I have to admit I haven't been the best with meal planning lately. We're living with my parents while our house is being finished and I'm also 9 months pregnant. After chasing around my two year old all day, I don't really have the energy or desire to spend a lot of time on dinner.
The other night my mom had taken chicken out for dinner. Everyone was on their way home from work and I wanted to have dinner ready when they got home. It was a rare day of extra energy and I took full advantage of it! Anyhow, I immediately turned to my Pinterest Recipe board and started searching for something quick that I could make with ingredients we already had. Did I mention grocery trips with a two year old who doesn't like to stay in the cart no matter how many cookies you bribe her with are no fun?
My search ended with this recipe. I had all of the ingredients and not a lot of time to get dinner on the table. This recipe is exactly what I was looking for. The recipe took less than 10 minutes to prep and about 35 total to bake. The entire family was impressed with this chicken. My mom kept asking how I made it. We served it with baked red potatoes and broccoli. Enjoy!
Honey Mustard Mozzarella Chicken
Adapted from All Recipes
Ingredients:
4 skinless chicken breasts
3/4 cup honey
1/2 cup dijon mustard
1/2 cup bacon bits (more if desired)
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
lemon pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS:
1. | Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). |
2. | Place the chicken breasts in a baking dish, and drizzle evenly with honey and mustard. Sprinkle with lemon pepper. |
3. |
Bake chicken 25 minutes in the preheated oven. Top each breast with bacon bits and sprinkle evenly with cheese. Continue baking 10 minutes, or until chicken juices run clear, bacon is crisp, and cheese is bubbly.
*The original recipe said to use chicken breast halves. I used regular breasts and they turned out great. They were cooked through in the amount of time listed above and were unbelievably juicy*
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Looks delish! Definitely putting this in my go-to chicken recipes!
ReplyDeleteHubby called it "outstanding" :) I didn't have all of the ingredients on hand so substituted a few things....used: honey/mustard dipping sauce, real honey, real lemon (drizzled over), pepper. Had thinner cuts of chicken and temp/time was perfect. Added the cheese (didn't skimp!) and bacon bits (no skimp here either) and bam! Such an easy dish..thank you. Served with micro-waved sweet potato (butter and brown sugar of course) and mixed veges. Saved to favorites - Highly recommend.
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