Looking for a delicious weeknight chicken dinner? This Cheesy Bacon And Mushroom Chicken recipe is easy and done in under 30 minutes.

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I like chicken. It’s the main protein we eat on a regular basis, but sometimes, you need to dress it up. That’s how this cheesy bacon and mushroom chicken recipe was born.

It’s a really easy chicken recipe because the chicken is naked. So no breading and dredging the chicken.

Leaving the chicken naked (and cooking it with just seasoning) makes this recipe a lot quicker meaning you can make this tasty chicken recipe on a weeknight.

This cheesy bacon and mushroom chicken recipe is definitely a pretty special weeknight dinner.

If you don’t like mushrooms, don’t run away from this cheesy bacon and mushroom chicken recipe. You can substitute onions for the mushrooms.

Did you buy too much chicken for this recipe and now you need more ideas? We got you.

Check out our list of Budget-Friendly Chicken Recipes for more ideas of what to cook.

Cheesy Bacon And Mushroom Chicken Recipe

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Cheesy Bacon And Mushroom Chicken Ingredients:

• 8 chicken breast tenderloins
• 3 slices thick cut bacon
• 4 oz. can of mushrooms
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• Salt
• Pepper
• Onion powder

How To Make Cheesy Bacon And Mushroom Chicken:

Cook the bacon until it is crisp.

Set it aside to cool, but leave the bacon grease behind in the pan. When the bacon has cooled, rough chop it into pieces.

Drain the canned mushrooms and rough chop them.

Sauté the mushrooms in the bacon grease until they’re soft and cooked through, about ten minutes.

Set the mushrooms aside, making sure to leave behind any remaining bacon grease.

Season the chicken breast tenderloins with salt, pepper, and onion powder on both sides.

Cook the chicken, flipping halfway through the cook.

Push the cooked chicken to the middle of the pan.

Cover the chicken with the bacon pieces and cooked mushrooms.

Pour the shredded cheese on top of the pile.

Cover the pile with a lid and leave it until the cheese is completely melted, about five minutes.

Serve hot.

Canned mushrooms vs. fresh mushrooms?

For the most part, I prefer fresh mushrooms over canned mushrooms. And I have a lot of recipes that use fresh mushrooms.

But, I use canned mushrooms in homemade mushroom soup and in this cheesy bacon and mushroom chicken.

Why?

For this recipe, specifically, I find that the canned mushrooms hold up better than fresh mushrooms do. Fresh mushrooms generally cook down so much that you need double the amount of fresh mushrooms than you would of canned mushrooms.

Canned mushrooms don’t usually have as much flavor as fresh mushrooms, but you’re cooking these in bacon grease. So the canned mushrooms will really absorb that flavor and taste delicious. And since they don’t cook down as much, they’ll lend a nice texture to the cheesy bacon and mushroom chicken.

Plus, canned mushrooms last longer than fresh mushrooms do. So if you have a couple cans of canned mushrooms in your pantry, waiting for you to cook them, this is a great way to use them. And sometimes, we need to use those canned products we store in our pantry in times of hurricanes.

If you’re worried about sodium (which a lot of people are when they buy canned products), you can rinse the canned mushrooms off before using them. And that goes for any recipe, not just this one.

Cheesy Bacon And Mushroom Chicken: Frequently Asked Questions

Want more weeknight chicken dinner recipes?

I cook a lot of chicken for weeknight dinners. If you’re looking for some new weeknight chicken dinner recipes, we have a few options for you below.

• Chicken Parm Pasta (pictured above)
• Fiesta Chicken Quesadillas
• Salsa Pouch Chicken
• Sheet Pan Chicken Vesuvio

Have you tried this Cheesy Bacon And Mushroom Chicken recipe? Let us know in the comments.