Smothered Chicken Breasts Recipe - Allrecipes.com
Smothered Chicken Breasts Recipe
  • READY IN 45 mins

Smothered Chicken Breasts

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"After reading this recipe here, it sounded so good that I had to put my personal touches to it. I'm not particularly fond of chicken breasts unless they're flattened to a pulp and delicately browned after being dredged in flour. After that I followed the original recipe except I added crushed red peppers and Italian seasoning. I served this with fettuccine alfredo and roasted asparagus on the side. Delizioso!" —  

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Directions

  1. Mix flour, bread crumbs, garlic salt, and black pepper together in a bowl. Coat each chicken breast with flour mixture.
  2. Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon, reserving bacon drippings; drain bacon on paper towels.
  3. Cook and stir coated chicken breasts in the bacon drippings until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 5 minutes per side; remove and keep warm.
  4. Cook and stir onion, lemon-pepper seasoning, Italian seasoning, salt, red pepper flakes, and brown sugar in the same skillet until onion is golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
  5. Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
  6. Arrange chicken breasts on a baking sheet; top each breast with 2 bacon slices. Top with caramelized onion and Colby-Monterey Jack cheese.
  7. Broil chicken breasts until cheese is melted and bubbling, 1 to 3 minutes.
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  • PREP 10 mins
  • COOK 35 mins
  • READY IN 45 mins

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  • Editor's Note:
  • The nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of the breading ingredients. The actual amount of the breading consumed will vary.
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Most Helpful Positive Review
Jul 31, 2012

This is awesome. The only problem I had was cooking the chicken breasts because they were large and I could only cook one at a time so it took longer to make, but well worth it. This would be a great recipe also to serve for guests; I would just make everything ahead until you get to the last steps to save time.

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Most Helpful Critical Review
May 17, 2013

I think it would have been better if it had been creamy...maybe next time I will mix the cheese with crm o' mushroom soup and bake with the bacon & carmelized onions, versus cooking in the skillet.

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12 Ratings

Feb 19, 2013

I made this recipe for Sunday dinner,AWESOME! Used boneless chicken tenders instead of full breast. followed the recipe made no changes,served it with steamed brussel sprouts, and fettuccine alfredo

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Oct 23, 2012

This was delicious! It was a bit greasy, I would probably save this for a comfort food day. However, that being said I think it would be an easy recipe to trim down with turkey bacon rather than regular, and then using a bit of cooking spray or veg. oil instead of the grease. You could also substitute light cheese. As is though, this is a great recipe. The sweet onion topping went great with the salty bacon & cheese. Highly recommend trying this one.

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May 13, 2013

Made it tonight. Loved it. The onion sauce gets a little sticky/crunchy in the oven which made it even better in my opinion. Will definitely make this again!

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May 01, 2013

My family destroyed this recipe last night. I was so happy with it. I switched a few things up, like using pre-cooked bacon and cooking the chicken in EVOO rather than the bacon drippings. It was still really greasy, but delicious and filling. I paired with sauteed mushrooms - seasoned with Italian seasoning and a pinch of garlic salt and parsley flakes - and peas. I can't wait to eat the leftovers!

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Apr 23, 2013

Delicious but next time I will use less brown sugar, onions were a little sweet.

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Mar 27, 2013

I left the bacon and sugar out and changed the cheese to Parmesan because that was what I had on hand. This was delicious and I can only imagine the bacon would have put it in the 10 star range. Thank you, Stephanie. This is a keeper!

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Nutrition

  • Calories
  • 664 kcal
  • 33%
  • Carbohydrates
  • 34.5 g
  • 11%
  • Cholesterol
  • 152 mg
  • 51%
  • Fat
  • 35.7 g
  • 55%
  • Fiber
  • 1.4 g
  • 6%
  • Protein
  • 48.7 g
  • 97%
  • Sodium
  • 1823 mg
  • 73%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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