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Baked Chicken Zucchini with Bacon is a low carb dinner packed with protein and veggies! Chicken breasts are smothered with Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Everything is baked in a casserole dish. This easy and quick family-friendly meal is gluten-free.
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This Chicken and Zucchini Bake with Parmesan & Mozzarella is made in a casserole dish. It's a delicious one-pan meal with only one dish to clean! The chicken is seasoned with dry Ranch seasoning mix. The chicken breasts are moist and tender. They are baked with lots of Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese in a casserole dish. This is a great recipe if you're looking to incorporate more veggies into your recipes.
The low-carb chicken zucchini recipe
- Chicken adds a good amount of protein to your dinner.
- Zucchini is low in calories and a good source of dietary fiber.
- All the ingredients used in this recipe have a low-carb count: chicken, zucchini, bacon, Parmesan, Mozzarella, bacon.
- Want more delicious low-carb chicken bakes? Try this cream cheese chicken or buffalo chicken bake.
Why you will love this recipe
- Everything is baked in a casserole dish. The clean up is minimal! One pan to clean.
- It's a great recipe if you want to add veggies to your dinner in a delicious way.
- Baked chicken with zucchini is a low-carb, gluten-free recipe, packed with protein!
- Because there is so much protein in this recipe, it will keep you full and satisfied for a long time! Miss carbs? Pair this chicken zucchini with easy-to-make four cheese pasta (use store-bought cheese mix) or mushroom pasta.
- The flavors are amazing! Zucchini, crispy bacon, Mozzarella, and Parmesan. All that on top of chicken breasts seasoned with Ranch mix!
- Everyone in your family will love this recipe! After all, it has bacon!
Side dishes
Serve this Chicken Zucchini Bake with roasted veggies, such as asparagus or broccoli. If you want to add carbs to your dinner, serve this over plain or flavored rice. You can also serve the chicken with angel hair pasta or spaghetti. Here are more ideas:
How to make baked chicken zucchini
1) Heat oven to 375 F.
2) Add 4 chicken breasts to casserole dish.
3) Sprinkle the chicken with dry Ranch seasoning.
4) Top with sliced zucchini.
5) Top with chopped cooked bacon.
6) Top with shredded Parmesan and Mozzarella cheeses.
7) Bake uncovered for about 20 minutes.
8) Broil for the last 2-3 minutes (optional).
9) Remove from the oven.
10) Allow the chicken zucchini rest in the casserole dish for 5-10 minutes. It will continue cooking as it rests.
Other chicken bake recipes with veggies
Main dishes with zucchini
- Parmesan Zucchini Spaghetti Squash with Pine Nuts
- Thai Zucchini Noodles
- Parmesan Zucchini Chicken Pasta
Chicken Zucchini Bake with Bacon
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts thinly sliced
- 0.5 oz dry Ranch seasoning (½ packet)
- 1 zucchini thinly sliced
- 6 strips bacon cooked, drained, chopped
- ½ cup Mozzarella cheese shredded
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese shredded
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 F.
- Add 4 chicken breasts to casserole dish.
- Sprinkle the chicken with dry Ranch seasoning mix.
- Top with sliced zucchini and chopped cooked bacon.
- Top with shredded Parmesan and Mozzarella cheeses.
- Bake uncovered for about 20 minutes.
- Broil for the last 2-3 minutes (optional).
- Remove from the oven.
- Allow the chicken rest in the casserole dish. It will continue cooking as it rests for 5-10 minutes.
Notes
- Use regular chicken breasts or thinly sliced chicken breasts. If your chicken breasts are large, slice each one in half horizontally. By doing this, you can make 2 thinly sliced chicken breasts out of each large chicken breast.
- The chicken should be cooked through in about 20 minutes. The actual time depends on your oven. All ovens are different. It also depends on the thickness of your chicken breasts. Thin chicken breasts will cook faster.
- The chicken is cooked through when it's no longer pink in the center.
- When broiling, check often. Make sure the cheese doesn't burn too much on top of the chicken.
Nutrition
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Haven’t tried your recipes as yet but love to cook! I am also a Caregiver for a 93-yr old gentleman in Tulsa, OK, & he loves my cooking but, truth be known, he’ll eat anything! I also prepare ALL his meals & dinner for him & one of his kids
Can’t wait to try your recipes as they all LOOK & SOUND so amazing!!!
Had some Steelhead Trout/Salmon (an entire half) & was looking for a recipe to make w/cilantro because I LOVE cilantro & salmon!
This came out great and we're about to make it again. I did slightly change from ranch seasoning to an Italian blend because that was what I had. Really anything flavorful will work because cheese and bacon! I also had 1 tomato that was otherwise going to waste. Added that with the zucchini, sliced on top. SO good, added a really nice amount of tomato without overwhelming.
Thank you, Jamie! I am glad you liked this recipe! The Italian blend sounds delicious, so does the addition of the tomato.
You got a video of it how to make it ?
What is the approximate weight per serving of chicken? a chicken breast can be anywhere from 5-9 oz. and can change the nutrition value of the dish significantly.
I've used thinly sliced chicken breasts. Not sure what the exact weight is, but I did use thinly sliced chicken breasts (not thick ones).
This looks incredible! I think I'm going to give it a try this weekend. Thanks for the idea!
Enjoy!
Delicious!! I made it with the fiesta ranch dry seasoning mix and added sun dried tomatoes with some extra seasonings at it was great!!
So glad you tried it and enjoyed it! Adding sun-dried tomatoes sounds delicious!
What dry ranch seasoning do you use because I have not found one that is gluten free?
I don't know of a gluten free dry ranch either...
This was delicious! I did not "change" anything from the original recipe but I did "add" some additional items as my garden is plentiful. To the zucchini layer, I added diced red onion, chopped jalapeno, minced garlic and a combination of diced regular tomatoes and halved cherry tomatoes. Before I broiled it at the end, I added some chopped fresh basil and a drizzle of olive oil. Very good, easy recipe. I served it with a side of cauliflower rice. I will use this recipe often and will improvise with whatever veggies I have on hand. (Although I sliced my larger chicken breasts in half horizontally, I did still have to cook it for 30 minutes to get the chicken cooked and the veggies soft enough - could be because I added so many more).
I forgot to add the star rating to my original comments.
Thank you, Cara, for such a detailed and thoughtful comment! First of all, I am very jealous that you have a garden with fresh vegetables. It's my dream to have a garden someday, too. Your additions to the recipe sound delicious. I love your choice of the side dish, too - cauliflower rice is perfect for this chicken bake to soak up all the juices from it.
I made this last night. I don't usually add bacon to things but I think this was a really nice change from the usual roast chicken cycle. However, I do think most people will struggle to get chicken cooked done at that time/temperature; we never buy thin cut and I find usually they are too unevenly sized for great results when cutting lengthwise as suggested. We used 3 breasts and pounded them out to be quite flat, filling the 9x13 with just the three. I baked at 375 and it still took a little over 35 minutes for an instant read thermometer to meet the required temperature on all 3 breasts. It made the bacon extra crispy by that time, so in the future I would probably bake the first 25 minutes covered, and maybe at a higher temp so the time isn't as long.
HOWEVER, this is really delicious. I will make it again I'm pretty sure. We made a couple slight changes based on what I had on hand; no ranch seasoning, so I used a Penzey's spice blend, heavily applied. I also added a smeared layer of garlic paste over each breast, which I haven't ever done but wow, it was great for garlicky goodness for flavorful chicken without bothering to marinate (or try very hard) 🙂 I also had two tomatoes on their last leg so we sliced and put that on top of zucchini. It really added something, more than I usually expect out of a slice of tomato! The bacon and cheese were just the right thing to top it off. Again, I really enjoyed this idea and would have used ranch if I'd had it, I think that would be quite good too. (If any Penzey's addicts read this, I used a heavy hand with Justice seasoning.)
Jamie, thank you for such a thoughtful and detailed comment. Love the idea of adding the garlic paste over the chicken, as well as the addition of the tomatoes on top of zucchini!
What would be the suggested serving size? Or are the nutrition facts on complete recipy?
This recipe serves 4 people. The nutrition facts are for 1 serving.
My chicken was still raw at 375* after 20 mins. My chicken was thinner than those in picture. I thought 20 minutes was a little quick.
By far the best keto recipe my roommate and I have found!!! We cook about 3 large meals on the weekends so we have leftovers during the week. We made this, but increased ingredients to go with 3 lbs of chicken. However, it didn't last but a few days because we've almost eaten it all! We brainstormed, and now we're going to try and make it again but with pork chops and a veggie mix of yellow squash and asparagus. Wish us luck!
Thank you so much for such a wonderful comment! Glad you enjoyed this recipe!
looking forward to trying this tonight. I did have difficulty with the print page though - the picture was so large that the recipe itself was kind of chopped up. Could just be my computer (or user error!) but thought I would mention.
Enjoy the recipe! Sorry to hear about the print page - please let me know if it happens again.
This was a great recipe! Super easy and delicious! Will make again for sure!
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe!
This is a great recipe!! Thank you for posting it!
Thank you! 🙂