Frugal Recipe: Chicken, Bacon, & Cheese Stuffed Pastry

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Do you have plans for Valentine’s Day yet? Restaurants are always SO crowded and you end up breaking the bank trying to have a ‘special’ dinner. How about staying IN and making a restaurant quality meal at a MUCH LOWER price?! Try our Chicken, Bacon, & Cheese Stuffed Pastry!

This recipe has tender chicken, crispy bacon, melted cheese, and a flaky pastry. I bet I’ve got your attention now!

I adapted this recipe for Chicken, Bacon, & Cheese Stuffed Pastry from a Rachel Ray recipe, Love Birds–Chicken in Pastry. You aren’t going to believe how easy this restaurant quality main dish is!

Chicken, Bacon, & Cheese Stuffed Pastry

Ingredients:

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut in half
Blackening seasoning, or seasoning of your choice
1 tablespoon olive oil
6 slices of mozzarella cheese
6 strips of bacon, cooked
1 sheet puffed pastry (I use Pepperidge Farm), thawed to room temperature.

Directions:

Season chicken with blackening seasoning. Heat oil in a non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Place chicken in skillet and cook through to internal temperature of 165 degrees. You want the chicken fully cooked in this step!
Cut the pastry into 6 pieces. Place a slice of mozzarella cheese on pastry, then bacon & chicken.
Pinch and seal the pastry around the cheese, bacon, and chicken, flip over and place on greased baking sheet.
Brush the tops of the pastry with egg wash (1 egg + 1 tablespoon water). This will give you a nice golden brown top.
Bake in pre-heated 400 degree oven for 12-15 minutes, until golden brown.

Yes, it’s that easy! When we have Chicken, Bacon, & Cheese Stuffed Pastry for dinner, I actually cook the chicken & bacon ahead of time (during the kids’ nap time!). All I have to do is assemble, then bake, and dinner is ready in a snap!

So this Valentine’s Day, send the kids to the grandparents, save your money & sanity, and enjoy a restaurant quality meal at your own home!

Hope you enjoy the Chicken, Bacon, & Cheese Stuffed Pastry!

*Here’s a $1/2 Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry printable coupon for you!