What’s for your dinner tonight? Perhaps…, chicken?
Then, may I suggest this teriyaki ranch chicken bake recipe for you to try? If you have a bottled teriyaki sauce and a ranch dressing, a few strips of bacon, some cheddar cheese and green onions, you are all set to make this delicious chicken dinner in a very short time with hardly any effort.
Our life is busy whether you are a full time worker, a staying home mother, a student, or even a couch potato. Coming up with a dinner plan can be stressful and this recipe can ease your burden off the shoulder.
I have been making this recipe for many years and my family always loved it. It sounds a little bizarre to combine teriyaki sauce with ranch dressing, but they become so delightful together. You won’t be disappointed.
Get your favorite teriyaki sauce and ranch dressing. This is like East meets West blind date in a random place.
BTW, my family’s favorite ranch dressing has to be Hidden Valley. What is yours?
First, fry up a few bacon strips until crisp. Take them out and crumble them into small pieces.
With the remaining bacon grease, brown chicken breasts until golden. Do not cook all the way.
Transfer the browned chicken breasts to a greased baking pan and drizzle teriyaki sauce over, about 1 tablespoon per breast.
Squirt some ranch dressing to cover…
Sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese and crumbled bacon pieces on top of chicken.
Sprinkle half of the chopped green onion on top and they are ready to enter to the oven.
Bake for 20 minutes in a preheated 350F oven or until the chicken is fully cooked.
Ta-da! Finished!
Sprinkle the remaining green onion on top to garnish.
Easy, right? So flavorful and delicious! Don’t forget to scoop all the juices in the pan to drizzle over the chicken when you serve. Plain rice would make a wonderful accompaniment to soak up all the goodness.
My daughter turned 12 yesterday. She says she finally became “officially” teenager. I don’t know if the *official teenager* title will change anything about her. She is still the same goofy, lovely, happy, smart little girl of mine.
Time runs. Kids don’t stop growing. I better get my dinners ready fast.
Teriyaki Ranch Chicken Bake (adapted from allrecipes.com)
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 4 strips bacon
- 4 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
- 1/2 cup ranch salad dressing
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 spring onion chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF
- Fry bacon strips until crisp and crumble them into small pieces. Set aside.
- Saute chicken breasts in the bacon grease until golden brown.
- Transfer the chicken to a baking dish. Pour Teriyaki sauce and ranch dressing over the chicken. Sprinkle cheddar cheese, bacon pieces and 1/2 of green onion on top of chicken.
- Bake for about 20-30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
- Sprinkle the remaining green onion over the chicken to garnish.
- Serve hot with rice or mashed potatoes
This sounds like a cool combo of flavors! And not one I would have thought of. Really creative, and easy. What’s not to like? Good stuff – thanks.
What brand of teriyaki sauce is that? I’m looking for ones that don’t contain high frutcose syrup and stuff.
Dish looks delish!!
The brand name is Wasama. I don’t see the fructose corn syrup in the list of ingredients on the bottle, BUT it has some MSG in it which I found quite common in many Japanese condiments.
This really does sound good and it looks beautiful. There’s something to be said about those semi-homemade meals. They sure do make life easier and the rush to get dinner on the table more relaxing than a frantic rush.
Thanks for sharing, I will definitely save this recipe to try.
Yes, this is one of those semi-homemade dinner with an ease. Perfect for busy night.
This looks salty, cheesy, creamy and delicious — kind of like a stuffed baked potato with chicken. I’d never have thought to combine teriyaki and ranch dressing — but why not?
Wow! Incredibly easy and so yummy. It’s a new dinner hit!!
this looks great! thank you for the recipe.
BTW I love Hidden Valley’s Spicy Ranch Dressing we also have a local (Eastern Washington State) Ranch dressing mix called Uncle Dan’s that is really good too.
Thanks Gail. I will remember the Uncle Dan’s dressing mix.
Oh, it’s so easy to make. I love this recipe 🙂
yummy … until the very sucking my view, if it tastes like it looks, I definitely have to try it …
I hope you can give this a try. Everyone who had this chicken loved it. It is tasty and very easy to prepare.
Holly, this looks amazing, as do all the other dishes I’ve just seen on your beautiful site! I was inspired to eat – but, alas, not (yet) make – bibimbap for lunch today at the new place at Pavilion (although I’m sure yours is better)!
Thanks Mia. Maybe we should get together for Korean lunch someday.
woow that looks very tasty food.
maybe I’ll try to make it.
Yes, I’m free then! 🙂
What’s your favorite Korean restaurant in KL?
There is a very nice one in double tree hotel off Jalan Tun Rajak. There a a few in Mon Kiara as well but a little far from Ampang. Are you free next Tuesday?
Delicious! Thanks for a great recipe! I found a teriyaki sauce recipe on food.com (http://www.food.com/recipe/restaurant-teriyaki-sauce-133751) rather than buying my own.
What exactly is a ranch dressing? Can I use something else? I’ve never seen ranch dressing here in the UK!
A big hit at our house! The teriyaki sauce gives it a hint of wine flavor – not what you would expect – really excellent and easy to put together!
OMG! This looks so easy and mouthwtering. I’m glad I stumbled upon your site.
This was amazing! The flavors really blended well together. I made this and put it on my blog. I hope you don’t mind. I linked you, of course!
Great! Thanks for the link!
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