How Long To Bake Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast?

This bacon-wrapped cream cheese stuffed chicken recipe is certain to fit any occasion if you’re looking for a quick and easily adaptable weeknight or special occasion dinner.

A delicious meal on its own or the ideal blank canvas to add your own flavor and flair, this four-ingredient recipe combines tender chicken, crispy bacon, and tart cream cheese.

This recipe aims to be straightforward and delectable while also being simple to adjust to your preferences. So to create the recipe as written, you’ll only need:

This cream cheese stuffed chicken breast recipe is perfect for your keto diet.

I could pretty much live off of cream cheese, and it works well with the keto diet. Low in carbohydrates, high in fat, and low in protein

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Notes & tips for this baked bacon wrapped chicken

In the recipe instructions, it says to use a meat tenderizer to flatten the chicken breast, but you could use any utensil that’s sturdy & heavy but isn’t breakable. For example, the recipe video in this post uses a standard rolling pin.

And speaking of flattening the chicken breast, make sure the surface you do this on isn’t breakable, such as a tile countertop. If you’re unsure about your surface, place a wood cutting board on top to help absorb some of the impact.

How can you tell when chicken is fully cooked?

It’s always useful to know how to determine when your chicken dish has finished cooking because, while every recipe has a suggested cooking time, your particular ingredients or cooking apparatus may vary.

For best results, use a meat thermometer. Chicken is done when the internal temperature is 165 degrees F.

Poke the chicken with a sharp utensil. If it’s done, the juices should run clear. If the juices are pink or red, it needs to be cooked more.

In ideal circumstances, cooked chicken should be pale and opaque. And while this is a helpful visual guide, it is not a hard rule. Even fully cooked chicken could have a pink tint. Other ingredients in the dish (such as the bacon in this recipe, which has nitrates, known for giving a red hue) can change the color of the meat and make it hard to do a visual test. So whenever in doubt, always use the first two rules (temperature and juice color) to help confirm your chicken is done and avoid the temptation to overcook.

FAQ

Is it better to bake chicken at 350 or 400?

The range for roasting or baking is 325 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. A good rule of thumb when roasting a whole chicken is to start the oven at 400 to 425 degrees F, reduce the temperature to 350 after 15 minutes, and cook the chicken until the internal temperature registers between 165 and 175 degrees F.

How long should I bake a chicken breast at 350?

Cooking advice Cook the chicken breast for 25 to 30 minutes at 350°F (177°C). Check that the internal temperature of the meat is 165°F (74°C) using a meat thermometer.

How long should you bake chicken in the oven at 350 degrees?

In the oven, chicken breast will typically bake for 30 to 35 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, though it might bake in less time if it is thin.

How do you know when stuffed chicken is done?

Before serving, insert an instant-read meat thermometer into the thickest part of the chicken and check that it reaches a temperature of 165°F.