How do I cook chicken melts in the oven?

It’s time you reinvent the melt with some Baked Bacon Chicken Melts! This easy meal prep recipe is packed with protein, easy to make, and just as cheesy as your traditional melt!

For this one you’re going to need 3 mixing bowls and a baking dish. I’m using a 9×13 baking dish like this today.

Start by taking out 4 pounds of chicken breast, trimming the fat off of them, and cutting them in half. If you want more or less than this you can scale the recipe below.

Chicken Topping

Add into your first bowl 8 tablespoons of mayonnaise, 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of parsley, 6 tablespoons of bacon bits, 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese, and 1 large whole egg.

Mix all of those ingredients until everything is incorporated. This is your baked bacon chicken melts topping!

What? You don't have a weekly fridge cleanout? Then you really should, it needs to happen anyway, for hygiene reasons!

Plus it saves money by using up food that might otherwise go to waste, which can only be a good thing.

Okay, my photo might look a bit messy, but whatever it tasted good and that's all that really matters.

Chicken fillets topped with chorizo, peppers, onions, red chilli and loads of cheese, I used mozzarella because I had some that needed to be used up.

But you can do a mixture of cheddar, or any other cheese that melts. Cooked in the oven till the chicken is done and the cheese melts nicely.

Anyway, my fridge clear out recipe was a success and it turned out rather nice indeedy!

Chances are if you're reading this you will also like Oven Baked Chicken with Cheese Pineapple and Bacon; hang on, did someone say bacon AND cheese?

Okay, I'm off. 😋

Prepare the Chicken:
How to keep chicken moist. You will need to flatten the chicken fillets so that they cook quicker, or you'll find they might well be tough by the time they've cooked through.

How to remove the tendon from chicken fillets. Just turn the fillet over, so the nicer looking side is facing down.

Carefully remove the white tendon by placing a knife on it and, without moving the knife, pull it, and you'll find it will come out.

I know, horrid ah? But best to remove it since like no one, will want to eat it!

Then lightly score the fillet on the thickest part only, taking care not to actually cut through.

Place it between two sheets of cling film.

Take something bashable and bash it until it's evenly flattened. Be careful not to go too mad though or the fillet will tear.

Season the chicken and pop it into a non-stick baking dish.

Top with the rest of your ingredients.

Anything like chorizo, onions, peppers or chillies will need to be pan-fried first otherwise they will not cook in time with the chicken when baking in the oven.

Cover with kitchen foil and cook for about 25 minutes. Then remove the foil and cook for a further 10 minutes or so, or until the chicken is cooked through and the cheese has melted.

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