Sweet & Spicy Bacon Chicken I Made It

Sweet & Spicy Bacon Chicken

Cosmicmother 10 years ago

These were great! We had a late supper and we were really hungry so I forgot to take a picture, but they were very nice looking :)
I had thick cut, hickory smoked bacon. I wasn't sure if it would work for wrapping around the chicken, but it worked great! I cut up some chicken breasts into in long strips and used a whole strip of bacon on each piece. I rolled them in dark brown sugar, and it gave it a nice sweet, smoky, bbq flavor. To crisp up the thicker bacon, I cooked it at 425f, for 20-25 minutes, flipping them over halfway. This would work great out on the grill too.
I made a honey mustard sauce, but it was not even needed, it tasted great plain and was plenty juicy and flavorful.
Sweet Spicy Bacon Chicken

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NPMarie 10 years ago said:

Hey, I bet I could use turkey bacon with this recipe! This does sound very good! Thanks for your review Shona!

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Cosmicmother 10 years ago said:

You're welcome Marie :) Yep, I think any kind of bacon would do well with these!
I cut the chicken breasts myself, so they were much bigger then the chicken tenders you buy already cut at the store. Smaller pieces would make a great appy. I also think a bbq type sauce would go better with this than a honey mustard, but like I said they really didn't need a dip. :)

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NPMarie 10 years ago said:

I use chicken tenders quite often..for the conveinence mainly:) You're right, these would make a great appy using tenders:)

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mommyluvs2cook 10 years ago said:

Yummy! Chicken and bacon go so well together! Well, I guess bacon and anything go well together lol! I do have this one bookmarked so hopefully I will get to it soon :)

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frankieanne 10 years ago said:

I noticed that one when it was posted. It does look yummy! Brown sugar and bacon are so good together.

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lobster 10 years ago said:

Made this last night, unfortunately it didn't turn out so well. I used turkey bacon, have never had it before, so that most likely the problem. It was basically swimming in liquid on the jelly roll pan when done. I guess not all turkey bacon is the same? But we did enjoy the chicken, I had marinated in soured milk with hot sauce before wrapping with bacon and spices. Will try again when I have some REAL bacon.. LOL

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NPMarie 10 years ago said:

Huh..wonder why??! I've used turkey bacon and it seems to crisp up like regular bacon..Now I HAVE to make this!!!

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mommyluvs2cook 10 years ago said:

I'm not sure of why the turkey bacon would give off so much liquid. Hhhmm I have had problems in some chicken recipes with liquid before. Think it's the chicken that did it? In Keni's Unstuffed Chicken Florentine recipe sometimes it's liquidy and sometimes it's not... just weird!

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lobster 10 years ago said:

Please do make in NPMarie with your turkey bacon and let us know how it comes out! I don't think if was the chicken Mommy, as I do the same marinade when I do breaded chicken strips and I never have any liquid on the pan! ?? Note: the chicken was good, but the turkey bacon was weird!!??!! Probably the brand of turkey bacon, will have to look for another one!

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NPMarie 10 years ago said:

Lobster, I'll try to get around to making this early next week..I'm 1 ingredient short..turkey bacon..LOL I'll be sure to let you guys know how it turned out:)

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Cosmicmother 10 years ago said:

I did have a little bit of liquid and bacon fat drip from the chicken onto the pan. It wasn't swimming though! The liquid started to smoke a little bit because the brown sugar was started to caramelize, but by that point it was done.
I wonder if it's the chicken? Some company's plump the chicken with salted water. Maybe try it next time without the marinade Lobster, I found the liquid stayed inside the chicken with the bacon insulating it!

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lobster 10 years ago said:

Hey Cosmic, will have to try again, The chicken was fresh boneless skinless breasts, and have never had a problem with them.. but you never know when it can happen... LOL
NpMarie, do try it and let us know, thanks a bunch!

Thanks so much for all the help!

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NPMarie 10 years ago said:

I made this tonight using Oscar Meyer turkey bacon. very flavorful! The only problem I had was the brown sugar melted and began to burn in the baking pan..I used chicken tenders, and maybe cooked just a bit longer than I should have:) I had a heck of a time cleaning my favorite pan! Next time I'll watch more closely! 400F is a pretty high heat to be cooking for 35 or so minutes as the recipe calls for..I baked mine maybe 20 minutes.Anyway, added my ugly picture to the recipe:-D I was in a hurry cause my pan was burning up LOL So didn't take the time to take a pretty pic:)

2/3/2014

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lobster 10 years ago said:

Hey NPMarie, glad it worked out for you and thanks for being a sport and trying it with your Turkey Bacon. I guess it must be the brand of Turkey Bacon I used that caused my issues! Won't be buying that one again!

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NPMarie 10 years ago said:

Oh sure, no problem! Next time I make this, I might lower the heat to 375F and try sprinkling the brown sugar on after the chicken cooks for a few minutes...!

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