Thursday, June 6, 2013

Cheese stuffed Chicken

I came up with this, because I love chicken...and cheese...and bacon!!!! You will need:

3 chicken breasts (boneless skinless)
1/2 lb grated cheddar cheese
1, 8oz package room temp cream cheese
2 Tbsp. ranch mix powder
1/2 cup sliced pickled jalapeños 
12oz package bacon
Fajita marinade

Three hours before you want to eat, cut chicken breasts in half, thickness wise, and use a meat tenderizer to flatten to about 1/4 in. (Or use the bottom of a cast iron skillet like I did, because of a lack of a real tenderizer) :P put chicken in a bowl and marinate with your choice of fajita marinade, homemade or otherwise...I used a fajita seasoning package I had, and mixed it with half water and half vinegar. Pour that over the chicken and let it sit for a couple hours. When you're ready to make up the the chicken, mix together the cheeses, ranch mix, and jalapeños. Rinse off chicken, and thoroughly drain, so there's no extra water. Divide the cheese mixture into 6 parts, spread it on each piece of chicken, leaving about an inch or less around the edges. Roll it up and tuck in the edges, wrap the bacon length wise around the chicken, to kind of seal in the the cheese on any possibly open ends...I used about 3 pieces of bacon per piece of chicken. Place seam side down in a deeper-ish pan. Bake at 400 for about 1 hour! Some of the cheese will inevitably run out, so your pan will be rather messy when it's done, but it's seriously worth it!! Enjoy :)