Monterey Chicken

Ingredients

• Bacon

  Raw, cured pork

  2 oz or 57g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  4 full breast (both fillets) or 944g

• Tex-Mex Chipotle Seasoning

  Food Club

  1 tsp or 4g

• Barbecue sauce

  ½ cup or 125g

• Monterey cheese

  Includes Pepper Jack

  ½ cup, shredded or 57g

• Tomatoes

  Red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice

  ½ cup or 120g

• Onions

  Young green, tops only

  1 stalk or 12g

Directions

1. Place bacon in a cold skillet and heat over medium. Cook until bacon has reached desired crispiness, flipping as needed. Drain on paper towels, chop, and set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
3. Pound out the chicken breasts to flatten. Season each with a little southwest seasoning .
4. Cook the chicken in a skillet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray over medium-low heat until no longer pink, about 7-10 minutes per side.
5. Place each breast onto a baking sheet and top each breast with 2 tablespoon of barbeque sauce, 2 tablespoon cheese, 2 tablespoon tomatoes, green onions, and 1 tablespoon of bacon bits.
6. Place into the oven and bake until the cheese has melted (about 5 minutes).