Name: Easy Smothered Chicken Breasts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: All-purpose flour - ½ cup; Seasoned bread crumbs - ¼ cup; Garlic salt - 2 teaspoons; Freshly ground black pepper - 1 teaspoon; Skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, pounded thin - 4 (6 ounce); Bacon strips - 8; Onion, sliced - 1; Lemon-pepper seasoning - ¼ teaspoon; Italian seasoning - ¼ teaspoon; Salt - ¼ teaspoon; Red pepper flakes, or more to taste - ⅛ teaspoon; Packed brown sugar - ¼ cup; Shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese - ½ cup

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10 min.

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Ingredients for - Easy Smothered Chicken Breasts

1. All-purpose flour - ½ cup

2. Seasoned bread crumbs - ¼ cup

3. Garlic salt - 2 teaspoons

4. Freshly ground black pepper - 1 teaspoon

5. Skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, pounded thin - 4 (6 ounce)

6. Bacon strips - 8

7. Onion, sliced - 1

8. Lemon-pepper seasoning - ¼ teaspoon

9. Italian seasoning - ¼ teaspoon

10. Salt - ¼ teaspoon

11. Red pepper flakes, or more to taste - ⅛ teaspoon

12. Packed brown sugar - ¼ cup

13. Shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese - ½ cup

How to cook deliciously - Easy Smothered Chicken Breasts

1. Stage

Mix flour, bread crumbs, garlic salt, and black pepper together in a bowl. Coat each chicken breast with flour mixture.

2. Stage

Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon, reserving bacon drippings; drain bacon on paper towels.

3. Stage

Cook and stir coated chicken breasts in the bacon drippings until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 5 minutes per side; remove and keep warm.

4. Stage

Cook and stir onion, lemon-pepper seasoning, Italian seasoning, salt, red pepper flakes, and brown sugar in the same skillet until onion is golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.

5. Stage

Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.

6. Stage

Arrange chicken breasts on a baking sheet; top each breast with 2 bacon slices. Top with caramelized onion and Colby-Monterey Jack cheese.

7. Stage

Broil chicken breasts until cheese is melted and bubbling, 1 to 3 minutes.