Everything Bagel Chicken With Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce

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This Everything beigel chicken with scallion cheese sauce is pure NYC beigel heaven! Chicken breasts area unit coated in Everything however the beigel seasoning and baked to a T then smothered in an exceedingly delicious scallion cheese sauce. Keto and low carb with paleo and dairy-free choices.

And Everything however the beigel seasoning? She could be the queen. With a classic seasoning, oniony flavor and a lot of crunch from the herb and flower seeds, i would like to coat close to everything in Everything beigel seasoning.

Including, or even particularly, this Everything beigel Chicken with Scallion cheese Sauce. Yep – this formula takes the best possible components of a classic Everything beigel and scallion cheese (Except perhaps the spongy carbs and post-bagel bloat…) and turns it into a keto and low carb dinner that’s super straightforward to throw along.

INGREDIENTS:

Everything Bagel Chicken:

2 tablespoons butter melted, see Note
4 medium chicken breasts
salt
1/4 cup Everything But the Bagel seasoning

Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce:

1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon Everything But the Bagel seasoning
4 oz. cream cheese softened, see Note
6 tablespoons chopped green onions 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons
1/4 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. 9x9" 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.