Baked Monterey Chicken

Baked Monterey Chicken – baked chicken slathered with BBQ sauce and topped with two kinds of cheese, bacon, tomatoes, and green onions. Make dinner delicious tonight!

Monterey Chicken recipe

We eat a lot of chicken in the Love Bakes Good Cakes house … a lot. of. Chicken. So much so that my mom has a running joke with me when we talk about what’s for dinner – she almost always guesses that we have some chicken dish …. and 9 times out of 10, she’s right.

What can I say? We like chicken. A lot. ???

Growing up, my Dad would be deployed for his job in the US Navy – usually for 6 months (or more) at a time. When I was a kid, I imagined he was on some Carnival Cruise Lines type of “cruise” when he’d leave. I bet he wishes it was like that!! When he would come home, he would joke (maybe not joke?) that the mess cooks had 365 ways to cook chicken … and I think I might have them beat with the number of ways to make chicken!

Oh, yes! We have lots of chicken recipes that we love in the LBGC house, including this Baked Monterey Chicken. It’s quick, easy, and delicious! Plus, it uses some of our favorite ingredients (chicken, bacon, BBQ sauce, and cheese) in one chicken dish!

I love to serve this with a side of Mexican rice and seasoned black beans. It’s a meal the entire family loves! I hope you’ll give it a try!

Other recipes you may enjoy

• Jacked-Up Monterey Chicken Salad
• Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Casserole
• Chili Dog Casserole
• Italian Chicken Strips
• Bacon Cheddar Ranch Chicken

4.39 from 158 votes

Servings: 6 servings

Baked Monterey Chicken

By Jamie Sherman

Baked chicken slathered with BBQ sauce and topped with two kinds of cheese, bacon, tomatoes, and green onions. Make dinner delicious tonight!

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 20 minutes mins

Total: 25 minutes mins

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Ingredients 

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• ▢ 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• ▢ Olive oil
• ▢ Salt & pepper, to taste
• ▢ ½ cup BBQ sauce
• ▢ ½ cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
• ▢ ½ cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
• ▢ 6 slices bacon, cooked and chopped
• ▢ 2 roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• ▢ 3 green onions, chopped

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Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Place chicken breasts in a single layer in a large baking dish. Brush both sides of each chicken breast evenly with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove the chicken from the oven and brush the tops and sides of each chicken breast evenly with BBQ Sauce. Return the chicken to the oven for 5 minutes.
• Remove the chicken from the oven and sprinkle both kinds of cheese evenly over the top of the chicken breasts. Evenly sprinkle the bacon over the top. Return the chicken to the oven for 3-5 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the chicken is no longer pink.
• Remove the chicken from the oven and evenly top with tomatoes and green onions. Loosely cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and let the chicken rest for 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

• This is delicious served over pasta or rice.

Nutrition

Calories: 341kcal, Carbohydrates: 12g, Protein: 32g, Fat: 18g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6g, Trans Fat: 0.04g, Cholesterol: 105mg, Sodium: 642mg, Potassium: 597mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 9g, Vitamin A: 494IU, Vitamin C: 5mg, Calcium: 158mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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