Can you make a delicious and amazing looking dinner in a toaster oven?
The answer is yes, and this bacon wrapped chicken breast recipe proves it. In under an hour from start to finish, this recipe will have you digging into some juicy, bacon draped goodness, that looks like it was a pain to make, but is actually really easy. The addition of a generous slathering of seasonings keeps this chicken from being boring and is a big step up from a lame, plain old baked chicken breast.
Tools For This Recipe
- 1/4 Sheet Pan
- Aluminum Foil
- Baking racks that fit your sheet pans
- Toothpicks
Tips For Making This Recipe
Be sure to line your pan with foil. This will make cleanup much, much easier. There will be bacon grease and chicken juices dripping through your rack and baking onto the pan, so foil will save you from having to try and scrape that all off.
Choose thin bacon as it will crisp up. Thick bacon just won’t get the same results, and will result in soggy bacon on your chicken.
Putting a rack under your chicken is also very important as it keeps the chicken and bacon out of the grease. If it is just sitting in the pan, it will not crisp up on the bottom.
Toaster Oven Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breast
Equipment
- Toaster Oven
- 1/4 Sheet Pan
Ingredients
- 4 6- oz. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
- ~9 pieces bacon thin-cut
Instructions
- First, preheat the toaster oven to 400ºF
- Line a baking sheet with tin foil. Place a wire rack on top and set it aside.
- Combine and grind all of the spices, place into a small bowl.
- Season each chicken breast with 1 teaspoon of chicken seasoning, making sure to get both sides. Save the remaining spices for later.
- Wrap each chicken breast with 2 to 3 pieces of bacon depending on their size. Start at one end and move to the other. Place each bacon wrapped chicken breast to the wire rack as you finish.
- Sprinkle the tops of the chicken breasts with the remaining seasoning.
- Bake chicken breasts at 400ºF for around 20-25 minutes. Then, turn the heat up to 450ºF and bake for 5-10 more until the bacon is crispy. The internal temperature of the chicken should be at least 165ºF and the bacon should be fully cooked.
Notes
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