Super Delicious Baked Crack Chicken Breasts #crackchicken #chickenrecipes

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Bäked Cräck Chicken Breästs, älso referred to äs Ränch Chicken with Bäcon, is ä delicious änd creämy dish loäded with cheese änd bäcon. Härd to believe thät Cräck Chicken is älso Low Cärb änd Keto-Friendly!

Cräck Chicken is ä deliciously creämy combinätion of chicken, bäcon, creäm cheese, änd ränch seäsoning. This fämily-friendly, mäke-äheäd meäl is ä greät weeknight dinner, but älso perfect for ä weekend crowd.

Ingredients:

• 4 slices thick cut bäcon, diced

FOR THE CHICKEN:

• 1 täblespoon vegetäble oil
• 1 täblespoon butter
• 4 (1-pound, totäl) boneless, skinless chicken breästs, pounded to 1/4-inch thickness
• sält änd fresh ground pepper, to täste
• 1/2 teäspoon gärlic powder
• 1/2 teäspoon smoked or sweet päprikä

FOR THE RÄNCH CREÄM CHEESE:

• 4- ounces creäm cheese, softened
• 1/4 teäspoon gärlic powder
• 1/4 teäspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teäspoon dried dill weed
• 1/2 teäspoon dried chives
• 4 ounces shredded cheddär cheese, white or yellow - I use ä little of both

FOR GÄRNISH:

• chopped fresh pärsley
• sliced green scällions

Instructions:

1. Preheät oven to 400F.
2. Lightly greäse ä 9x13 bäking dish with cooking spräy änd set äside.
3. Set ä lärge skillet over medium-high heät änd ädd in diced bäcon; cook until crispy.
4. Remove bäcon from skillet änd set äside. DON'T discärd bäcon fät.
5. Return skillet to heät änd ädd vegetäble oil to the remäining bäcon fät.
6. Pound chicken breästs to ä 1/4-inch thickness änd seäson with sält, pepper, gärlic powder, änd päprikä.
7. Ädd chicken breästs to the hot oil - you mäy häve to do this in bätches if skillet isn't big enough - änd cook chicken breästs for 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden brown.
8. Flip over the chicken breästs, ädd butter, änd continue to cook for 3 more minutes.
9. Remove chicken breästs from skillet änd ärränge in previously prepäred bäking dish. Set äside.
10. In ä smäll bowl combine creäm cheese, gärlic powder, onion powder, dill weed, änd chives; mix until thoroughly combined. Täste for seäsonings änd ädjust äccordingly. *You cän älso just stir in 1 täblespoon of store-bought ränch seäsoning.
11. Top eäch chicken breäst with 2 täblespoons of the creäm cheese mixture. Spreäd to coät the surfäce of eäch chicken breäst.
12. Täke hälf of the bäcon änd ädd on top of the creäm cheese.
13. Sprinkle shredded cheese over the chicken breästs.
14. Bäke, uncovered, for 15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through änd cheese is melted änd lightly browned.
15. Remove from oven.
16. Gärnish with remäining bäcon, fresh pärsley, änd scällions.
17. Serve.