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Sun-Dried Tomato, Spinach, and Bacon Chicken

Published: Mar 07, 2016 | 132 Comments

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Sun-Dried Tomato, Spinach, and Bacon Chicken recipe – the chicken breasts are seasoned with dry Italian salad dressing mix, smothered with the creamed spinach, sun-dried tomatoes and bacon, and baked to perfection!  The best baked chicken ever!

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If you want to know how to cook the best chicken breasts, this is the recipe for you! No more boring, dry chicken. A lot of people prefer to bake their chicken vs. frying it on the stove top, and in this recipe the chicken breasts are baked in the oven and are very juicy and moist and flavorful thanks to all the stuff on top!

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This Sun-Dried Tomato, Spinach, and Bacon Smothered Chicken is one of the best chicken breast recipes I ever made! It’s just like stuffed chicken, instead you put everything on top and bake!

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How to make Sun-Dried Tomato Spinach Bacon Chicken:

Preheat the oven to 375 F. Use 4 small chicken breasts or 2 large chicken breast, sliced horizontally in half.
Butter the bottom of the baking dish. Season chicken breasts from both sides with the Italian salad dressing mix. Place the chicken breasts, flat side down, into the greased baking dish and bake for 15-20 minutes at 375 F.

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In the mean time, make the creamed spinach. Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add spinach and cook for only 1 or 2 minutes until it is heated through and starts to wilt. Remove from heat. Add minced garlic and half and half. Bring to boil. Add shredded mozzarella cheese and keep stirring, on high heat, until mozzarella cheese starts to melt – about 30 seconds. Reduce heat to simmer and keep stirring until you have a nice, smooth creamed spinach – about 30 seconds or 1 more minutes. The creamed spinach should be pretty thick in texture, not watery. If watery, bring to boil again and cook off extra liquid, constantly stirring. Season with salt. Remove from heat.

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Remove the baking pan with chicken breasts from the oven (you baked them for 15-20 minutes):

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Top each chicken breast with creamed spinach:

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Then, top with sun-dried tomatoes (drained from oil and chopped into smaller bites):

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Next, top with chopped cooked bacon:

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Next, top with the broken slices of pepper jack cheese.

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Bake in the oven, uncovered for 15-20 more minutes, until the smothered chicken is completely cooked through, no longer pink in the center, and the juices run clear:

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These are really some of the best baked chicken breasts I ever made!

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Sun-Dried Tomato, Spinach, and Bacon Chicken
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
1 hr
 

One of the best baked chicken breast recipes ever!  Chicken breasts are smothered with creamed spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, and bacon, and then baked in the oven.  Tender, moist, flavorful chicken.  No more boring chicken breasts! 

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American, Mediterranean
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 766 kcal
Author: Julia
Ingredients
Baked Chicken Breasts:
  • 1.5 lb chicken (4 small chicken breasts or 2 large chicken breasts sliced horizontally in half)
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 0.5 oz Italian Dressing mix packet (half the packet)
Creamed spinach:
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 6 oz baby spinach fresh
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 2/3 cup half and half
  • 2/3 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
Other ingredients:
  • 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes drained of oil, chopped into smaller bites
  • 4 slices bacon cooked
  • 4 slices Pepper Jack cheese or Monterey cheese with jalapenos
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 375 F.
  2. Butter the bottom of the baking dish. Season chicken breasts from both sides with the Italian salad dressing mix. Place the chicken breasts, flat side down, into the greased baking dish and bake for 15-20 minutes at 375 F.
How to make creamed spinach:
  1. In the mean time, heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add spinach and cook for only 1 or 2 minutes until it is heated through and starts to wilt. Remove from heat. Add minced garlic and half and half. Bring to boil. Add shredded mozzarella cheese and keep stirring, on high heat, until mozzarella cheese starts to melt - about 30 seconds. Reduce heat to simmer and keep stirring until you have a nice, smooth creamed spinach - about 30 seconds or 1 more minutes. The creamed spinach should be pretty thick in texture, not watery. If watery, bring to boil again and cook off extra liquid, constantly stirring. Season with salt. Remove from heat.
Smothered Chicken Breasts:
  1. Remove the baking pan with chicken breasts from the oven (you baked them for 15-20 minutes). Top each chicken breast with creamed spinach, sun-dried tomatoes (drained from oil and chopped into smaller bites), chopped cooked bacon, and broken slices of pepper jack cheese. Bake in the oven, uncovered for 15-20 more minutes, until the chicken is completely cooked through, no longer pink in the center, and the juices run clear.
Nutrition Facts
Sun-Dried Tomato, Spinach, and Bacon Chicken
Amount Per Serving
Calories 766 Calories from Fat 522
% Daily Value*
Fat 58g89%
Saturated Fat 25g156%
Cholesterol 204mg68%
Sodium 1068mg46%
Potassium 939mg27%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 49g98%
Vitamin A 4860IU97%
Vitamin C 18.6mg23%
Calcium 419mg42%
Iron 3.7mg21%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

This video shows how to make the chicken smothered with sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, and bacon:

Filed Under: Bacon, Chicken, Dinner, Gluten Free, Recipe, Spinach, Vegetables Published: Mar 07, 2016 132 Comments

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  1. Mimi

    Dec 20, 2020 at 12:02 pm

    Oh my goodness this was delicious! My husband was like “wow this is a do again!”
    I love creamed spinach so I made a much larger batch than it called for. The chicken was literally smothered in it. So moist! I also did not add any salt with the Italian dressing and the salt in the cheese it does not need any.

    Reply
    • Julia

      Dec 22, 2020 at 5:50 pm

      Mimi, I am so glad you and your husband enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for stopping by and sharing such wonderful feedback! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Loretta Holmes

    Nov 10, 2020 at 10:00 am

    Delicious!! My husband’s new favorite meal !!

    Reply
    • Julia

      Nov 14, 2020 at 7:27 pm

      Thank you, Loretta! So happy to hear that! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Lin

    Oct 14, 2020 at 5:27 pm

    Delicious! What should you put this over? Rice?

    Reply
  4. Shelley

    Oct 14, 2020 at 7:12 am

    So very yummy and easy to put together. I used Greek yoghurt instead of cream. it was delicious

    Reply
  5. lee

    Oct 06, 2020 at 9:16 pm

    Can you recommend another cheese?

    Reply
  6. Shay Gray

    Oct 06, 2020 at 8:13 pm

    Absolutely delicious!! Paired with Caesar salad!!

    Reply
  7. Melinda Harris

    Oct 01, 2020 at 7:30 pm

    You can’t tell me nothing about this new dish! Creamy Spinach Bacon Chicken Breast over pasta! Hehehehe..kids love it. I tweaked it a bit for my families taste by not adding sun dried tomatoes but adding onions. Everything else was pretty much the recipe but for 6 people. Delicious! Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  8. Pam

    Sep 11, 2020 at 9:17 pm

    Made this tonight loosely following the recipe…it was amazing and rill definitely make it again!

    Reply
  9. Denise Severino

    Aug 16, 2020 at 3:11 am

    i love it

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  10. JACKIE LANOUE

    Aug 15, 2020 at 2:20 pm

    This was so delicious. (I did add some G. Chili’s for heat). My Grand-Daughter and I almost ate all four breasts. . This is going in my “signature” file. Thanks for posting.

    Reply
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