Easy Monterey Chicken Recipe (Chili's Copycat)

Easy Monterey Chicken Recipe (Chili's Copycat)

This easy Monterey Chicken recipe takes BBQ chicken to the next level by smothering it with Monterey Jack cheese, bacon, and a few fresh veggies. It’s a fun new twist on leftover chicken or a delicious way to use boneless, skinless chicken breasts!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Monterey Chicken, Monterey Chicken Recipe

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Servings serving

Calories 345kcal

Author Faith Gorsky

Ingredients

1/2 cup cooked shredded chicken or 4 to 6-ounces boneless skinless chicken breast (see Notes)
2 tablespoons BBQ sauce (see Notes)
1 ounce Monterey Jack cheese shredded
1 scallion green and white parts, thinly sliced
1 slice beef bacon cooked until crispy and then crumbled
5 cherry tomatoes halved
1 slice red onion optional

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400F.
If using leftover chicken: Mix together the chicken and BBQ sauce and spread it into a 12-ounce gratin dish (or use whatever oven-safe dish you have). Top with the cheese and scallion.
If using boneless, skinless chicken breast: Place the chicken breast in a gratin dish (or other oven-safe dish), spread the BBQ sauce on top, top with the cheese and scallion, and cover it with foil.
Bake until the chicken is warm and the cheese is melted, about 10 to 15 minutes using leftover chicken, or 20 to 25 minutes for boneless skinless chicken breast. If using boneless skinless chicken breast, remove the foil during the last 5 minutes of cooking.
Top with the crumbled bacon, tomato, and red onion.
Serve.

Notes

Chicken: You can use pulled BBQ chicken if you have that on hand! Alternatively, you can use cooked boneless, skinless chicken breasts (per serving, use about 4 to 6 ounces of cooked chicken breast topped with 2 tablespoons BBQ sauce).
Nutrition Information and Low Carb Version: The nutritional information for this recipe was estimated using regular (not sugar free) BBQ sauce. For the low carb version, use your favorite sugar free BBQ sauce. If you use sugar free BBQ sauce with about 2 grams net carbs per 2-tablespoon serving, the net carbs for this recipe will be about 7g per serving (instead of 19g net per serving using regular BBQ sauce).

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