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!
1.5lbs.chicken4 small chicken breasts or 2 large chicken breasts sliced horizontally in half
1tablespoonbutter
0.5ozItalian Dressing mix packethalf the packet
Creamed spinach:
1tablespoonvegetable oil
6ozbaby spinach fresh
4garlic cloves minced
⅔cuphalf and half
⅔cupmozzarella cheese shredded
⅛teaspoonsalt
Other ingredients:
¼cupsun-dried tomatoes drained of oilchopped into smaller bites
4slicesbacon cooked
4slicesPepper Jack cheeseCheddar or Monterey cheese with jalapenos
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Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375 F.
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:
In the meantime, 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:
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.