Bacon Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken, the best chicken you’ll ever eat with only 4 ingredients. Sticky, crispy, sweet and garlicky, the PERFECT weeknight meal.
Bacon Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken is a recipe we’ve actually been making at home for years but I never thought to post because it is so closely related to this Slow Cooker Bacon Garlic Pork Loin and Brown Sugar Garlic Pork.
If I had to guess, I’d say about 10% of the comments and emails I get from readers are in reference to those two posts above and they’re asking if they can use chicken. YES YES YES. I recently posted Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken and wanted to post this oven baked version as well (with chicken breast meat!).
This Bacon Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken is as simple as it sounds. Yes salt and pepper add flavor too (so technically 6 ingredients?) but even without those two, you’ll still have so much flavor it will leave you literally wanting to lick the plate.
Looking for more easy weeknight meals?
- Philly Cheese Steak Sloppy Joes
- Cheesy Taco Pasta
- Easy Mongolian Beef
- Baked Million Dollar Spaghetti
- One Pot Greek Chicken and Rice
Some notes about this Bacon Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken:
- Use a baking pan with at LEAST one inch high sides (my pan is almost 2 inch tall sides). You can see in the pan the sauce gets up pretty high while bubbling, you don’t want it to boil over into the oven.
- If concerned about this, place a baking sheet under your baking pan to catch overflow (better on the sheet than in the oven).
- Check the chicken at 25 minutes, you want to catch this when it is browned but not blackened and with sugar that can sometimes turn quickly.
- Yes, you can absolutely make this meal in the slow cooker (this is coming soon too). Using thigh meat place it in the slow cooker with no added liquids.
- Want it a bit spicier? Add in 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper or a squirt of Sriracha.
- If you want an even deeper caramel flavor, try dark brown sugar.
- Serve with rice or potato wedges and roasted vegetables.
Looking for more awesome Brown Sugar Garlic Recipes?
- Brown Sugar Garlic Oven Baked Pork Chops
- Brown Sugar Garlic Pork with Carrots and Potatoes
- Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken
- Slow Cooker Bacon Brown Sugar Garlic Pork Loin
Bacon Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup brown sugar packed
- 3 tablespoons garlic minced
- 3/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 6 chicken breasts boneless and skinless (4-5 ounces each)
- 12 slices bacon
Instructions
- In a large bowl add the brown sugar, garlic, salt and pepper and mix until combined.
- Coat the chicken in the brown sugar mixture.
- Wrap each piece of chicken with two slices of bacon (aim for the end of the bacon pieces to stay under the chicken to prevent unwrapping while cooking).
- Place into your baking pan (with at least 2 inch high sides).
- Top with the remaining brown sugar mixture.
Cook at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until cooked through and browned.
- Careful to not let the brown sugar burn and blacken.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
I made 3 in my pan, the recipe calls for 6. This is because I would've eaten the other three the next day for breakfast if it were in my fridge! For our family 3 is enough for dinner, but I didn't want the recipe to be confusing. 🙂
OMG!! This was such a HIT with the family and my 10 yr old is sooo picky and even loved it!!! Def adding this to our dinner rotation. The garlic seems like a lot, but trust me- it’s perfect in the end- everything blends together so nicely. Highly recommend
I made this last week and the chicken was juicy and delicious. We loved the flavors. The only problem that I had was the bacon was not crispy at all, I continued to bake but did not crisp up. Could this be an issue with oven?
After the 35 mins at 375, we broiled it for 5 mins on high and it crisped up the bacon and made or perfect.
Hi,
I was thinking about serving this with hasselback potatoes
What sauce would go with this recipe?
This one might be a good one.
https://dev.dinnerthendessert.com/blue-cheese-sauce/
There should be an option for ten stars on this recipe! Cooked it a bit longer and chose to broil for 5 minutes at the end to crisp up the bacon. The second time I made this dish I used thick cut maple bacon and topped the chicken with some honey after it came out of the oven. Both times the meal was incredible!
Thank you for sharing such a great dinner recipe, it’s much appreciated
You’re too kind, Mark. Thank you so much.
Love this recipe, it became a weekly staple until we realised the calories ?
Question- the first few times we made this it got a really nice crispy sugar coating like in your photos. For some reason now all the sugar seems to melt off. Still very nice just missing that little something. I wondered if you could tell me what I’m doing wrong why it’s now going like this??
I’m so glad you love it so much! It might be that your chicken either wasn’t fully thawed or had a higher water content. Either way, it was releasing too much liquid and not allowing the brown sugar to stick. You can try patting down the chicken with paper towels before hand to ensure there isn’t any extra liquid coming from it. Hope this helps.
Everyone loved it in my house! Thank you again.
You’re welcome, Theresa.
Could you adapt the recipe for a Ninja Foodi?? Got one for my birthday and am trying to adapt food I would normally cook in the oven or slow cooker.
I’ve not tested it using that.
Could I use this for pork chops instead of chicken? Will the temps and time differ or no?
Yes 🙂 Here’s a link for a recipe using pork chops instead.
https://dev.dinnerthendessert.com/oven-baked-pork-chops/
Enjoy!
Delish! Question-Is it alright if the bacon is to pink on the bottom side in the juice? I left it in longer on 375.. I think it’s because it’s in juice it never got crispy?
Yes, that’s fine. You can always pop it under the broiler for a bit next time too. Hope you enjoyed it!
Wow! So simple and so delicious! Thank you for a very tasty recipe!