🌟Main ingredient:Chicken
✨secondary ingredients: bacon and basmati-rice
⏱️Cooking time: 30 minutes
🌶️Spice level: Mild
👨👩👦👦Number of diners: 4-8 Dinners
3
chicken
breasts,
boneless
and
skinless
6
slices
of
bacon
1
cup
basmati
rice
1
cup
cheddar
cheese,
shredded
1
teaspoon
olive
oil
1
teaspoon
garlic
powder
1
teaspoon
paprika
Salt
and
pepper
to
taste
Fresh
parsley
for
garnish
Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crispy. Remove bacon from skillet and set aside on a paper towel-lined plate. Leave bacon grease in the skillet.
Season chicken breasts with garlic powder, paprika, salt, and pepper. Add olive oil to the skillet with bacon grease and cook chicken breasts for about 5-7 minutes per side, or until fully cooked.
While chicken is cooking, cook basmati rice according to package instructions.
Once chicken is cooked, sprinkle cheddar cheese on top of each chicken breast. Cover the skillet with a lid and let the cheese melt for about 2 minutes.
Serve chicken topped with crumbled bacon and fresh parsley, alongside a serving of basmati rice.
Enjoy your Mediterranean Chicken Bacon Cheddar Rice!
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