Easy Smothered Chicken Breasts

Name: Easy Smothered Chicken Breasts
Total time: 45
Yield: 4
Ingredients: ½ cup all-purpose flour; ¼ cup seasoned bread crumbs; 2 teaspoons garlic salt; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 4 (6 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, pounded thin; 8 bacon strips; 1 onion, sliced; ¼ teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning; ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning; ¼ teaspoon salt; ⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste; ¼ cup packed brown sugar; ½ cup shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese

Recipe by Stephanie (Nussear) Back from allrecipes.com

Dinner 45 Mins.

Ingredients

4 servings

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½ cup all-purpose flour
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¼ cup seasoned bread crumbs
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2 teaspoons garlic salt
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1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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4 (6 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, pounded thin
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8 bacon strips
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1 onion, sliced

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¼ teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
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¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning
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¼ teaspoon salt
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⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
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¼ cup packed brown sugar
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½ cup shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese

Instructions

Mix flour, bread crumbs, garlic salt, and black pepper together in a bowl. Coat each chicken breast with flour mixture.
Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon, reserving bacon drippings; drain bacon on paper towels.
Cook and stir coated chicken breasts in the bacon drippings until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 5 minutes per side; remove and keep warm.
Cook and stir onion, lemon-pepper seasoning, Italian seasoning, salt, red pepper flakes, and brown sugar in the same skillet until onion is golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
Arrange chicken breasts on a baking sheet; top each breast with 2 bacon slices. Top with caramelized onion and Colby-Monterey Jack cheese.
Broil chicken breasts until cheese is melted and bubbling, 1 to 3 minutes.