Maple Bacon Chicken Recipes

MAPLE-GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Flatten chicken to 1/2-in. thickness. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, cook chicken in oil for 5-6 minutes on each side or until no longer pink. Remove and keep warm. , Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine cornstarch and cider until smooth. Stir in syrup and onion powder; add to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add chicken and turn to coat.

CHEESY MAPLE BACON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cook bacon until about 75% done in a large nonstick skillet. It will finish cooking in the oven.Remove to paper towel-lined plate and set aside.
• Drain off all but 2 tablespoons of bacon grease.
• Season both sides of chicken with Cajun seasoning, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
• Brown the chicken on both sides in the bacon grease. Just cook for a couple of minutes per side. Place in a 9x13-inch greased baking dish.
• In a small bowl, stir together soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, maple syrup, mustard, and cayenne pepper.Set aside 2 tablespoons and drizzle the rest over the chicken.
• Cover and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Drizzle the remaining maple syrup mixture over the chicken.
• Cover each piece of chicken with a slice of cheese and top with 2 slices of bacon.
• Return to the oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

MAPLE-GLAZED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Whisk syrup, soy sauce, lemon juice, garlic, ginger and pepper in a small, shallow dish. Add chicken and turn to coat with the marinade; cover and refrigerate for 2 hours, turning once.
• Coat an indoor grill pan with cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade (reserving the marinade) and cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast registers 165 degrees F, 3 to 5 minutes per side.
• Meanwhile, pour the reserved marinade into a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook until reduced by about half, about 4 minutes. Liberally baste the chicken with the reduced sauce and serve.

CREAMY MAPLE DIJON CHICKEN WITH BACON

Steps:

• Begin by heating a large skillet to medium high heat. Add bacon once hot, and cook to desired crispiness. I do about 4-5 mins per side. Remove bacon from heat and reserve 1 tbsp of bacon grease.
• Bring skillet back to your burner, add chicken to the pan. Cook each breast 3-4 mins per side (depending on thickness), but do not cook all the way through. Remove chicken from pan, but keep pan hot.
• Add coconut oil to the pan if it's dry, and then toss in mushrooms and leeks. Saute for 5-6 minutes, or until mushrooms are fragrant and leeks are softened.
• Crumble bacon into small pieces and return to the pan with mushrooms. Add chicken and coconut milk, stir to combine.
• In a small bowl, whisk together dijon and maple syrup. Pour mixture into the pan and continue to whisk until well combined.
• Simmer for 5-7 minutes. Serve over potatoes, zoodles, spaghetti squash, or brown rice.

MAPLE BACON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375.
• Rinse the chicken, and remove the giblets. You can discard them, use them to make gravy for mashed potatoes or freeze them for later.
• Cut the apples into wedges, and sprinkle them with the Apple Pie Spice. Make sure you get the spice on every slice.
• Put the chicken into a roasting pan, and stuff it with the apples.
• Layer the Maple Bacon on top of the chicken, covering the enitire top of the chicken.
• Drizzle with half of the Maple Syrup, and set the other half aside for later.
• Cover and bake for 1-2 hours, depending on the size of your bird.
• Uncover and drizzle with the rest of the syrup.
• Put the chicken back in the oven, and set it to broil for about 10 minutes or until the top looks brown and the bacon looks done.
• Remove from the oven and serve hot with your favorite sides.

MAPLE BACON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pound the chicken until it is fairly flat and there are not any thicker portions.
• Salt and pepper the chicken.
• Heat a large skillet to medium high heat and oil. Place chicken in skillet and cook on each side for about 5 minutes. Check that there is no longer any pink in center to make sure it is cooked through and cook longer if needed to reach appropriate temperature.
• Remove chicken from skillet.
• Wipe skillet to remove any residue.
• Over medium high heat, melt butter.
• Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
• Add brown sugar, maple syrup, mustard, and bacon. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low and simmer for 3 minutes until sugar is dissolved.
• Add chicken back in and spoon sauce over chicken and cook for another 2 minutes.
• Serve.