Bacon & Blue Cheese Potato Stuffed Chicken Breasts #5fix

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, 4 to 6 ounces ea
• 8 ounces crumbled blue cheese
• 12 ounces bacon, cooked crispy and crumbled
• 4 green onions, very thinly sliced, including green parts
• 1 (20 ounce) package simply potatoes traditional mashed potatoes

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 in a large skillet, cook bacon until well done and crispy. remove to paper towels to blot, then crumble and set aside. reserve the bacon drippings in the skillet.
• 3 trim chicken breasts of any fat and cut a wide lengthwise slit in the center of the side of the chicken breast, being careful not to cut all the way through.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, combine simply potatoes traditional mashed potatoes, bacon crumbles, blue cheese, and half of the sliced green onions. mix with a wooden spoon until blended. spoon about ¼ cup of the potato mixture into the slit in the chicken breast and secure with long tooth picks. place remaining potato mixture into a greased baking dish.
• 5 over medium high to high heat, in the same skillet with the reserved bacon drippings, brown the chicken breasts on both sides until golden brown, about 8 minutes. turn with tongs and be careful to keep potato mixture inside the chicken breasts. place stuffed chicken breasts in a baking dish and cover with foil.
• 6 place chicken and remaining mashed potato casserole in the oven. bake for 20 minutes. remove the foil and continue to bake both dishes another 20- 25 minutes.
• 7 remove from oven, place on a platter. pour pan drippings over chicken, tent with foil and let rest for 7-10 minutes. garnish chicken breasts and extra casserole with remaining green onion slices. serve stuffed chicken breasts and pass remaining mashed potato casserole.