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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. Keto and low carb with paleo and dairy-free options.
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.
Why This Keto Recipe Is So Good
- It’s really easy to make! Prep only takes about 5 minutes for both the chicken and the sauce.
- The Everything Bagel seasoning creates a super flavorful and crunchy crust.
- The scallion cream cheese sauce is crazy easy and absolutely delicious. I’d eat it on everything.
- This recipe is keto and low carb with 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.
Tips & Variations
- 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 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 160º F for moist chicken; it will rise to 165º upon resting.
- If you’re paleo, use ghee instead of butter, non-dairy cream cheese like Kite Hill, and your favorite plain, unsweetened non-dairy milk like macadamia or almond milk.
- If you’re dairy-free, use avocado oil or vegan butter in place of butter and follow the remaining swaps in the tip above.
Like This Recipe? Then You’ll Love…
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- Marry Me Chicken
And if you’re counting grams of net carbs, make sure you bookmark our Net Carb Calculator to easily calculate carbs for a keto or low carb diet.
Everything Bagel Chicken with Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce
Ingredients
Everything Bagel Chicken
- 2 tablespoons butter melted, see Note
- 4 medium chicken breasts
- salt
- ¼ cup Everything But the Bagel seasoning
Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon Everything But the Bagel seasoning
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened, see Note
- 6 tablespoons chopped green onions 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons
- ¼ cup half-and-half or milk see Note
Garnishes
- green onions thinly sliced
- Everything But the Bagel seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400º F. Place chicken breasts top-down in a baking dish. 9×9" or larger. Using a pastry brush, brush surface of chicken with butter then sprinkle with salt. Don't use as much salt as you normally would, since most Everything But the Bagel seasonings have salt in them.
- Sprinkle surface of chicken with half the Everything But the Bagel seasoning. Use tongs and carefully flip chicken breasts. Brush tops with the remaining butter, sprinkle with the salt and coat with the remaining Everything but the Bagel seasoning.
- Bake at 400º F for 25-35 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160º F. See Note.
- Meanwhile, melt 1 tablespoon butter in a medium bowl. Whisk in remaining sauce ingredients until very smooth. Taste and add salt to taste.
- When chicken is baked, remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes. Serve with plenty of scallion cream cheese sauce.
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- Make it Paleo: use ghee instead of butter, non-dairy cream cheese like Kite Hill, and your favorite plain, unsweetened non-dairy milk like macadamia or almond milk.
- Make it Dairy Free: Use vegan butter or a neutral oil, dairy free cream cheese, and unsweetened, plain, non-dairy milk of choice.
- 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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Delicious. I was wondering how to use the Everything But the Bagel seasoning. I followed the recipe as written. Loved all the flavors. Served this with Trader Joe’s frozen corn. Went very well together.
Delicious!
Looks delicious.
But just a quick question…in the intro you mentioned to take your cream cheese out of the oven. Is that right?
We updated the post to say “refrigerator”. Thank you!
This sauce is EVERYTHING. I would take a bath in this sauce. Seriously someone needs to bottle this up because I am going to be putting this on everything. The chicken was also so good, I couldn’t find the seasoning packets listed in the recipe so I just bought one I found in the spice department and coated the chicken with that. I used about half of the bottle on 2 chicken breasts (sliced thinly to make 4). I tend to be heavy handed on seasonings though… so worth it. I will be adding this recipe to my weekly meals. Super easy and super tasty.
Wow, Brianna! We feel the same way, haha! We would LOVE to bottle this sauce up to take with us everywhere!
I made this and really enjoyed it. The cream sauce is the bomb and could be used with other things besides chicken. I will say though, that I did not add any salt to the either part of the recipe. The bagel seasoning gave it plenty. I also added just a spritz of lemon juice to my sauce and brightened it up. This is an easy dish to make, yet has a gourmet edge to it.
I’m constantly bemoaning the fact I’ve given up bread … specifically bagels. This completely fulfilled all my cravings. It’s so delicious and easy and satisfying. Thank you for creating yet another masterpiece!!
We are so glad to hear that!
When I saw the title I knew I had to make this as that’s my favorite seasoning ever! I just finished savoring it and the meal did not disappoint. Great taste and easy to make. Do over for sure!
So glad you made it and also enjoyed it!
I just bought a bottle of Everything but the Bagel seasoning and didn’t know what to do with it. THIS! This is what I’m doing with it!
YES! Let us know what you think!
I’m so confused by the first sentence where you say to “take your cream cheese out of the oven”. Do you put it in there first to soften it?
Sorry about that, we’ve updated the post to reflect “refrigerator”!
What is a good side dish you’d pair with this main course?
Mashed cauliflower, roasted asparagus or brussels sprouts, salad, etc!
Made this for dinner tonight… SO GOOD! The chicken is great, and that scallion cream cheese sauce is so delicious. Everything came together super quickly too! My family loved it. We will definitely be making this again!
Yay!!