjoyed!
Thank you, I am glad you liked it! Shallots are always a nice addition!
I, too, would like to know the nurtrition value/carb count for this. I noticed three other people asked and you skipped over those comments so... according to the ingredients list, the only real carb count would come from the two cups of broccoli (7.2 net carbs if using steamed from fresh or 3.2 if using raw) and the six strips of bacon (.6 at .1 carb per slice). If you use fresh block cheese and grate your own the carb count should be zero - but using preshredded cheeses in the package usually add a carb - the coating used for anticlumping is the culprit. So, depending on the way you prep your broccoli, 7.8 divided by 4 servings = 1.95 net carbs per serving and if you use raw broccoli that reduces the count to 3.8 net carbs for the entire dish divided by 4 servings to equal .95 net carbs per serving. I may be missing something because that sounds extremely low but according to the ingredients list that's all there is to count.
Shawna, what a great analysis of the ingredient list! You seem like a person who is really good with numbers. I did not know they add the coating to the pre shredded cheeses - it's good I pretty much always shred my own cheese. About the calorie count on my site - I don't have that capability yet, there are tools online though where you can plugin the ingredients, such as this one: https://www.caloriecount.com/
Can u use turkey breast instead of chicken breast
Yes, you can. Depending on what kind of turkey breast you use, your cooking time maybe slightly different.
I made this but used a packet of ranch seasoning on my chicken breasts after putting a little olive oil on the chicken. It was sooo good. Everyone loved it!
Thank you, Amy, for your suggestion - ranch seasoning sounds amazingly delicious with this combination of ingredients! 🙂
Hey Julia,
I just ran out of broccoli. Could I replace it with thinly cut asparagus? Thank you.
Yes, absolutely! If you like asparagus - use it! I would!