Easy Hunters Chicken Recipe
This easy recipe will show you how to make the British pub classic, hunters chicken. Not only is this dish a 2 step recipe, but it is also relatively cheap to make, more importantly, the meat is tender and deliciously tasty! The chicken breast is wrapped with bacon and then baked until tender before being topped with cheese and smothered in BBQ sauce.
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 12 Streaky bacon: you can use smoked or unsmoked I prefer using smoked bacon for added flavor
- 1½ cups BBQ sauce: this can be homemade or storebought
- ½ cup cheddar cheese
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese
- 1 teaspoon onion granules
- 1 teaspoon garlic granules
- Salt and black pepper
- Cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F/200C, and spray an oven-safe dish with some cooking oil.
- Remove any fats or tendons from the chicken and pat them dry with a kitchen paper towel.
- Season both sides of the chicken with salt, black pepper garlic, and onion granules.
- Wrap each chicken breast with 3 bacon and arrange it in the prepared oven dish in a single layer (it is ok if they are touching)
- Place the oven dish in the oven and cook the chicken until it is cooked and registers at least 160F/70C when checked with a meat thermometer.
- Carefully remove the baking from the oven, and spoon the BBQ sauce over the chicken making sure you are covering at least 90% of the chicken. Finally, top each chicken with shredded cheese.
- Return the dish into the oven and continue to bake for another 5-8 minutes or until the inner temperature of the chicken registers at 165F/74C and the cheese is melted and bubbling.
- Remove from the oven and rest for about 5 minutes and serve with some oven chips, potato wedges, steamed veg, or a simple salad. Enjoy!
Notes
Tips
- Season the chicken with any seasoning of choice but avoid adding too much as the rest of the ingredients already contain salt
- Use 2 bacon instead of 3
- Adjust the BBQ sauce and cheese to suit your dietary needs.
Nutrition
Calories: 515kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 31gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 98mgSodium: 1418mgPotassium: 702mgFiber: 1gSugar: 36gVitamin A: 510IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 214mgIron: 1mg
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