Bacon-Ranch Chicken Skillet

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Ingredients

  • 6 slices bacon
  • 1½ lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, halved crosswise
  • ½ tsp salt, divided
  • ½ tsp pepper, divided
  • 1 pint grape tomatoes
  • ⅔ cup Ranch dressing
  • ½ tsp ground chipotle chile pepper
  • 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
  • 2 avocados, diced
  • 1 (5-oz) pkg baby spinach

Instructions

  1. Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat 6 to 8 minutes or until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet, reserving 2 Tbsp drippings in skillet. Crumble bacon.
  2. Pound chicken to an even thickness between plastic wrap using a meat mallet. Sprinkle chicken with ¼ tsp each salt and pepper.
  3. Cook chicken, in batches if necessary, in hot drippings over medium-high heat 3 to 4 minutes per side or until browned.
  4. Return all chicken to skillet. Add tomatoes and ¼ tsp each salt and pepper; cook 2 to 3 minutes or until tomatoes begin to burst.
  5. Meanwhile, combine dressing and chipotle pepper.
  6. Sprinkle cheese over chicken; cover and cook 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese melts. Top with bacon and avocado.
  7. Serve chicken over spinach. Drizzle with dressing.

Nutritional Information

Main Total
Servings 6
Calories
505
505
Fat (g) 36 36
Sat. Fat (g) 10 10
Protein (g) 35 35
Carb (g) 13 13
Fiber (g) 6 6
Sodium (mg) 718 718
T. Sugs (g) 2 2
A. Sugs (g) 1 1

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