Rachael: Bacon-Wrapped Chicken with Herbs Recipe & Cheesy Cauliflower

Rachael Ray: Quick Chicken Dinner

Rachael Ray shared a “quick chicken dinner” that comes with your choice of amazing side dishes. It’s a meal of Bacon-Wrapped Chicken with Herbs.

Rachael Ray: Cauliflower & Sweet Potato Side Dishes

Mashed Cauliflower cooks using steam, which saves you time because you don’t have to break it down first. I like any process that is going to save me prep time in the kitchen.

Sweet Potatoes are nutrient-rich, and mashing them is a great way to add more color to any plate. Look for Orange Marmalade with no added sugar to help naturally sweeten them.

Rachael Ray: Bacon-Wrapped Chicken with Herbs Recipe Ingredients

• 1 skinned Chicken, cut into eight pieces (wings reserved for future use)
• 1 fine chopped Fresno Chili Pepper
• 2 tbsp fine chopped Thyme
• 4 cloves minced Garlic
• 2 tbsp fine chopped Rosemary
• 6 Bay leaves
• 6 thin slices Bacon
• 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Salt & Pepper

Mashed Sweet Potatoes Ingredients

• 4 peeled Sweet Potatoes (cut in 2” chunks)
• 3 tbsp Polaner Orange Marmalade
• 1 tbsp chopped Thyme
• 1/4 tsp ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 cup Chicken Stock
• grated Nutmeg
• 1 or 2 tbsp Butter
• Salt & Pepper

Cheesy Cauliflower Ingredients

• 1 trimmed, stemmed head Cauliflower
• 1 5.4-oz package Boursin Garlic Herb Cheese
• 1 cup Chicken Stock
• 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Salt & Pepper

Rachael Ray: Bacon-Wrapped Chicken with Herbs Recipe Directions

1. Preheat the oven at 375 F and set a wire rack inside a rimmed baking sheet.
2. Arrange chicken with rosemary, thyme, garlic, and chilis in a baking dish.
3. Toss chicken ingredients with olive oil, salt and pepper. (Optionally, stop here and let this marinate overnight in the fridge.)
4. Put a bay leaf on each piece of chicken. Wrap a bacon slice on each chicken piece, letting the bay leaf peek out.
5. Place chicken on the wire rack and bake about 45 minutes, until bacon is crispy and chicken has fully cooked. Serve with mashed sweet potatoes and/or cauliflower.

Mashed Sweet Potatoes Directions

1. Cover sweet potatoes with cold water in a pot.
2. Bring to a boil and add salt; cook potatoes until they are tender.
3. Drain potatoes and place them back in the pot; salt and pepper.
4. Mash the potatoes with marmalade, thyme, cinnamon, chicken stock, nutmeg, and butter.

Cheesy Cauliflower Directions

1. In a Dutch oven, place cauliflower with chicken stock.
2. Add olive oil, salt and pepper; bring to a boil.
3. Cover and simmer until cauliflower is tender.
4. Mash with Boursin and Parmigiano cheeses. Adjust seasonings to serve.