BLT Chicken

BLT Chicken

BLT’s (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato) were one of my favorite meals growing up as a kid. We ate BLT’s a lot during the summer and I just loved the juicy, garden ripe, ruby red tomatoes. Sometimes I would put fresh basil on my BLT as an extra treat and boy was it good.

I wanted to put a fun twist on the classic BLT so I created this BLT chicken dinner and of course, I had to add some fresh basil. This flavors in this dish are out of this world good!

Every season we declare a new favorite dinner and this has already been declared a favorite summertime dinner. I made it 3 times in one week because we couldn’t get enough of it. Yes, it’s that delicious 🙂

I tried so hard to get the pictures to look as good as this meal tastes. I don’t think I succeeded, so please take my word and promise me you’ll try this. You won’t regret it! The marinade for the chicken is amazing and makes the chicken so flavorful, tender and juicy.

The dinner is easy enough to serve up on a weeknight (make the marinade the night before and then it will only take minutes to put together), but looks fancy enough that you could serve it to guests. The chicken would also be great grilled and served at your next BBQ.

BLT Chicken

 

Cook time: 35 mins

Total time: 35 mins

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Ingredients

• 4-6 chicken breasts
• 3 tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
• 6 cups fresh lettuce
• 2 slices of cooked bacon per chicken breast (if you have 4 breasts, you'll need 8 slices of bacon)
• salt and pepper, to taste

Marinade

• ¼ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard or dry mustard
• salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Mix all the marinade ingredients together in a small bowl. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the marinade for serving. Pour the remaining marinade all over the chicken and marinade in the fridge for at least 1 hour up to 24 hours.
2. Once the chicken is finished marinading, preheat the oven to 375. Salt and pepper the chicken and cook the chicken in a baking dish for 35 minutes or until cooked through.
3. While the chicken is cooking, place the lettuce on a large serving plate. Cut 2 of the tomatoes in thick slices. Place the tomato slices on top of the lettuce and add a pinch of salt and pepper to the tomato slices. When the chicken is finished cooking, place the chicken on top of the sliced tomatoes. Lay 2 slices of cooked bacon over each chicken breast. Dice the remaining tomato, and put the diced tomatoes on top of the chicken. Pour the reserved 2 tablespoons of marinade all over the top of the diced tomatoes. Top with the remaining 2 tablespoons of fresh basil. Enjoy!

Notes

You can cook the bacon before you cook the chicken. Put the bacon slices on a baking pan and put the pan in a COLD oven. Turn the oven to 375. Set a timer for 15-18 minutes. The bacon should be cooked perfectly around 15-18 minutes (or longer, depending on how thick it is).

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 4 Calories: 422 Fat: 19g Saturated fat: 3g Unsaturated fat: 15g Carbohydrates: 11g Sugar: 7g Sodium: 224mg Fiber: 3g Protein: 49g Cholesterol: 128mg

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