Four-ingredient entrees like these Bacon Wrapped Barbecue Chicken Breasts just don’t come any easier or lip smackin’ good. In this recipe boneless chicken breasts are dry rubbed with barbecue seasoning, then wrapped with bacon slices and brushed with barbecue sauce. The chicken is baked until tender and juicy on the inside and charred on the outside with the only thing left to do is devour.

Easy Bacon Wrapped Barbecue Chicken Breasts Recipe

We love our barbecue here in North Carolina. We’re most famous for pork barbecue, but we tend to love all kinds of barbecue equally. In the Eastern parts of the state you’ll see barbecue served most often with a tangy sometimes spicy, vinegar based sauce. In the Western parts of North Carolina, barbecue is most often served dressed with a sweet tomato based sauce. I enjoy both but tend toward a sweeter sauce, personally. That’s typically what it comes down to with both seasonings and sauces, you can eat barbecue the way it suits you most.

How to Make the Best Bacon Wrapped Barbecue Chicken Breasts Recipe

There are so many delightful prepared barbecue sauces available on the market it makes easy entrees like these chicken breasts a cinch to make.

Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Bacon Wrapped Barbecue Chicken Breasts: Boneless skinless chicken breasts, thick cut bacon, barbecue seasoning and barbecue sauce.
Kitchen tool you’ll need: Measuring cups and spoons, grill pan or broiler pan, pastry brush.
These chicken breasts can be fully assembled one day in advance and placed into an airtight container chilled in the refrigerator until baking.
You may already have a favorite barbecue seasoning that you like to use. If not, no worries there are many readily available on the spice aisle at the grocery store.
Season the chicken breasts with a flavorful barbecue seasoning, such as McCormick’s smokehouse maple or similar, then wrap each piece with 2 slices of bacon.
Barbecue seasoning will likely have enough sodium in it to season the chicken breasts adequately. The amount can vary from brand to brand so season the chicken with salt and pepper as needed, or to your personal taste.
A thicker sauce works best and you can use your favorite ranging from a sweet and spicy flavor or a classic mesquite or hickory barbecue sauce. Go with your favorite.
This recipe can easily be scaled up or down depending on your needs.
Roast the chicken and brush liberally with your favorite sauce at the end of baking to char and it’s ready to eat in a snap.
What to serve with barbecue chicken: Add a side of cole slaw, corn on the cob and baked beans with a slice of cornbread and enjoy a taste of the South in your mouth.
Store cooked Bacon Wrapped Barbecue Chicken Breasts chilled in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Reheat bacon wrapped chicken under the boiler in the oven or in an air fryer just until heated through.

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