Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast is an easy recipe that will impress your guests. For your next dinner party, throw this chicken together so you can wow them with your cooking skills (they don’t have to know how easy it is!) and feel good about feeding them something healthy at the same time. This Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast pairs perfectly with roasted potatoes and roasted veggies. Or any sides that you prefer- even salad.
For more scrumptious, but healthy chicken recipes, look at these 29 Easy Low Calorie Chicken Recipes.
Three reasons why you need to make this recipe!
It’s “fried”, it’s seasoned, and it’s cheesy.
With this recipe for Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast, you get a really well seasoned chicken breast for dinner, coated in a crisp, crumb topping that’s reminiscent of fried chicken. And it’s stuffed with cheese. It’s a win all the way around.
It’s got a wow factor- perfect for impressing someone.
If you’ve got a special someone coming over for dinner, or even a crowd of people, this dish is perfect to make. Who doesn’t love cheese and bacon? And it looks fancy as well.
It’s filled with muscle building protein blocks.
This dish is all about the protein – you get it from the chicken, cheese, and the bacon. Muscle is essential for fat loss, so you’ll be killing two birds with one stone with this recipe.
Ingredients you need to make Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast:
- 4 (6 oz) raw skinless boneless chicken breast
- 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbsp egg whites
- 2.5 Tbsp bread crumbs
- 1.5 Tbsp finely grated parmesan cheese
- 1.5 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 4 oz softened light cream cheese
- 3 slices cooked and crumbled Oscar Mayer Center cut bacon – set aside 1/2 Tbsp of the bacon grease
- 1 oz light shredded mozzarella cheese
How to make Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast (step by step):
- Cook the bacon and set aside 1/2 Tbsp of the bacon grease. Crumble the bacon once it’s cooled and set aside
- Preheat the oven to 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly spray with nonstick spray.
- Cut a pocket into the side of each chicken breast. Make sure to not cut all the way through (as shown in the picture).
- Whisk the egg and egg whites together in a small bowl and lay out the flour on a flat plate. In a small bowl, mix the bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, 1/2 tsp of garlic, and 1 tsp Italian seasoning and spread out on another flat plate.
- In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese, 1 tsp garlic powder, crumbled bacon, and shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Divide the cream cheese mixture into the 4 chicken breasts spreading out to cover it as much as possible. (see picture) Fold each chicken breast closed.
- Roll each stuffed chicken breast in flour and dip them carefully in the egg mixture and then roll in your bread crumb mixture. Set the stuffed and coated chicken breasts onto a plate until you’re ready to cook.
- Heat the bacon grease in a large frying pan over medium then sear each side of the chicken breast for 1-2 minutes.
- Place them on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 35 minutes.
- Let cool for a few minutes before digging in! Enjoy.
Makes 4 servings. Nutrition info per serving: Calories 331, Fat 13 g, Saturated fat 5 g, Carbs 11g, Fiber .4 g, Sugars 3 g, Sodium 704 mg, Protein 44 g.
WW Points
- Chicken breast 0 points
- All purpose flour 2 points
- Egg and Egg Whites 0 points
- Bread crumbs 2 points
- Finely grated parmesan cheese 1 point
- Garlic powder and Italian seasoning 0 points
- Light cream cheese 11 points
- Oscar Mayer center cut bacon 3 points
- Light shredded mozzarella cheese 3 points
6 points per serving based on the WW app recipe creator.
If you’re using an older version of WW, check out these points below.
4-8 personal points
4 smart points each on blue & purple
8SP green
7 points plus- old WW program
Different ways to change up this recipe:
- Cream cheese is definitely the best base for the cheese mixture, but other cheeses could work as well. Ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, or even laughing cow cheese work give you lower points per chicken but still be just as flavorful and cheesy.
- Another way of making the creamy filling would be non-fat Greek yogurt. That would make each chicken breast 3 weight watcher points instead of 6 points.
- You could add a variety of spices to the cream cheese mixture if you didn’t want to use bacon. Some ideas include: sun dried tomatoes, basil, roasted garlic, or any variety of spices you like. Cream cheese is a fantastic base for flavoring your own way.
Tips and Tricks for Making Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast:
- Don’t overstuff the chicken – it’ll leak out everywhere onto the pan and you won’t end up with a fully stuffed chicken breast.
- When breading the chicken, remember to keep one hand dry, and one hand wet for minimal mess. Use one hand to put the chicken in the flour and then into the egg, then the other hand to toss the chicken around in the egg and place it on the bread crumbs. Go back to the first hand to coat the chicken in the bread crumbs. You’ll prevent the bread crumbs from clumping this way.
- You can pre-stuff the chicken breast, and let them sit in the fridge all day (covered tightly). Let them come to room temp for about 30 minutes before cooking.
- This dish does not freeze well. You should plan to consume all the chicken within 7 days. It does make a great meal prep option though. Make enough for your lunches for the week, and you’ve got a filling, high protein lunch that will leave you with plenty of energy to finish the work day.
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Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast
Ingredients
- 4- 6 oz raw skinless boneless chicken breast
- 2 Tbsp flour
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbsp egg whites
- 2.5 Tbsp bread crumbs
- 1.5 Tbsp finely grated parmesan cheese
- 1.5 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp italian seasoning
- 4 oz softened light cream cheese
- 3 slices cooked and crumbled bacon
- 1 oz light shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Cook the bacon and set aside 1/2 Tbsp of the bacon grease. Crumble the bacon once it’s cooled and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly spray with nonstick spray.
- Cut a pocket into the side of each chicken breast. Make sure to not cut all the way through (as shown in the picture).
- Whisk the egg and egg whites together in a small bowl and lay out the flour on a flat plate. In a small bowl, mix the bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, 1/2 tsp of garlic and 1 tsp italian seasoning and spread out on another flat plate.
- In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese, 1 tsp garlic powder, crumbled bacon and shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Divide the cream cheese mixture into the 4 chicken breasts spreading out to cover it as much as possible. (see picture) Fold each chicken breast closed.
- Roll each stuffed chicken breast in flour and dip them carefully in the egg mixture and then roll in your bread crumb mixture. Set the stuffed and coated chicken breasts onto a plate until you’re ready to cook.
- Heat the bacon grease in a large frying pan over medium then sear each side of the chicken breast for 1-2 minutes.
- Place them on a baking sheet and bake in oven for 35 minutes.
- Let cool for a few minutes before digging in! Enjoy.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Looks yummy, but I have a question, when do you add the parmesan? I saw it listed in the ingredients section but not in the recipe.
Sorry I since updated it, it is added to the bread crumb mixture
So yummy! Made it for dinner and it was loved by all. Would be great for company. I used fat free cream cheese and it was still wonderful.
So glad everyone loved it 🙂
Looks delicious! Thanks!
Hope you enjoy it 🙂
I love this recipe. Have made it twice doe family and guest and everyone loves it. So moist and easy.
So glad everyone enjoys it 🙂
Can you substitute the cream cheese with anything else?
I guess you could use a different cheese if you want? Cottage, riccota?? You want something creamy, maybe even a plain greek yogurt
I used laughing cow cheese when I realized there was no cream cheese. Still came out delicious.
Good call 🙂 I love laughing cow! Glad you enjoyed it
Can’t wait to try this! Also the salad in picture is the recipe on your site? That looks delicious as well.
Hope you enjoy it Cindy, no recipe for the salad just threw some stuff together lol
This was great,
The whole family loved it.
I added a little paprika and chilli to the cheese stuffing mix which bought a bit of heat. Will be defantly cooking it again ??
Sounds awesome, so glad everyone enjoyed it 🙂
Do you think this could be cooked in the air fryer? What about adding spinach and sun-dried tomatoes? Thank you
I’m not familiar with the air fryer although I did just get one but it will be awhile till I can play around with it, I think you should be able to cook it in it, and sure you can add anything you want to it just be mindful of additional points
Delicious–definitely will make this again & again!
So glad you enjoyed it Joyce 🙂
This looks delicious! I am just starting out on the freestyle, and have a question about the points. When I add the nutritional info to the app/site to track my points, it calculates to 8 smart points. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong! Any tips? I can’t wait to make this though!
Hi Meagan, the nutritional info will give you the points for the recipes as is, but on freestyle we don’t count the chicken, as you can see on my post it says 8 smart points, but that is before chicken was a zero point food, so now if you use the recipe builder on your app and enter this you should get 4 freestyle points
I am making this for dinner today, I will let you know how it turns out…so far my kitchen smells fantastic…hoping it taste as good as it smells
Awesome, hope you enjoyed it 🙂
Just made this and it is so good I stopped eating to comment! Love It!
So glad you enjoyed it Sarah 🙂
This recipe was delicious! The whole family loved it!
So glad you all enjoyed it 🙂
How can 1/2 tablespoonful bacon fat sauté 4 chicken breast ?
You are just “searing” the chicken, you do not need much grease in the pan to do this, I have no problem just using the 1/2 Tbsp to lightly coat the pan
This has become a family favorite!
Awesome, so glad the family enjoys it 🙂
Made this tonight, it was delicious!!! Thank you again…… you really should think about putting all your recipes in a recipe book and selling them. I would be first in line. Tomorrow will be the other stuffed chicken recipe you have??
Hi Stacey, so glad you enjoyed the chicken, I really do want to have a cookbook one day, just not knowing where to start is the hard part 🙁 but one day hopefully 🙂
I made this tonight and it was delicious! However, I listed your information on my ww app and it shows 8 points. Can you tell me how you’ve calculated 4 freestyle points? I’m currently following freestyle.
Hi Here is the breakdown of points from my App, flour 2SP, breadcrumbs 2SP, Parmesan 1SP, cream cheese 9SP, center cut bacon 2SP and Trader Joe’s cheese 1SP (17SP, divided by 4 gives them a 4 point value) maybe your products were a different brand?
Kate,
I just tried this and it was absolutely delicious. I just started WW again and I have to say….with food like this, I’m wondering if I will really lose weight. I can do this for life. Thank you for sharing. I have signed up to receive your emails.
Hi Cathy, thank you so much for your kind words, so glad you enjoyed the chicken, it is one of my favorites! And yes losing weight does not mean eating boring food 🙂 Good luck on your journey!
I love this recipe. I make it with turkey bacon and use light margarine e instead of the bacon grease. Delicious!
So glad you enjoy it Jeannie 🙂
Looks delish and is on the menu for tonight! Did you use regular chicken breasts or the thin-sliced ones?
Hi Janna, I hope you enjoy it.. I use regular chicken breast!
Oh my gosh chick this is ahhhhhhmmmmmmaaaaazzzzzzziiiinnnnnng! Like lick the plate. My daughter currently is. We haven’t even finished dinner and I’m writing this. It was a late dinner but so glad I did this recipe. I had been putting it off because of the steps but oh man so glad I finally did this one!!! So delicious!!! Thank you!!!
Ha best comment ever!!!! So glad you all enjoyed it 🙂 Thanks for sharing
I have one question. Is 4-6 ounces of chicken breast supposed to make 4 servings? So each serving size is approximately 1-1.5 ounces?
Hi Laurie, no that reads 4 6oz chicken breast, not 4-6 oz
Disregard my last silly question. It’s not 4-6 ounces, it’s 4 six ounce pieces. Sorry.
lol I responded before seeing this one 😉
Oh, wow. This was amazing.
I used a mixture of light cream cheese, laughing cow spread and allouette garlic and herb cheese (because I didn’t have enough cream cheese) and I added a few green onions to the mix.
I cooked them in the air fryer instead of the oven and they came out perfectly crispy and only took about 7 minutes to cook!
This was SO FLAVORFUL! I’m already so excited for the leftovers tomorrow!
Yay, so glad you enjoyed it, thanks for sharing all the info 🙂
Do I have to sear it before putting in oven?
No, but it does add to it overall
I have left over ham. Do you think I could use that instead of bacon?
Sure, I don’t see why not