This Is The Best Thing You Can Do With Chicken Breasts

Chicken doesn't have to dried out. What's great about chicken is that the chicken skin is usually enough to keep whatever recipe you're using to cook the chicken moist and prevents it from being overcooked, even for a minute. 

However, if flavor is what you're going after and you purchased chicken breast fillets without the skins on, it's hard to make it flavorful on its own. If you do not have the time to marinate or brine the chicken breasts so it stays juicy and delicious, you can do something else.  

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The best thing you can do to this kind of chicken breast is wrap it in bacon. 

One of the best things about bacon, apart from it tasting delicious, is its ability to render its fat. This fat is what will keep your chicken moist as well as flavorful. As the bacon cooks and becomes crispy, the chicken benefits from the natural basting from the bacon drippings.

Want to give it a try? Try it with any of these recipes: 

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1 Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Recipe

These chicken tenders or chicken breast strips are seasoned and then rolled with the bacon slices. The result is easy to cook chicken strips that are not only tasty but easy to eat, too. No kid will be able to resist these! 

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2 Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Drumsticks Recipe 

Even with the skin on, sometimes you want it to have even more flavor than chicken naturally has. Bacon does a wonderful job of adding delicious flavor so while these are wrapped in bacon, some dried herbs give it a more complex taste that can definitely prove to be delicious, too.  

3 Bacon-wrapped Chicken Rolls Recipe 

If you have chicken breasts and want to be fancy with your meal, you can roll it up in bacon and stuff with a creamy surprise on the inside, too.   

4 Bacon-wrapped Chicken Teriyaki Bites Recipe 

If you want a different take on the bacon-wrapped chicken recipes, this version with an Asian twist can be what you are looking for. Not a fan of teriyaki sauce? You can also use the other fruity Japanese sauce, the tonkatsu sauce, use a nacho cheese dip, or even make a simple garlic mayo dip that would help remove the fatty flavor and complement the bacon.     

5 Bacon-wrapped Chicken with Chives Recipe 

Cream cheese is a delicious ingredient that has uses in both baking and cooking. Give it another reason to be a staple in your kitchen with this garlic, chive, and cream cheese spread stuffed in bacon-wrapped chicken recipe. 

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