Barbecue Chicken with Bacon and Cheddar
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This Barbecue Chicken with Bacon and Cheddar is an easy and delicious 4-ingredient dinner that will have you firing up the grill any time of the year!
Disclaimer: I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls and provided product samples by Kraft Foods, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.
I don’t know about you, but we totally grill outside year round. Why not?! Some things are just better grilled, and this Barbecue Chicken with Bacon and Cheddar dinner is definitely one of them!
I’m excited to share with you that this month, Kraft Barbecue Sauce is celebrating the launch of a newly revamped line of sauces with recipes that feature high-quality ingredients like tomatoes, sweet molasses, cider vinegar and cane sugar because that’s what we barbecue sauce lovers want – bold flavors, high-quality ingredients, and no high fructose corn syrup! Am I right?! Well, Kraft is bringing it! In addition, the sauces will be in a new package design.
New Kraft Barbecue Sauce is available in eight varieties across smoky, sweet and spicy flavors: Original, Hickory Smoke, Sweet Honey (pictured below), Mesquite Smoke, Sweet Brown Sugar, Sweet & Spicy, Spicy Honey, and Thick & Spicy. Doesn’t all this talk about sauce make you want to get your barbecue on?!
Ingredients
The recipe I’m sharing today is 4-ingredients easy, but is already on the dinner rotation again for our family, we liked it so much! All you need is boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced bacon, Kraft bbq sauce, and sliced cheddar cheese.
You can see in the picture of my prep set up the little bit of snow left on the ground. We actually made this a few days before we got hit hard with another storm, so we were lucky it wasn’t snowing on us. We’re hard core, but maybe not so much when the snow is coming down, haha.
How to Make It
For each person in your family, wrap a 4-oz chicken breast with 2 slices of bacon.
Grill and baste the bacon wrapped chicken with Kraft Barbecue Sauce; in this case we used the Sweet Honey variety.
Then top each chicken breast with a slice of cheddar cheese that’s been quartered and stacked. Drizzle a little more barbecue sauce over the top and you have got a chicken breast dinner to remember!
You’ll want to make this Barbecue Chicken with Bacon and Cheddar ASAP! Don’t wait for the weather to get better! Fire up that grill and enjoy saucy barbecue creations year round!
Barbecue Chicken with Bacon and Cheddar
Ingredients
- 4 (4oz) boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 8 regular slices of bacon
- 1/2 cup Kraft Sweet Honey Barbecue Sauce, divided (half for basting, half for drizzling on top of the cheese)
- 4 slices medium cheddar cheese, quartered
Instructions
- Preheat grill outside.
- Wrap each piece of chicken tightly with two slices of bacon.
- Place chicken on grill and cook about 6 to 7 minutes on each side until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit, basting with barbecue sauce as desired.
- Top with 4 quarter pieces of cheese, shingled over the chicken breast.
- Drizzle with remaining barbecue sauce and heat until cheese is melty. Remove from grill and serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Recipe inspired by Add a Pinch
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Hi, I’m Amber! I am a culinary graduate and dessert lover! This is where I share my favorite sweet and savory recipes alongside my knowledge and skills as a culinary graduate. I hope you find something you like!
15 Comments on “Barbecue Chicken with Bacon and Cheddar”
Ummm woww!!! This chicken has literally made me speechless. I am SUCH a bbq sauce kinda-girl and I love all the cheesy barbecue goodness in this chicken! Pinned. 🙂
It’s not the most nutritious with the bacon and cheese, but definitely the tastiest! We loved it!
Yes, I am curious, too about trying to make this either stove top or oven. We can’t grill. thanks!
Hi! I just wrote this for the other reader with the same question:
You could do it in the oven. I would do 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 to 25 minutes until the bacon is crisp and the internal temperature of the chicken is 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Baste it with barbecue sauce like halfway through, then add the cheese and drizzle of barbecue sauce the last 3 to 5 minutes. Enjoy!
You can also do it on the stove top, just be careful of the bacon splattering. Medium-low heat. Cook it slow about 7 minutes each side till it’s fully cooked.
Ooh my. That chicken looks tasty! And yes, I’m totally jealous of the mitt. haha
Thanks Allison! The mitt is so fun, right?! Keeps you warm and safe from the flames!
Could you make this yummy looking chicken in the oven? What oven temperature would you set and how long would you cook them? I love all your recipes and emails! Thanks so much!
Hi Sue,
Sorry for the delay in responding. You could do it in the oven. I would do 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 to 25 minutes until the bacon is crisp and the internal temperature of the chicken is 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Baste it with barbecue sauce like halfway through, then add the cheese and drizzle of barbecue sauce the last 3 to 5 minutes. Enjoy!
Thanks so much, Amber! It is tough to grill outside in snow and single digit temperatures! LOL and I can’t convince my husband that it’s a good idea! So again, thanks for the info. I cannot wait to try it! Yum yum!
We grill all year round too, I think food tastes so much better on the grill! I love this chicken recipe, it literally has everything I loved all combined into one.
I agree! Sometimes grilling is just best! This chicken has a lot of delicious flavors going on, that’s for sure! I hope you try it sometime!
My husband loves grilling all year long too – even when it’s snowing! haha This bacon wrapped chicken looks incredible! I am drooling over the sauce and cheese!
Wow, y’all are hard core! I bet my husband would, but I will stay dry and warm inside and wait for the food! Thanks Kelly!
I need to get one of those mitts for my guy! I am forever sending him out to grill our steaks.
Bacon wrapped chicken with bbq sauce and cheddar cheese sound amazing. Love this!
Isn’t it awesome?! Definitely keeps you warm while you grill and we are already planning on making this chicken again!