Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Blue Cheese and Pecans

Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Blue Cheese and Pecans takes roughly 40 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe serves 4 and costs $2.17 per serving. One portion of this dish contains about 16g of protein, 42g of fat, and a total of 476 calories. 951 person have tried and liked this recipe. It works well as a budget friendly beverage. A mixture of scallions, half & half, skinless boneless chicken breast, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. With a spoonacular score of 47%, this dish is solid. Grilled Prosciutto-wrapped Figs With Blue Cheese And Pecans, Spinach Salad with Cranberries, Pecans, Bacon, and Blue Cheese, and Bacon-Wrapped Blue Cheese Stuffed Dates are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 20 minutes

Cooking duration: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 cup blue cheese crumbles

2 tablespoons butter

1 cup chicken stock

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons grainy mustard

1/2 cup half-and-half or cream

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1/4 cup toasted pecans, chopped

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 scallions, sliced on bias

4 pieces boneless, skinless chicken breast

4 slices good-quality center cut bacon

Equipment:

oven

baking paper

toothpicks

frying pan

baking sheet

whisk

Cooking instruction summary:

Watch how to make this recipe. Heat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butterfly the chicken breast pieces by cutting across the breast but not all the way through. Open the breasts up and pound lightly between parchment paper. Peel paper away and season the meat with salt and pepper. Cover the seasoned chicken cutlets with blue cheese crumbles, pecans and scallions in equal amounts. Roll the chicken, wrap each roll with bacon and secure with toothpicks. Season the outside of the rolls with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken evenly all over, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a small baking sheet, place in the oven and cook 10 minutes more. Melt the butter in the same skillet pan the chicken was seared in over medium heat. Whisk in flour, cook 1 minute then whisk in stock. Let thicken a minute then whisk in the half-and-half and grain mustard, season with salt and pepper, reduce heat to warm. Halve the chicken and stack to show off the center. Set chicken in gravy or pour over top. Serve with rice and greens, if desired.

 

Step by step:


1. Watch how to make this recipe.

2. Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.

3. Butterfly the chicken breast pieces by cutting across the breast but not all the way through. Open the breasts up and pound lightly between parchment paper. Peel paper away and season the meat with salt and pepper.

4. Cover the seasoned chicken cutlets with blue cheese crumbles, pecans and scallions in equal amounts.

5. Roll the chicken, wrap each roll with bacon and secure with toothpicks. Season the outside of the rolls with salt and pepper.

6. Heat the olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken evenly all over, 5 to 6 minutes.

7. Transfer the chicken to a small baking sheet, place in the oven and cook 10 minutes more.

8. Melt the butter in the same skillet pan the chicken was seared in over medium heat.

9. Whisk in flour, cook 1 minute then whisk in stock.

10. Let thicken a minute then whisk in the half-and-half and grain mustard, season with salt and pepper, reduce heat to warm.

11. Halve the chicken and stack to show off the center. Set chicken in gravy or pour over top.

12. Serve with rice and greens, if desired.


Nutrition Information:

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475k Calories
15g Protein
42g Total Fat
9g Carbs
4% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
475k
24%

Fat
42g
65%

  Saturated Fat
17g
112%

Carbohydrates
9g
3%

  Sugar
1g
2%

Cholesterol
77mg
26%

Sodium
1138mg
50%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
15g
32%

Selenium
18µg
26%

Phosphorus
262mg
26%

Calcium
229mg
23%

Manganese
0.35mg
18%

Vitamin B2
0.29mg
17%

Vitamin B3
3mg
16%

Vitamin B1
0.24mg
16%

Vitamin K
16µg
16%

Zinc
1mg
13%

Vitamin A
623IU
12%

Vitamin B12
0.71µg
12%

Vitamin B6
0.23mg
12%

Vitamin B5
0.99mg
10%

Potassium
321mg
9%

Vitamin E
1mg
8%

Magnesium
31mg
8%

Copper
0.16mg
8%

Folate
28µg
7%

Iron
0.96mg
5%

Fiber
1g
4%

Vitamin D
0.48µg
3%

Vitamin C
1mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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