Bacon wrapped chicken breasts, stuffed with spinach and goat cheese
The Stuff you need:
- 10 oz chopped frozen spinach, thawed and drained dry
- 12 pieces bacon cooked to soft, and drained (pliable enough to wrap the stuffed breasts in)
- 4 ounces crumbled goat cheese
- 1- 8 oz pkg cream cheese softened
- 8 oz shredded pepper jack cheese
- 6 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
- 1 Tablespoon crushed red pepper
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon hot sauce
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ cup mayonaise
What to do with the Stuff:
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Use a large skillet that you cooked the bacon in – use approx 4TBS of the bacon grease- or olive oil
- Sautee garlic, onion, then add spinach to pan; cook 2-3 minutes to warm through spinach remove from heat
- In the pan, combine the spinach mixture, with the cheeses, add lemon pepper, crushed red peppers, salt, pepper
- Cut a horizontal slit through the thickest portion of each chicken breast to butterfly
- Spread fair amount on each breast (2TBS)
- Roll around cheese mixture to form a ball
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper
- Wrap stuffed breasts tightly with softened bacon strips to completely cover the stuffed chicken breast
- Place in lightly greased pan
- To the remaining spinach /cheese mixture, (and any leftover bacon if you have-chopped) add sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice and hot sauce, mix well
- Pour sauce over top, bake at 375° for 50 min