Montreal Chicken with Cheese

We eat a lot of chicken. It's a joke around the Ferguson house about what kind of chicken is for dinner. I buy the huge bags of individually frozen chicken breasts from Costco. They're suprisingly good for frozen chicken, and substantially cheaper than buying "fresh" chicken from the supermarket. The last few times I have bought Publix "fresh" chicken it was frozen in the middle anyway....hmmmmm... This particular dish was inspired by a Ruby Tuesday's menu item. It is a quick, easy weekday meal I hope you enjoy.

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts (de-gicked, of course!)
Montreal Seasoning by McCormick
Barbque Sauce
Bacon
Cheddar Cheese (2% or low fat version is a good choice)


Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Sprinkle McCormick's seasoning on rinsed, trimmed chicken breasts. This McCormick seasoning is great for many dishes, but has a lot of salt so be careful about how much you use. Place chicken on baking sheet and place in oven for 30 minutes. Check the internal temperature for 180 degrees to insure that it is fully cooked. Take the chicken out, add a bit of barbque sauce on top, then a slice or two of cooked bacon (I like to nuke it) and some shredded cheddar. Place back in oven for two minutes or until cheese is melted.

Tonight I served this with frozen green beans (from Costco) seasoned also with a bit of bacon. You take the package of beans out of the freezer, add some water and boil. Make sure to add more water if needed. I take about half a piece of bacon and cut it up into little pieces for flavoring. This is the way to make them "soggy" like my husband prefers. I prefer to saute them in a bit of olive oil and keep them crisp, in the style of the facier 'haricots vert'. They're good either way.

You can add a starch like Uncle Ben's :90 rice or frozen potatoes that are no work and quickly finished.

That's it- dinner on the table for you and your family that is low fat (microwave bacon to reduce the fat tremendously), low calorie, generally healthy "homecooked" dinner. Healthy in a Hurry!