Baked Chicken with Bacon: Farmstead Kitchen Recipe
Need a quick but exquisite dinner? Here’s your recipe! Baked Chicken with Bacon. In the video, you’ll get a tutorial on how to use a whole chicken to make this recipe, and why you might consider starting with a whole chicken instead of paying extra for pieces.
A quick way to make chicken everyone will love!
- 3.5-4.0 pounds whole fryer chicken or bone in chicken parts
- 0.5 pounds Mangalitsa pepper bacon
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
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Cut whole chicken into pieces. Place all pieces into a 9x13 baking dish.
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Lay slices of bacon over the chicken pieces.
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Bake chicken in oven for one hour. Bacon should be nicely browned, chicken skin tan, and the chicken juices should be clear if you poke a thigh or breast when everything's done.
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