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This Everything Bagel chicken with scallion cream cheese sauce is pure NYC bagel heaven! Chicken breasts are coated in Everything But the Bagel seasoning and baked to perfection then smothered in a delicious scallion cream cheese sauce.
Before You Get Started
- Make sure you soften your cream cheese before trying to stir in the scallions, butter, and seasoning. If you forget to take your cream cheese out to soften, microwave it in a medium bowl at 50% power in 20-second intervals, stirring between each, until softened.
- Use an internal thermometer for the best chicken ever. I use this internal thermometer with a probe when baking meat and poultry in the oven; it sounds an alarm when the desired temperature is reached. Set your temperature to 160ยบ Fahrenheit for moist chicken. The post-cooking rest will bring it up to a food-safe 165ยฐ Fahrenheit.
Everything You Love About This Bagel, But on Chicken!
True or false: the Everything bagel is the perfect bagel.
True, duh. Well, maybe. If I’m in the mood for sweet, it’s cinnamon raisin all the way. But savory? Everything bagel is king.
And Everything But the Bagel seasoning? She might be the queen. With a classic garlicky, oniony flavor and tons of crunch from the sesame and poppy seeds, I want to coat just about everything in Everything Bagel seasoning.
Including, or maybe especially, this Everything Bagel Chicken with Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce. Yep – this recipe takes the very best parts of a classic Everything bagel and scallion cream cheese (Except maybe the squishy carbs and post-bagel bloat…) and turns it into a keto and low carb dinner that’s super easy to throw together.
What I Love About This Recipe
- The Everything Bagel seasoning creates a super flavorful and crunchy crust.
- The scallion cream cheese sauce is ridiculously easy and absolutely delicious. I’d eat it onย everything.
- This recipe is keto and low carb – only 2g net carbs per serving.
Where Can I Find Everything But the Bagel Seasoning?
Everything But the Bagel Sesame Seasoning started as a Trader Joe’s concoction but quickly spread in popularity. I personally ordered this giant container from Amazon and love how generous I can be with it.
If you don’t have any on hand and want to make this recipe tonight, you can always make your own Everything Bagel seasoning. You’d be a-OK to swap the white poppy seeds for black and vice versa.
Recipe Variations
- Make it Paleo: Everything Bagel chicken can easily become a paleo recipe! Just use ghee instead of butter, replace the half-and-half with your favorite unsweetened, non-dairy milk, and use a dairy-free cream cheese (like Kite Hill).
- Make it Dairy Free: For dairy-free Everything Bagel chicken, use vegan butter or a neutral oil, a dairy-free cream cheese, and your preferred non-dairy milk. Make sure the milk is unsweetened!
Making changes to a recipe can result in recipe failure. Any substitutions or variations listed are simple changes that I believe will work in this recipe, but results are not guaranteed.
Everything Bagel Chicken with Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce
Equipment
- Oven
- 9×9 baking dish or 9×13 baking dish
- Pastry brush
Ingredients
For the Everything Bagel Chicken
- 4 medium boneless, skinless chicken breasts approximately 6-8 ounces each
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- salt to taste
- 4 tablespoons Everything But the Bagel seasoning
For the Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon Everything But the Bagel seasoning
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 6 tablespoons chopped green onions ยผ cup + 2 tablespoons
- ยผ cup half-and-half or milk
- salt to taste
Serving Suggestions (All Optional)
- thinly sliced green onions
- Everything But the Bagel seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400ยบ Fahrenheit. Place 4 medium boneless, skinless chicken breasts top-down in 9×9 baking dish.
- Use pastry brush to brush surface of chicken with half of 2 tablespoons butter, covering chicken completely. Sprinkle salt to taste over buttered chicken.
- Sprinkle half of 4 tablespoons Everything But the Bagel seasoning over buttered chicken, then carefully flip chicken breasts over.
- Brush tops of chicken breasts with remaining butter, sprinkle salt over,ย and coat with the remaining Everything but the Bagel seasoning.
- Place baking dish in preheated oven. Bake chicken 25 to 35 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160ยบ Fahrenheit.
- Once target temperature is reached, carefully remove baking dish from oven. Set aside to rest 5 minutes.
- While 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 ยผ cup half-and-half to bowl and whisk until fully incorporated into smooth sauce. Taste sauce and add salt as needed
- Transfer 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.
Video
- Cooking Times: Note that cook time will vary by size of chicken breast.
– Small chicken breasts: approximately 25 minutes
– Medium chicken breasts: approximately 30 minutes
– Large chicken breasts: approximately 35 minutes
Approximate Information for One Serving
Nutrition Disclaimers
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.
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Made this for a dinner party recently and am making it for another party tonight. I make it ahead of time without baking and put it in the oven right before guests arrive. I bake roasted veggies at the same time and serve with tomato soup and home made bread. So far, everyone has loved it! Thank you for such a great, easy recipe!
We’re so glad everyone loved it! Thanks for sharing, Teresa!
This is fantastic! The sauce is delicious! Everyone loves it and it will be a regular part of our meal rotation now! Thank you for this recipe! I love that it is something different!
We’re so glad everyone loved it! Thanks so much for sharing, Jeannette!
Enjoyed. Keeper! Thank youโฆ
So glad it’s a keeper, Marg! Thanks so much for the review!
This was excellent. My picky 8 year old who hates meat (but loves bagels/cream cheese) said this is her favorite. I forgot to get scallions at the store so we did without but it was still amazing!
Oh, I love to hear that! Thank you so much for sharing, Christina – I’m so happy your whole family could enjoy this one together!
We love this recipe! Iโve used spray oil and just sprinkled the seasoning on top because ours was too salty. Itโs SO good with the cream sauce
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely love this recipe, even my daughter now request that I make it. I would give it 10 stars if I could โค๏ธ
Thrilled to hear this! Thanks for sharing. ๐
The cream sauce is cold not cooked?
It’s not cooked, that’s correct. You can chill it and serve it cold, but as written it should be cool or roughly room temperature.
Hi – can i skip the cream cheese part all together? We don’t mix milk and meat and all I have is non-dairy sour cream that happens to be frozen! so i don’t know if it’ll taste great.
It will likely be runnier in texture, but it’s worth a shot! Hope it turns out well for you!