Bacon Wrapped Blue Cheese Chicken Breast Recipe

Bacon Wrapped Blue Cheese Chicken Breast Recipe

Our Bacon Wrapped Blue Cheese Chicken Breast recipe combines the strong flavors of the blue cheese with the salty bacon and clean taste of the chicken breast. The flavors are well balanced, and this is a decadent looking dish!

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Ingredients:
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup blue cheese, crumbles
4 teaspoons fresh chives
12 slices bacon, good-quality center cut
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Toothpicks

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 400F.
2. Butterfly the chicken breasts by cutting across the breast, but not all the way through.
3. Open the breasts up, and pound lightly with the flat side of a meat mallet.
4. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
5. Cover the breasts with blue cheese crumbles and chives.
6. Close the flap back and wrap the outside firmly with bacon.
7. Use toothpicks to secure the bacon and help keep the chicken breast closed.
8. Heat the olive oil in an oven proof skillet over medium-high heat.
9. Brown the chicken for 6 minutes (3 minutes per side).
10. Transfer oven proof skillet to the oven and cook for 30-minutes.
11. Allow chicken to rest for 5-10 minutes.

Wine Pairings:
We preface all of our wine pairing suggestions by letting you know that it’s really a matter of personal taste. While we do offer our opinions and why we selected a specific varietal, there is no right or wrong answer when pairing a wine with your dinner.

Chardonnay
This Bacon Wrapped Blue Cheese Chicken Breast recipe has strong flavors that emanate from the bacon and blue cheese. The combination is delicious, but you do need a bold white wine to pair with this dish. I feel that a Chardonnay would pair well with this chicken dish. A Chardonnay can be a bolder wine and it holds up well to the strong flavors of this dish. Follow the link to our wine review site to find our favorite Chardonnay wines-LetsHaveWine.com

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