An easy dinner recipe, smokey applewood barbecue baked chicken, is ready in about 30 minutes.  Top chicken breasts with barbecue sauce, mushrooms, bacon and cheese and bake for a quick, easy and delicious dinner recipe.  Thank you to McCormick for sponsoring this post! I received product free of charge to facilitate this recipe, but the recipe is entirely my own.

Today it was cold and rainy in Vegas, which is quite unusual.  I also spent the weekend nursing my son and managed to catch his head cold.  It was cold, wet and I felt terrible – I needed a quick and easy dinner recipe.  I had boneless, skinless chicken thawed in the fridge. McCormick had just sent me a few of their new Skillet Sauces to try.  I could have just followed the directions on the sauce package and made a barbecue chicken dish on the stove top. But I didn’t’ feel like standing there cooking and – what’s the fun in following directions?!

I opted to bake the chicken instead of sauteing it.  I love a dish that I can throw in the oven and walk away from.  While I was at it, I decided to add onion and mushrooms to the mix.  And then I found bacon in the fridge so that had to go on, too.

McCormick’s new Skillet Sauces come in a bunch of different flavor options and make dinner easy.  If you make the sauce as instructed dinner is ready in about 15 minutes.  You can also use the sauce in a slow cooker – or bake it up like I did. So many options!

The baked barbecue chicken comes together super quickly and easily.  Just layer the chicken, sauce, mushrooms and onions and then bacon.  Cover and bake for about 25-30 minutes. I baked it for 40 minutes and the chicken was done and I needed to add the cheese. So go a little shorter than done.

This easy one dish dinner recipe was a hit with my family and I love how easy it is to make.   The McCormick Skillet Sauces are a great, flexible option when life gets busy and you need dinner quickly and easily.   Keeping a few in my pantry will help me get a delicious meal on the table without too much effort on my part.

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Yield: 4

Smoky Applewood Barbecue Baked Chicken Recipe

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Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 3-4 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts about 1 1/2 pounds total
• 1 8 ounce package sliced baby portabella mushrooms
• 1/4 cup diced onion
• 1 packet McCormick Smoky Applewood Barbecue Skillet Sauce
• 3-4 piece cooked bacon
• 1 cup shredded Monterrey jack cheese

Instructions

2. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.
3. In a small frying pan, saute onions and mushrooms in butter just until the mushrooms begin to release their juices, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
4. Place chicken breasts in a greased 9x13 baking dish.
5. Spread the McCormick skillet sauce over the chicken breasts making sure to cover the chicken as completely as possible.
6. Top the sauce with the sauteed onions and mushrooms.
7. Place 1 slice of bacon on top of each chicken breast (on top of the mushrooms).
8. Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 25-30 minutes.
9. Remove dish from oven and remove foil. Top chicken with cheese. Return to oven and bake for another 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.