Monterey Chicken
Monterey Chicken is grilled and topped with BBQ sauce, Monterey Jack cheese, and crumbled bacon. This flavor combination is out of this world.
MONTEREY CHICKEN
This chicken is marinated in a mixture of honey, soy sauce, and Worcestershire. I use this marinade for all types of meat but thought I would pair it with this chicken since I knew I wanted a salty/sweet combo. The top is covered in BBQ sauce, plenty of Monterey Jack cheese, bacon, and green onions for a color and a mild flavor. This is perfect for serving guests because it’s simple with a flavor party in your mouth.
I found out the hard way that not all chicken is made equal. I once bought a generic package of chicken and not only was the texture weird but so was the taste. Ever since then I’ve become very particular about my chicken. Like very particular.
Pile on those toppings:
OTHER CHICKEN RECIPES
- Hawaiian Grilled Chicken
- Grilled Chicken Cordon Bleu
- Fajitas on a Stick
- Grilled Mexican Lime Chicken
- Grilled Pineapple and Chicken Quesadillas
Monterey Chicken
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup soy sauce, (if gluten-free use aminos or a gluten-free brand)
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/3 cup BBQ sauce
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese
- 4 pieces of bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 2 tablespoons sliced green onions
Instructions
- In a large Ziploc bag, add the honey, soy sauce, Worcestershire, and garlic. Add salt and pepper as desired.
- Add the chicken breasts to the bag. Marinate for at least an hour and up to 24 hours.
- Preheat a grill to medium heat and oil grates well.
- Remove chicken from marinade. Discard marinade. Grill chicken 6-8 minutes per side or until chicken is cooked through. Make sure your heat isn’t too high or the marinade will burn.
- Remove chicken from the grill and place on a microwave or oven safe plate. Brush each chicken breast generously with 1-2 tablespoons of BBQ sauce.
- Sprinkle the cheese evenly on the chicken breasts and top with the crumbled bacon.
- Broil the chicken or heat in the microwave for 2-3 minutes until cheese is melted.
- Top with sliced green onions and serve.
I love this recipe!!! So simple…Yet so yummy!!! The only thing I change up is using thin chicken breast and adding diced tomato on the top along with the green onion. So good!!
So glad you liked it!
Thanks for sharing. Made this tonight everyone loved it!
Think about it…
” My question deals with the chicken I find at the supermarket. Some brands have labels on them boasting that they are “hormone-free.” I thought all farmers were prohibited from giving their chickens hormones. Is that true? If so, this seems like a sneaky way for these companies to make their product appear superior to others when it’s not. It seems like someone needs to cry “fowl play” on this!
— Terry B., Woodinville, Wash.
You are absolutely right. USDA regulations prohibit poultry growers from giving hormones and steroids to their birds, so all chicken is hormone-free. This label, while truthful, is also potentially misleading. It’s like putting a “cholesterol-free” sticker on a banana — sounds good until you realize that all bananas are cholesterol-free.
“Don’t be fooled by this,” warns Urvashi Rangan, a senior scientist at Consumer Reports. This chicken “isn’t worth any more money than a poultry product that does not make this claim,” she says.
And get this: While hormones are prohibited, growers can still give their hormone-free chicken “antibiotics every single day,” Rangan says. These drugs, commonly used by farmers, serve the same purpose as hormones — to increase the growth rate.
I’m interested in an alternate way of cooking the chicken. Could it be baked or cooked on the stovetop instead of BBQ’d on a grill?
Sure! You could bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken is done.
Just wanted to say my family LOVED this recipe! Also wanted to say I love your blog! I have cooked MANY of your recipes and keep coming back for more!!
Thank you Lesley!
This looks great! I love the Monterey chicken at Chili’s, but I haven’t thought to make it at home. Can’t wait to give this a whirl. Really like your blog, would love to welcome you to mine! 🙂
I inadvertently stumbled upon your site today, and what a blessing!! God certainly has given you a gift :). I am a teacher with four small children, 3 of whom can be very picky (the other one MUST be your twin as she is another girl who eats everything haha). Your recipes and ideas for kids’ recipes are so creative and well thought out that I’m over here praise dancing shouting, “yes! Yes! My children WOULD eat that!”
Thank you! I’m glad I could help. My kids, okay 1 in particular, can be so picky.
OMG, that looks so yummy! Will have to try this soon.
That marinade sounds fantastic- this is going on my menu this week!
It certainly looks like it was a most excellent idea to use it on chicken. I would be a happy camper to find I on my plate—especially now because I am looking at this at lunch time. Sigh.
Thanks Carol!
I agree with using Tyson chicken, that is all I use too. I’m glad that Target carries it as our other store quit carrying the Tyson brand and went only with the generic. I think some brands taste like water. This recipe looks fantastic, thanks for sharing and I’ll be trying it next week.
I totally agree!
I cook this dish as well, I first tried it at Chilli’s. Its very simple and easy to make and delicious of course!