Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chicken

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So, I had a tray of four free range chicken thighs from Aldi and wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with them. I’ve always thought about doing a stuffed chicken especially after seeing quite a few on my Instagram feeds. However, for some reason, I’ve avoided such a recipe because I have felt like it would be something that’s hard or complicated. Well, turns out I was wrong. It’s as easy as it sounds… just stuff and cook :)

Pick your filling and go…

Now, all you need is just a simple food processor to make this recipe easy. Please don’t feel like you have to follow these ingredients to a tee, instead let them act as an example of what you can use for stuffing. I simply came up with this recipe by following what my taste buds wanted and then decided to write it all down. :) I had a little extra stuffing left over which I kept in the fridge and ended up using in a morning omelette a couple of days later..yummy! So, just roll with it!

My odd futuristic method of holding everything together…

Okay, I had no toothpicks or anything fancy on hand to hold the chicken together. So, I improvised and came up with these space age ties that I am going to use next time. Here’s how to do it: tear off a couple of inches of aluminium foil and roll it like you use to roll play-dough into a snake when you were a kid. Then take your bacon wrapped stuffed chicken and place it on top of the foil snake. Bring the two foil ends together and clasp them like a hook at the top. Sounds weird, but it worked a beauty, and my chicken didn’t look like a dart board! You can see the pic below for an idea of what I am talking about :)

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Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chicken
Serves 2
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Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
40 min
Total Time
50 min
Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
40 min
Total Time
50 min
Ingredients
  1. 4 boned free range chicken thighs
  2. 4 rashers of bacon
  3. 3/4 cup baby spinach
  4. 1/4 cup kale
  5. 4 mushrooms
  6. 2 handfuls of walnuts
  7. 1.5 tsp dried basil
  8. 1 crushed garlic clove
  9. 2 tbs olive oil
  10. 2 olives per chicken
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 180c
  2. Put all stuffing ingredients into a food processor until diced evenly
  3. Place chicken on top of rasher of bacon and stuff it
  4. Roll chicken and ensure the seam is facing downward
  5. Wrap the bacon around the chicken and secure with toothpicks or space age ties
  6. Cook for 40 minutes
Notes
  1. Can be served on top of sweet potato mash or quinoa.
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