Zesty Stuffed Chicken recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ pounds cooked cocktail shrimp
1 (8 ounce) package shredded pepper Jack cheese
1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
½ cup chopped green onion
1 tablespoon Creole seasoning
6 skin-on, boneless chicken thighs
6 slices thick-cut bacon

Nutrition Info

501.3 calories
carbohydrate: 2.5 g
cholesterol: 340.5 mg
fat: 29.1 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 54.3 g
saturatedFat: 11.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 977.4 mg
sugar: 0.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

  2. Mix shrimp, pepper Jack cheese, yellow bell pepper, and green onion together in a bowl. Stir in Creole seasoning.

  3. Place chicken thighs skin-side up on a cutting board. Pound with a meat mallet until somewhat flattened. Flip.

  4. Pack an even amount of the shrimp mixture over each chicken thigh. Roll up chicken, wrap tightly with bacon slices. Transfer rolls to a large baking pan.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until juices run clear from chicken and bacon is crisp, about 45 minutes.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

I was experimenting and wanted to try something new and this turned out to be very delicious.

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