Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Blue Cheese and Figs

Dinners around here can be hectic at times. With two boys busy with school and sports I try to plan ahead so we can have meals full of protein that taste delicious like these Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts. I want something that everyone will enjoy and tastes just as great as leftovers (if there are any). This recipe was created out of my love for duBreton Organic Bacon and its fantastic flavor. Unlike the bacon I’ve purchased previously that is full of fat and had very little meat, duBreton bacon is the perfect amount of both to create bacon that is fantastic for a variety of recipes. Our favorite is Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts. We changed our recipe from traditional Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts by stuffing them blue cheese and figs for a perfect symphony of flavor. Juicy, tender, and easy enough for weeknights or for dinner guests. My kids don’t love blue cheese so I put cheddar cheese in theirs. An easy way to adapt so the whole family could enjoy it.

Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Blue Cheese and Figs

Ingredients:

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 package of du Breton Organic Bacon
12 thin slices of blue cheese
4 figs thinly sliced
chopped fresh parsley (for garnish)
*toothpicks to hold the chicken together

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F.
Slice and prepare blue cheese and figs, set aside.
Cut chicken breasts lengthways to form a deep cut.
Stuff with blue cheese and figs.
Roll chicken breasts to close and secure with a toothpick.
Wrap chicken breasts in bacon (approx. 3 slices per chicken breast)
Place in a shallow baking dish and bake for 1 hour.
Allow to stand for 5 minutes then serve with your favorite side dish.

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Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Blue Cheese and Figs

A delicious stuffed chicken breast bursting with flavour and wrapped in delicious bacon. It's the perfect recipe!

Course: Main

Author: Kerrie @ Family Food and Travel

Ingredients

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 package of du Breton Organic Bacon
• 12 thin slices of blue cheese
• 4 figs thinly sliced
• chopped fresh parsley for garnish
• *toothpicks to hold chicken together

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Slice and prepare blue cheese and figs, set aside.
3. Cut chicken breasts lengthways to form a deep cut.
4. Stuff with blue cheese and figs.
5. Roll chicken breasts to close and secure with a toothpick.
6. Wrap chicken breasts in bacon (approx. 3 slices per chicken breast)
7. Place in a shallow baking dish and bake for 1 hour.
8. Allow to stand for 5 minutes then serve with your favourite side dish.

If you love bacon then you must try duBreton Bacon – it’s raised crate-free and is certified humane (i.e. animal treatment/animal welfare, ethical production; raised without antibiotics; vegetarian diet etc). Plus, duBreton has made a commitment to raising 300,000 pigs crate-free by 2018 – isn’t that incredible? 

To learn more about bacon fans, duBreton surveyed Canadians and found some interesting statistics about their bacon preferences. Did you know that more than 90% of Canadians enjoy bacon? And, of those surveyed 80% prefer bacon cooked all the way through, crispy and able to pick up and eat with your hands while 6% of us want our bacon to be soft and chewy, barely touching the pan. Unbelievably,  5% of respondents love bacon really cooked, charred and crumbly to the touch. However you like it, I know that you will love naturally smoked duBreton premium bacon with generous, thick and meaty slices and no added nitrites or nitrates. Perfect for eating as a side or incorporating into your favorite recipes.

Check out these amazing #duBretonDelicious recipes:

• Bacon-Wrapped Apple Cream Cheese Jalapeño Poppers – These bacon pleasers are sure to make your next party pop, also developed by Jennifer at NinjaMommers.com.
• Bacon-Wrapped Goat Cheese Avocado Appetizers – An eclectic mix of flavors all wrapped in a blanket of bacon, these innovative starters are from family recipe blogger, Katja Wulfers, at LifeInPleasantville.com.

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* The survey was commissioned by duBreton through MARU/VCR+C from June 15 to June 16, 2016, as an online survey among 1,503 randomly selected Canadians.  The margin of error—which measures sampling variability—is +/-2.53%, 19 times out of 20. The results have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region Census data to ensure samples are representative of the Canadian adult population. The survey terminated responses from Canadians that indicated they don’t eat bacon (1.a.) or only eat vegetarian or poultry-based bacon (1.b.).