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Bacon Wrapped Chicken

By:Nagi
Published:31 Jul '16Updated:24 Mar '19
106 Comments
Recipe v Dozer v

Simple to make and insanely delicious. This baked Bacon Wrapped Chicken is food euphoria. Because we all know bacon makes everything better. So when you lightly season the chicken, wrap it in bacon, dust it with brown sugar then bake it to golden caramelised perfection, it takes that basic rule to a level you won’t believe.

This is ridiculously good. There are simply no words!

Bacon Wrapped Chicken - A spectacular way to dress up chicken with just a few simple ingredients! Brown sugar is the key to creating a gorgeous glaze on the bacon. recipetineats.com

Bacon Wrapped Chicken

I apologise in advance to anyone who is trying to “be healthy” this week because chances are, your good intentions will be thrown out the window when you see this Bacon Wrapped Chicken!!!

We all know that bacon makes (almost) everything better….I mean, what a way to dress up a humble piece of chicken…

Seriously. Do you know any non-vegetarians who would turn down juicy chicken wrapped in gorgeous caramelised bacon???

Bacon Wrapped Chicken - A spectacular way to dress up chicken with just a few simple ingredients! Brown sugar is the key to creating a gorgeous glaze on the bacon. recipetineats.com

Bacon Wrapped Chicken - A spectacular way to dress up chicken with just a few simple ingredients! Brown sugar is the key to creating a gorgeous glaze on the bacon. recipetineats.com

No kitchen string.

No toothpicks.

Nothing fancy about this Bacon Wrapped Chicken at all. Simply coat the chicken in a simple seasoning (it really takes this to another level!), roll it up in bacon, dust with brown sugar and bake.

That’s it!

Bacon Wrapped Chicken - A spectacular way to dress up chicken with just a few simple ingredients! Brown sugar is the key to creating a gorgeous glaze on the bacon. recipetineats.com

I bake it in a hot oven to get the bacon as caramelised as possible without overcooking the chicken. But if you want the bacon even more golden, just crank up the broiler/grill after it finishes baking. The brown sugar on the bacon will make it brown really quickly.

Then brush the juicy pan juices on the bacon to make it gorgeously glossy. Brush, brush, brush….don’t waste all that free flavour!!

Bacon Wrapped Chicken - A spectacular way to dress up chicken with just a few simple ingredients! Brown sugar is the key to creating a gorgeous glaze on the bacon. recipetineats.com

Food like this is what I’m all about. Just the right combination of a few simple ingredients to make something really incredible.

It’s the brown sugar that makes all the difference. The dusting of brown sugar on the bacon makes it beautifully caramelised, and creates extra pan juices that you can brush onto the chicken to make it glossy.

And because I hate wasting free flavour, I scrape the tray clean to drizzle every bit of flavour I can onto the chicken.

Serve it on mashed potato to soak up those extra juices.

Look like a champ at dinner time.

With SUCH LITTLE EFFORT.

Hello there, Mr Bacon Wrapped Chicken. You need to get in my tummy. Right now! – Nagi x 


Anything Bacon Wrapped is a GOOD THING!

  • Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin

  • Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs with Cheese Sauce

  • One Pan Ricotta Stuffed Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken WITH Scalloped Potatoes!

Bacon Wrapped Chicken - A spectacular way to dress up chicken with just a few simple ingredients! Brown sugar is the key to creating a gorgeous glaze on the bacon. recipetineats.com

MORE SIMPLE BAKED CHICKEN RECIPES

  • Juicy Baked Chicken Breasts

  • Sticky Baked Country Chicken Thighs (boneless skinless thighs)

  • Sticky baked Honey Soy Chicken

  • Baked Chicken and Rice

  • Honey Mustard Chicken – also this version with Potatoes and crispy bacon!

  • Baked Greek Marinated Chicken

  • Homemade Chicken Doner Kebabs

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Bacon Wrapped Chicken - A spectacular way to dress up chicken with just a few simple ingredients! Brown sugar is the key to creating a gorgeous glaze on the bacon. recipetineats.com

Bacon Wrapped Chicken

Author: Nagi | RecipeTin Eats
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 25 mins
Total: 40 mins
Dinner
4.95 from 35 votes
Servings4
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Juicy chicken wrapped in bacon, baked to golden perfection and slathered in gorgeous bacon juices! The brown sugar makes the bacon extra tasty and the Seasoning gives the chicken even more flavour. Simple and ridiculously delicious!

Ingredients

Seasoning

  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (or sub with more paprika)
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Black pepper

Chicken

  • 4 large chicken thigh fillets (about 5oz / 150g each), cut in half (Note 1)
  • 8 pieces bacon , streaky (Note 2)
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp olive oil (optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 200C/390F (fan forced / convection) (Note 3)
  • Line tray with baking paper.
  • Combine Seasoning in a small bowl. Place brown sugar in a separate bowl.
  • Coat chicken in Seasoning, shaking off excess. Place on one end of bacon and roll up, finishing with the seam side down. Repeat with remaining chicken.
  • Coat chicken in sugar - use your fingers to rub it on if required. Place on baking tray.
  • Drizzle with olive oil (helps make it brown faster, optional)
  • Bake for 25 minutes. If the bacon is not golden enough for your taste, switch on the broiler for a few minutes.
  • Brush the juices on the tray onto the bacon to make it glossy and juicy. Serve on mashed potatoes, drizzled with extra pan juices if desired!

Recipe Notes:

1. This can be made with chicken breast, but I prefer using chicken thighs because they are juicier!
2. Use long strips of streaky bacon i.e. strips of bacon with streaks of fat. They need to be around 25cm / 10" long or longer so they can wrap a few times around the chicken. I am in Australia and I use Middle Bacon and cut the eye off (the round bit at the end) and just use the long streaky party.
3. If your oven is not fan forced / convection (i.e. no fan inside your oven), increase the temp to 220C/ 430F. If your oven does not go that high, that's ok, you will probably just need to broil a bit at the end to make the bacon golden!
4. Extra Notes - You won't use all the brown sugar. The amount I use assumes you use a bowl to dip the chicken in, but you could just scoop brown sugar onto the chicken and rub it in. You'll probably use around 1 1/2 tbsp all up. Also, the amount of pan juices you end up with depends on the juiciness / fattiness of the chicken & bacon you use. Even if you use lean chicken (e.g. breast) and bacon, this is still delicious, it is just that you won't have as much pan juices to brush onto the chicken at the end to make it really glossy like what you see in the photos. 🙂
5. Nutrition per serving, 2 pieces per person. It is quite over because a lot of the calories is due to the bacon but most of the fat is rendered out (melts) and remains on the tray. I can't estimate how much fat is not consumed so I have erred on the conservative side.
Bacon Wrapped Chicken Nutrition

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 211gCalories: 593cal (30%)Carbohydrates: 9.8g (3%)Protein: 62.4g (125%)Fat: 32.1g (49%)Saturated Fat: 9.9g (62%)Cholesterol: 189mg (63%)Sodium: 1577mg (69%)Potassium: 683mg (20%)Sugar: 6.8g (8%)Vitamin A: 450IU (9%)Vitamin C: 0.8mg (1%)Calcium: 40mg (4%)Iron: 2.9mg (16%)
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106 Comments

  1. Teresa Eaton says

    January 22, 2021 at 7:04 am

    5 stars
    Chicken thighs taken to a new level. Really tasty and very moorish. People must try these you won’t be disappointed ❤️

    Reply
  2. ALEX says

    December 21, 2020 at 10:33 am

    Hi Nagi, I’m doing this for the meat at Xmas dinner! Would they cook on the bbq ok, say in a foil dish?

    Reply
  3. Emma says

    November 16, 2020 at 7:52 pm

    5 stars
    Delicious! Will dial the cayenne back next time for my kids but I loved it. Bacon and so easy – what’s not to love?!

    Reply
  4. Kezza McD says

    October 27, 2020 at 5:51 pm

    5 stars
    To quote Darth Vader, “All too easy”
    Thanks Nagi xx

    Reply
  5. Cheryl says

    October 2, 2020 at 12:54 pm

    5 stars
    Hi Nagi,

    I love your blog; best in class, just wanted to say!
    I cooked this last night and it was great, so easy and delicious. I had some Serrano ham left over so used that instead of bacon. What I really love about this recipe is that you can make it up ahead of time and then just stick it in the oven. I plan on making it for guests at some stage for that reason.
    Thank you

    Reply
  6. marti says

    September 25, 2020 at 5:40 am

    5 stars
    Thank you for getting us through this pandemic in style!
    Please know your are APPRECIATED!!
    Thank YOU!

    Reply
  7. Kelly says

    August 23, 2020 at 8:45 am

    5 stars
    Yum!!

    Reply
  8. Rebecca says

    August 14, 2020 at 7:32 am

    Omg wow Nagi these are so simple to make but pack a punch in flavour and the sauce is devine too.
    I served this with your sweet potato stacks and the cheesy mini potato stacks along with other vegetables, looked like it come from a restaurant.
    Family loved it.
    Thank you once again for making my family dinners exceptional 😃

    Reply
  9. Jill Kealley says

    August 12, 2020 at 8:28 pm

    5 stars
    Another winner Nagi!

    Reply
  10. Robyn says

    August 1, 2020 at 10:44 am

    5 stars
    Made this for dinner last night, Oh Yum! It was so delicious and so quick and easy, it will be a regular in our house. Thank you Nagi for all your wonderful recipes, I don’t even look at cookbooks now, just go straight to your blog.

    Reply
  11. Paula says

    June 3, 2020 at 12:29 pm

    5 stars
    easy and delicious. One of several i have bookmarked from RecipeTin eats, thanks.

    Reply
  12. Jenni says

    December 8, 2019 at 8:35 pm

    5 stars
    We have this dish at least once a fortnight. I sometimes even scoop up some of the leftover chicken and bacon juice to put on toast. Those flavours are too good to waste

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      December 9, 2019 at 8:26 am

      Drool! What a great idea Jenni – N x

      Reply
  13. Michelle Lindfield says

    October 10, 2019 at 3:33 am

    5 stars
    This is a favourite in our house . It is so constantanlty good and easy to make . Kids absolutely love it !

    Reply
  14. D Deibert says

    July 5, 2019 at 3:45 am

    5 stars
    This was so delicious! My husband (who claims to not really like chicken) even loved it. Will definitely make again.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      July 5, 2019 at 12:51 pm

      I’m so glad it was a hit!

      Reply
  15. Jane says

    February 10, 2019 at 1:31 pm

    5 stars
    This was so delicious. I replaced the cayenne pepper with chilli flakes. I’ll be making this often. Thank you.

    Reply
  16. Linda Inglett says

    December 12, 2018 at 10:57 am

    making it tonite, , but being I am in Ga. United States, didn’t know what temp to use so I am starting with 400

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      December 13, 2018 at 8:21 pm

      Hi Linda – If you have a fan forced oven Preheat oven to 200C/390F. If it isn’t fan forced preheat to 220C/ 430F. N x

      Reply
  17. Rosie Miller says

    October 14, 2018 at 6:28 am

    Can I use wax paper instead of baking paper or foil?

    Reply
    • FLAP says

      January 31, 2019 at 10:19 am

      Not to hijack your feed but wax paper will melt, possibly cause fire if you use it with heat. Please don’t try that. Very dangerous.

      Reply
  18. Amy says

    July 29, 2018 at 9:58 pm

    5 stars
    Yummy! I make this all the time as a ‘cheat’ Sunday roast. I usually mix up a stuffing of diced mushroom, parmesan and breadcrumbs cooked quickly in a pan with some oil. Slice the chicken almost in half and pack it in before rolling the bacon. If you want flavour on another level, this is so good!

    Reply
  19. FLAP says

    July 10, 2018 at 5:41 pm

    5 stars
    Nagi,
    this may be an oldie but goodie for you and many others, but for me, this was a first. I must say, start to finish I managed to turn out a wonderful meal, not one single miss or incomplete for this once! The chicken was moist and tender, timing for a perfect 155 internal degrees was spot on, and oh wow! Sweet, crispy bacon with that saucy bite from the brown sugar. I had everything on hand and it just came together perfectly! Thank you so much for giving me another winner for my repetoire. At this rate, I’ll never run out of wonderful new dishes to prepare. Next time I may make a double batch to share with my young neighbor and her family. Although we both have MS, I don’t have two small kids howling for dinner when I’m too exhausted to move. Anything to help a friend. Thanks so much for my new keeper. FLAP/No. CA, USA

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      July 11, 2018 at 8:32 pm

      Aww thank you for reminding me about this recipe FLAP!! I actually have a stack of bacon in the fridge I defrosted and was wondering what to do with it – I might reshoot the video for this! So glad you enjoyed this! N x

      Reply
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