lj's gorgonzola stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in bacon

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• cooking spray
• 6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1 1/4 cups crumbled gorgonzola cheese
• 6 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
• 1/3 cup minced green onion (white part only)
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 12 slices thick-cut applewood-smoked bacon
• toothpicks

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• cut a slit into the thick side of each chicken breast, about 3 inches long and 1 1/2 inches deep.
• mash gorgonzola cheese, parsley, green onion, and garlic together in a bowl; season with salt and pepper. stuff each chicken breast with 1/4 cup cheese mixture. wrap 2 slices bacon around each chicken breast, securing bacon to the chicken with wooden toothpicks. arrange stuffed chicken in the prepared baking dish.
• bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 45 minutes. an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees f (74 degrees c).