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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 160º Fahrenheit for moist chicken. The post-cooking rest will bring it up to a food-safe 165° 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 on 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 ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons
- ¼ 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 400º 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, 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 160º 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 ¼ 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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I used whipped cream cheese (all I had in the fridge) – and the sauce came out so smooth and delicious! Thanks!
Delicious!
A great addition to our Thursday night family dinner rotation! Very good, thanks!
Yay, we are so glad you enjoy it!
Good Info..
Very delicious recipe, I like your post.
Thanks for the love!
So delicious! Loved that the chicken stayed juicy. The sauce is so tasty. Served the dish with a green salad and creamer potatoes. Will definitely put this in my rotation.
This is one of our favorites! Thanks Sara!
Have you tried this in an air fryer?
We have not, but that sounds like something I should test out!
Chicken turned out great! My sauce ended up being curdled though…I softened the cream cheese but maybe not enough?
That’s very possible. I let mine sit out for at least 30 minutes, sometimes longer. Let me know how it works next time!
This. Was. AMAZING. My entire family loved it. Even my three year old, who kept asking for “more sauce!”
Love when we can please a picky kid!
I am SO glad I came across this recipe, because now I am on my fourth bottle of everything bagel seasoning. I didnt have proper mixing materials, so my sauce did not come out the best, but the second time around I bet will be so good. The chicken was SO moist and tasty. Thanks!
I’m glad you loved it! Let me know how the next batch turns out!
This is a keeper for sure! Fast, easy and tasty. I didn’t have an cream cheese so I used sour cream, and it was delicious. I served it with sautéed green beans.
Ooh, that sound delicious! I’m glad you loved it!
Oh my gawd!!! I was hesitant about this recipe… but, dang! I think this is my new favorite chicken recipe by far… thank you so much!! I’ve been sharing it with everyone I know! Lol
That’s awesome, thank you!