This easy and delicious Hasselback Chicken is stuffed with Spinach, Parmesan, Mozzarella, Cream Cheese, and Bacon! Low-carb and gluten-free recipe! One-pan family meal made in a casserole dish.
Do you enjoy delicious and flavorful low-carb recipes? Then, this Hasselback chicken with cream cheese, bacon, and spinach is what you're looking for! It's packed with protein and low in carbs. You will also enjoy bacon cream cheese chicken and baked Ranch chicken with broccoli and bacon!
Hasselback Chicken
- What is the origin of the term Hasselback? Usually, we use it in reference to Hasselback potatoes - a traditional Swedish side dish. How is it made? The potato is sliced about halfway through into thin slices. Then it's topped with butter and other toppings and baked until crispy. Hasselback potatoes originated from Hasselbacken Restaurant in Stockholm.
- What is Hasselback chicken? The chicken breasts are slit halfway through into thin slices that are still connected at the base. Do not cut all the way through the chicken. The slits are then stuffed with the delicious toppings. And, the chicken is baked!
What to stuff chicken with
- What is the best chicken stuffing? The spinach dip and bacon! Cream cheese, Parmesan, Mozzarella, and Spinach goodness is stuffed into the slits of Hasselback chicken.
- You can also stuff the chicken with just cream cheese slices and cooked bacon.
- What you get is a creamy cheesy chicken with lots of savory flavors! The chicken breast is tender and moist thanks to the stuffing.
Why you will love this recipe
- Quick and easy! Just carefully make the slits in the large chicken breasts. Then, stuff the chicken!
- You get the spinach cream cheese dip + bacon with every bite!
- Versatile! Make your own spinach dip or you store-bought one! Or, use any other cheese dip. This recipe is also great if you want to use up any leftover spinach dip or other kinds of cheese dip.
- This Hasselback chicken is a gluten-free and low-carb recipe.
- It's a one-pan meal! Made in a casserole dish! Only one pan to clean.
Side Dishes
How to make Hasselback chicken
1) Preheat oven to 375 F.
2) Use large chicken breasts. They are easier to handle when making slits.
3) Slice the top of each chicken breast. Make about 6 slits on top of each chicken breast, going ¾ way down, without cutting it through.
4) Add chicken breasts to the casserole dish.
5) Mix spinach dip ingredients together: cream cheese, Mozzarella, Parmesan, spinach, minced garlic.
6) Fill the slits with the spinach dip. You will only use half of the dip.
7) Slice cooked bacon horizontally into shorter slices. Slide them into slits. Or, just place them on top of chicken. They will pop out anyway when cooking.
8) Cook at 375 F for 20-30 minutes until the Hasselback chicken is cooked through.
Tips and Tricks
- Use large chicken breasts. They are easier to use for Hasselback chicken.
- Make about 6 slits on top of each chicken breast. The slits should be made halfway through or ¾ way down and still connected at the base. Do not cut all the way through the chicken.
- Use cooked and drained bacon slices.
- Stuff the chicken in the casserole dish to minimize the mess.
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Hasselback Chicken with Bacon, Cream Cheese, and Spinach
Ingredients
Spinach Dip
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ⅓ cup Mozzarella cheese
- ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 5 ounces frozen spinach chopped, thawed
- salt to taste
Hasselback Chicken
- 4 chicken breasts
- 6 strips bacon cooked, drained
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Mix spinach dip ingredients together. Add salt to taste.
- Slice the top of each chicken breast. Make about 6 slits on top of each chicken breast, going ¾ way down, without cutting it through.
- Add chicken breasts to the casserole dish.
- Fill the slits with the spinach dip. You will only use half of the dip.
- Slice cooked bacon horizontally into shorter slices. Slide them into slits. Or, just place them on top of chicken. They will pop out anyway when cooking.
- Cook at 375 F for 20-30 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
Nutrition
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You say that only half the spinach dip will be used - what happens to the other half? Or why not just halve the recipe??
Hi Julia! This is one of my older recipes—I made too much dip and realized it was more than needed for stuffing the chicken. You can enjoy the extra as a snack with crackers or serve it alongside the chicken breasts!
all the recipes this week are cheesy. I won't be able to use any of them.
I spotted this recipe and it sounded very tasty and fairly easy to prep. I was right, we’ve now had it twice!
What do you do with the rest of the dip?
Fat content is VERY high in so many of the recipes. Puts me off making them
To reduce fat content, use low fat cream cheese, part skim mozzarella
and turkey bacon. The chicken breasts are super low fat and obviously the spinach is healthy. Problem solved easily.
Wow, great tips, Lori! Thank you so much for chiming in! 🙂
Julia - thanks. I have to make modifications to many recipes (not just yours) to achieve low-sodium, lower fat and heart healthy meals. Husband has not follow these guidelines for his health issues. Lord if folks don’t get that fat is not always bad. Good fats and bad ones. But everything can be adjusted. Thank you for all your wonderful recipes and hard work.
Hi Lori! Thank you so much for your thoughtful message! 🙂 I’m glad my recipes can be a helpful starting point, and I truly appreciate your kind words and support. 🙂