Hunter's Chicken {Easy & Delicious!}

Hunter's Chicken recipe with cheese topping and barbecue sauce.

5 from 41 votes

Hunter's Chicken {Easy & Delicious!}

This is the ultimate big flavour, low fuss family favourite for a quick midweek or weekend meal. This easy Hunter’s Chicken recipe, made up of chicken, bacon, cheese and barbecue sauce is so delicious and simple to make.

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Total Time35

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Family Food

Servings:

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

4x Chicken breasts
8x Slices of streaky bacon
100 g Grated cheddar cheese

For the BBQ sauce:

5 tbsp Tomato ketchup
3 tbsp Honey
2 tsp Mustard powder
2 tbsp Dark brown sugar
1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar Or white wine vinegar
3 tbsp Water

Instructions

Heat the oven to 200C and oil or line a baking tray.
Place the chicken breasts on the tray and wrap two slices of bacon around each. Cook in the oven for 25 minutes. (You may want to flip the chicken over as it cooks so the bacon underneath can crisp.)
While the chicken is cooking, mix the ingredients for the sauce and cook in a pan on the hob over a medium heat for about 5-10 minutes until thickened.
After 25 minutes pour the barbecue sauce over the chicken, add the grated cheese and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes.

Notes

BBQ sauce: You could always use a shop bought BBQ sauce instead

Prep ahead: Mix the sauce and wrap the chicken ready to be cooked later

Chicken: If you have bought a pack of 3 large chicken breasts, you can slice these in half lengthways and make two stacks of chicken breast to wrap in the bacon

Freezing: You could freeze these when cooked. Open freeze them on a baking tray and transfer to a plastic container once they’re solid. Defrost them thoroughly overnight and then cook for 15-20 minutes, ensuring the chicken is piping hot all the way through

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