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Home » Dinner » Chicken » BBQ Bacon Stuffed Chicken Breast

BBQ Bacon Stuffed Chicken Breast

Created: October 22, 2018 Updated: March 21, 2023 by Lyuba Brooke 2 Comments

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These Bacon Wrapped BBQ Stuffed Chicken Breasts features stuffed chicken with a mixture of onions sauteed with bacon and BBQ sauce and outside, the chicken is slathered with more BBQ sauce and wrapped in bacon. There are only 4 ingredients in this simple chicken dinner but it will knock your socks off!

Bacon Wrapped BBQ Stuffed Chicken Breasts cut in half with a fork in it

Stuffed Chicken Breasts

How can two simple words like “BBQ” and “Bacon” make people so happy?

I can’t explain it but indeed it does. These words make my boys very happy since they are suckers for BBQ sauce and of course, bacon.

When I told them I was making BBQ chicken in the oven, they immediately started drooling. Then I go and stuff chicken with bbq bacon caramelized onions and wrap those babies in bacon.

There are only four simple ingredients here but that is all you need to create an amazing dinner.

Bacon Wrapped BBQ Stuffed Chicken Breasts in a pan with one sliced in half and a fork through it

Tips for making this bacon BBQ chicken:

When choosing bacon, get thick cut or regular. Don’t get center cut because it’s too short to wrap the chicken.

Use an oven safe cooking pan that can do from stove top to the hot oven. This chicken is simply made in the oven but first, it’s seared on stove top.

There are two ways to stuff chicken and you can choose your favorite. One way is to butterfly the chicken, place the stuffing inside, and close the chicken.

Another way, is to carefully slide the knife (hold it sideways with blade facing away from you) at the top (larger part) of the chicken breast into the center and cut a pocket in the middle. Don’t cut all the way through.

Most of the time, when making stuffed chicken breast, I use toothpicks to hold the chicken together. That helps keep the filling in.

When wrapping the chicken in bacon, toothpicks are not necessary since bacon helps keep the chicken closed. But, you can still add toothpick if you wish.

At the end of baking the chicken, if you wish for a crispier or darker looking top, turn on the broiler to low and make sure the chicken is not too close to it. Watch it so it doesn’t get burned.

pouring bbq over onions and bacon

Raw Chicken Wrapped in bacon in a pan

Sides that will go well with this bacon wrapped chicken:

Bourbon Bacon Green Beans

Garlic Lemon Green Beans

Oven Roasted Asparagus

The Best Mashed Potatoes

Honey Butter Biscuits

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BBQ Bacon Stuffed Chicken Breast

Easy chicken dinner with only 4 ingredients. Inside, this chicken is stuffed with a mixture of onions sauteed with bacon and BBQ sauce and outside, the chicken is slathered with more BBQ sauce and wrapped in bacon.
4.60 from 5 votes
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 720kcal
Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 16 oz bacon thick cut or regular
  • 1 large Vidalia onion
  • 1/4 cup KC Masterpiece original BBQ sauce for onions
  • 1/2 cup KC Masterpiece original BBQ sauce to rub chicken
  • Salt
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Instructions

  • Set aside about 8 slices of bacon to wrap the chicken.
  • Slice onion thinly and chop remaining bacon into small pieces.
  • Preheat a cooking pan over medium-high heat. Add bacon pieces and cook, stirring often until browns. Lower the heat to medium.
  • Add onions and cook until onions are fully cooked. 
  • Add 1/4 cup of BBQ sauce, stir, and cook for just a couple more minutes. Take off heat.
  • Preheat oven to 400 and preheat a cast iron skillet (or a cooking pan that is oven safe) on stove-top, over medium-high heat. Make sure that your skillet is well seasoned and lightly greased. (If using an oven-safe cooking pan, you’ll want to use a couple of tablespoons of oil to grease the pan.)
  • Lay the chicken breast flat on the cutting board. Carefully, slide the knife (hold it sideways with blade facing away from you) at the top (larger part) of the chicken breast in the center and cut a pocket in the middle. DO NOT slice all the way through the bottom or the sides of the chicken breast. Your ultimate goal is to create a pocket inside the breast with opening at the top. Repeat with all four breasts.
  • Divide the onion filling among all four chicken breasts.
  • Rub each chicken breast with some BBQ sauce and salt each stuffed chicken breast.
  • Wrap each chicken breast with two slices of bacon, tucking the ends under one of the bacon rings.
  • Carefully place each chicken breast in the hot skillet. Sear chicken for about 3 minutes on each side. Your goal is to sear the bacon, not to cook the chicken all the way. (Carefully pour off most of the bacon grease.)
  • Transfer the skillet into pre-heated oven and bake for about 20 minutes.
  • (Judge cooking time according to the size of the biggest thicken breast.)

Notes

All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe. Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have a slight variation.

Nutrition

Calories: 720kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 48g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 147mg | Sodium: 1439mg | Potassium: 865mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 195IU | Vitamin C: 5.5mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 1.4mg
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ABOUT LYUBA

I’m Lyuba Brooke, mother of 2, the cook, recipe developer, photographer, and author behind willcookforsmiles.com. I share many classic and original recipes, cooking tips, and tutorials. My passion is sharing delicious meals for everyone to try. Read more...

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Filed Under: BBQ, Chicken, Dinner

All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe. Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have variations.

Comments

  1. Dawn says

    June 8, 2019 at 6:40 pm

    5 stars
    Super easy to make and tastes amazing, I didn’t change a thing, Thank you for my new go to dinner add a small salad and your good to go.

    Reply
    • LyubaB says

      June 10, 2019 at 10:43 am

      Thanks, Dawn!!!

      Reply

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