Everything Bagel Chicken with Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce

Name: Everything Bagel Chicken with Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 pieces Chicken Breast (4 medium boneless, skinless chicken breasts (approximately 6-8 ounces each)); 3 tbsp Unsalted Butter (2 tablespoons butter (melted) + 1 tablespoon butter); 0 pieces Table Salt (salt (to taste) + salt (to taste)); 4 tbsp Everything But The Bagel Seasoning (4 tablespoons Everything But the Bagel seasoning + 1 teaspoon Everything But the Bagel seasoning + Everything But the Bagel seasoning); 4 oz Cream Cheese (4 ounces cream cheese (softened)); 6 tbsp Scallion (6 tablespoons chopped green onions (¼ cup + 2 tablespoons) + thinly sliced green onions); ¼ cup Half And Half (¼ cup half-and-half ( or milk))

Everything Bagel Chicken with Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce - Main Course (American)

40 minAmerican

Servings4

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Steps

1Preheat oven to 400º Fahrenheit. Place 4 medium boneless, skinless chicken breasts top-down in 9x9 baking dish.
2Use pastry brush to brush surface of chicken with half of 2 tablespoons butter, covering chicken completely. Sprinkle salt to taste over buttered chicken.
3Sprinkle half of 4 tablespoons Everything But the Bagel seasoning over buttered chicken, then carefully flip chicken breasts over.
4Brush tops of chicken breasts with remaining butter, sprinkle salt over, and coat with the remaining Everything but the Bagel seasoning.
5Place baking dish in preheated oven. Bake chicken 25 to 35 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160º Fahrenheit.
6Once target temperature is reached, carefully remove baking dish from oven. Set aside to rest 5 minutes.
7While chicken rests, melt 1 tablespoon butter in medium bowl. Add 1 teaspoon Everything But the Bagel seasoning, 4 ounces cream cheese, 6 tablespoons chopped green onions, and ¼ cup half-and-half to bowl and whisk until fully incorporated into smooth sauce. Taste sauce and add salt as needed
8Transfer chicken to serving plates. Spoon plenty of prepared sauce over tops of chicken breasts, then garnish with thinly sliced green onions and Everything But the Bagel seasoning if desired. Serve warm.