Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Step 2

Chicken breasts should be room temperature and patted dry of any moisture. Season your chicken with the seasonings for chicken rub. Let them settle into the chicken about 30 minutes before browning.

Step 3

Cut 3 inch slits into the thickest part of your chicken

Step 4

Season the chicken all over and even inside the cavity where you made the slits

Step 5

Chop up all of the vegetables & herbs into small pieces.

Step 6

Shred the cheese

Step 7

Mix together all of the ingredients for the stuffing

Step 8

Stuff the chicken breasts

Step 9

Wrap the chicken in the bacon. About 3 pieces per chicken breast

Step 10

Add chicken to a skillet with high sides (oven safe skillet) and brown the bacon wrapped chicken at about medium (medium high) heat. I only add canola oil if I notice that the bacon is not rendering enough fat. I added about 1 tsp of oil halfway through browning. Brown all sides and don’t mess with it! Leave it to get nice and caramelized.

Step 11

Pop the entire pan into the oven and bake for about 20 minutes at 350.