Chicken breast, wrapped in bacon, smothered in tangy barbecue sauce and topped with melted cheese. A British pub classic that you can easily make at home for a quick weeknight dinner.
No pans are needed - we cook it all right in the baking dish.
Use shop-bought barbecue sauce, or you can make my 10 minute homemade BBQ sauce.
Sitting in a pub garden on a hot day eating Hunters chicken with a pile of salty chips and a cold beer.
I can't wait for those days. Hopefully soon we can all be enjoying family meals out again.
In the meantime, I'm controlling the cravings by making it at home. Sometimes with chips, or sometimes with a big bowl of buttery mashed potato.
I love how quick and easy this recipe is - a few minutes of prep, then the oven does all the work.
📋 What do we need?
- Chicken - chicken breasts are best, as thighs are a little small. Be sure to trip the chicken breast of any fatty bits you don't want to eat.
- BBQ sauce - you can use homemade BBQ sauce or store-bought.
- Bacon - use rindless streaky bacon - these thin strips are best for wrapping around the chicken
- Cheese - I use a mixture of grated mozzarella (gives a nice stretch) and strong cheddar (for flavour).
📺 Watch how to make it
**Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post.**
👩🍳PRO TIP If you're using shop-bought BBQ sauce you can pep it up with a little honey, smoked paprika and/or chilli powder for a sweet, smoky or spicy version (you could use one, two or all three if you like!).
🍽️ What to serve it with
You can serve this Hunters Chicken Recipe with:
Just 5 ingredients and 30 minutes you've got a family-pleasing dinner on the table.
Also, if you've never tried it, a hunters chicken wrap is a real crowd please too!
To make this, cut the cooked hunters chicken into slices and serve hot in tortilla wraps or soft flatbreads with crispy lettuce and red onion 👌
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Hunters Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 8 rashers/strips streaky bacon - smoked or unsmoked – your preference
- 240 ml (1 cup) BBQ sauce - Use good quality store-bought, or my quick homemade BBQ sauce (I used homemade).
Also:
- 50 g (½ packed cup) grated/shredded mature cheddar cheese
- 50 g (½ packed cup) grated/shredded mozzarella cheese
To serve:
- Chips or mashed potatoes
- Veggies – such as carrots - green beans or broccoli
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F.
- Wrap each chicken breast in two rashers/strips of bacon and place in a shallow baking dish.
- Place in the oven and cook for 25 minutes – until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the middle.
- Remove the dish with the chicken from the oven. Spoon the BBQ sauce on and around the chicken.
- Sprinkle the chicken with the cheddar and mozzarella.
- Place back in the oven for 5 minutes, until the cheese has melted.
- Serve the chicken with mashed potatoes and vegetables.
Video
✎ Notes
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- Crumbled Lancashire, Cheshire or Wensleydale for a bit of tangy-ness
- Gouda or Gruyere for a slight nutty flavour
- Crumbled Stilton if you're a blue-cheese lover
Nutrition
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Caleb says
Just a question, when you say preheat the oven at 400F do you mean preheating it in the broil setting or bake setting? Thank you
Nicky Corbishley says
Hi Caleb, it's using the bake setting. Hope you enjoy 🙂
Katie MacKay says
Amazing.
Had this with the wedges from the Cajun cod recipe and it went down a treat.
Have made several things from this site and the new book and everything has been so tasty.
David McCallum says
I only came across this site because I googled "Hunter's chicken recipe" and I have to say it was absolutely delicious, I made it with your BBQ sauce and it was without shadow of a doubt the best Hunter's chicken I've ever tasted. I'm looking forward to exploring the rest of the site now.
Bridget says
This was so easy to make and delicious. We have veggie in the family, so I baked mushrooms for her instead on chicken. We like things spicy, so I added some garlic, ginger and chilli to the BBQ sauce.
Dawn says
Very tasty indeed..a quick and easy meal too. I used a ready made barbeque sauce being a lazy bones 😁
Linda Owen says
Really tasty with great homemade bbq sauce which is really quick and easy to make
Ceri Thomas says
Im not a cook but I love this recipe! Its so easy and tasty
Sadie Fletcher says
This is wonderful … no other words needed! 😍
Ashley says
Amazing!
Tracy says
I recently discovered you guys, as I was searching for this particular recipe to make for my family.
Everyone loved it, and I even made the bbq sauce!
Thank you so much!
Karen Lesley Nash says
Gorgeous quick & easy meal. Made the barbecue sauce from scratch too and it was very tasty! Definitely making again. Thank you Nicky 👍🏻