Bacon Basil Chicken

Ingredients

• Chicken Breasts
  
• Flour
  
• 1 egg mixed with a little water
  
• Italian bread crumbs
  
• 2 bacon slices per chicken breast (precooked bacon shortens prep time)
  
• Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
  
• Fresh Basil leaves or dried basil
  
• Olive oil to drizzle
  

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Slice chicken breast, almost all the way through. Coat the outer chicken breast with flour. (It helps the bread crumbs stick on better) Dip closed breast in egg and then dredge in the bread crumb. Open up the chicken breast while it’s sitting in the bread crumbs (this just controls mess) and place the following inside the breast: two pieces of bacon, a small handful of mozzarella cheese and some basil leaves or sprinkle some dried basil. Close up breast and place in shallow roasting pan. Drizzle olive oil over tops of chicken. Bake until internal temp reaches 165, about 30 to 35 minutes.
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I'd like to thank Not So SAHM for letting me post this recipe on my blog. She had this recipe posted on her blog, and when I read the recipe, my mouth would not stop salivating. I just had to ask for her permission to put it on my blog. It had a lot of my favorite ingredients, bacon being the first. I also love anything cheesy and who doesn't like chicken? I changed the recipe ever so slightly because I didn't have flax seed, and I added some flour because it's almost a habit for me when I coat chicken. The results were AMAZING! It was so incredibly good. I just paired it with the Rice-A-Roni the San Francisco treat (yes, I actually sang that) and the meal was complete. It almost seemed like I spent a really really long time making this. I really like this recipe because you can easily make as much as you need. It's hard to cook for two sometimes, so it's great to have recipes like this. Although now I kinda wish I had leftovers!