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

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.