Wrapping a tender chicken breast in strips of crispy bacon makes for a flavorful feast that's as delightful to prepare as it is to eat. ?? It's a tasty marriage of textures and flavors that's sure to impress.
On a flat surface, arrange plastic wrap in a single layer. Place the chicken, one at a time in the center, and cover with another sheet of plastic wrap.
Pound out your chicken to ¼ to ½ inch thick.
Lay goat cheese in the center of each piece of chicken and sprinkle basil, thyme and black pepper evenly over each.
Using toothpicks to secure, fold the chicken up and wrap in bacon.
Preheat oven to 375F.
Heat oil in a skillet. Place chicken in skillet and cover for 5 minutes. Rotate and brown on all sides.
Transfer skillet to oven (or use a new baking dish) and bake for 15 minutes.
Serve with basil linguini and a salad.
Notes
If you don't have a kitchen mallet to pound the chicken, I use a rolling pin and it does the job just as well.
If you prefer dark meat, you could use boneless skinless chicken thighs for this recipe, but the shape requires a little more attention when rolling back up.
Play around with goat cheese. There are a lot of options out there, from wild blueberry goat cheese to everything goat cheese. Feel free to use different options every time you make this.
If you don’t care for goat cheese, softened cream cheese or whipped cream cheese works as a substitute for goat cheese.
For the bacon, try peppered bacon or maple bacon for bonus flavor as well.