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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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I followed this recipe to the letter. The flavors were really good but I thought it was too dry even though I had the temperature right about the chicken.. Is it juicy for everyone else?
Just reduce the cooking time slightly the next time.
Looks so yummy. Love this low carb meal idea. Love the fresh zucchini. What a fun way to change up chicken for dinner. And who doesn't love bacon!
I agree - chicken and zucchini bake a great combination!
I have some cooked rotisserie chicken I am going to use that way I don’t have to worry about it not being done.
What a great idea! I love rotisserie chicken - it will taste great with this recipe.
Should there be fiber listed in Nutrition Facts?
Can’t wait to try this, I think I will slice the chicken so it will cook thoroughly, sounds so good, Thanks for the recipe, I’ll let you know how it turned out!
Enjoy! Yes, slicing the chicken is a great idea! I used thinly sliced chicken breasts to speed up cooking times.
I loved this the first time I cooked it. I used real bacon pieces so it was even quicker & still very tasty. Gave my mom recipe she loved it, second time she used zesty ranch she saud it was awesome. Tonight I'm going to add some mushrooms in.
Jackie, I am so glad you've enjoyed this recipe! Zesty ranch sounds delicious with chicken! Mushrooms are a great addition, too!
I don’t cook. This was so easy, and amazingly good. Thank you.
Mickie, you are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed this! Thank you for 5-star review!
20 min. For chicken? I don't think so.
Exactly...I cooked it covered for 30 minutes...then removed the cover and cooked for 15 more minutes. Turned out perfect.
Ok, I’ve had my eye on this recipe for weeks and tried it tonight. First of all, there is NO WAY you can bake a chicken breast at 375° for 20min and it be cooked through. Maybe with chicken tenders? NOT with any decent cut of chicken.
That said, I checked at 30 mins and it wasn’t even CLOSE to cooked and I’m using smaller to medium sized breasts.
I doubled up on the ranch seasoning and popped the chicken and zucchini ONLY in the oven. At about the 45min mark, it was about done cooking through. Once I saw that, I smothered bacon, cheese then more bacon. Cooked another 5-7min. Put the broiler on and let it broil for 3-4min then let it rest. The entire process was right at an hour.
Aside from this, the dish itself is great! I suggest doubling up on the ranch. When the chicken cooks, water will form in the dish and the seasoning will run to the bottom. Can’t hurt to give it more flavor! 😉
Agree with your review! Sam Erving happened to me!
I would use thinly sliced skinless, boneless chicken breasts for this recipe.
Wow! This was absolutely delicious!!! My chicken wasn't cooked after 20 minutes. Maybe it'sy and oven? I cooked it an additional 8 minutes. Yum!!!! Added them s to our favorites list! Thanks for sharing.
Chicken was raw after 20 min. Guess my breasts were to thick. Putting back in for 15 more minutes... had to cover BC the cheese was already browned
Trying today without bacon ❤️
I'll try again until it looks as good as the picture
Didn't have any bacon so used pepperoni instead! Yummy! Thanks for the recipe and idea!
Was delicious. Family loved it. Thanks for the recipe
Sarah, you are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed the recipe! 🙂
This was amazing, we added sautéed onion and garlic( cooked in the bacon grease) turned out so yummy!!
Amy, so glad you liked this recipe! Love the addition of onion and garlic!