Cheddar Ranch Smothered Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 -6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 8 -12 slices bacon
• 1 -2 cup cheddar cheese (i used mexican blend and it was good)
• 1 (8 ounce) cream cheese, softened
• 1 (1 ounce) packet hidden valley ranch dressing mix
• 1/4 cup half-and-half
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Recipe

• 1 lay out stips of bacon on a cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees while browning the chicken.
• 2 lightly brown chicken in olive oil and place in a 9 x 13 dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• 3 take out bacon and place 2 pieces of bacon over each chicken breast.
• 4 sprinkle with 1/3 of your cheddar cheese. bake at 400 degrees until almost done.
• 5 while that is cooking mix together the softned cream cheese, ranch dressing mix, and enough halfn-half to bring the mixture to the consistency of ranch dressing.
• 6 when chicken is almost done, drizzle dressing mixture lightly over chicken
• 7 then add to rest of your cheese and cook until the cheese is melted and juices run clear.