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Three chicken armadillo eggs which are chicken thighs stuffed with sausage, wrapped with bacon and sprinkled with dry rub on a glass dish with the fats from cooking.

Easy Chicken Armadillo Eggs Recipe

Grace Stewart
Tender and juicy chicken stuffed with flavorful sausage and wrapped with bacon is a winner of a dinner! It's super easy to make and bake these Chicken Armadillo Eggs!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people
Calories 109 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 4 each chicken thighs trimmed of excess fat, and approximately totals 1 pound in weight
  • 4 slices bacon
  • 1 cup breakfast sausage or your favorite pork sausage of choice; use approximately 2 tablespoon for each armadillo egg
  • ¼ ts salt to season the chicken
  • ¼ ts pepper to season the chicken
  • dry rub use your favorite dry rub added to your tastes

Instructions
 

  • Begin by preheating your oven to 375F while you assemble your beautiful eggs.
  • Trim the chicken thighs of excess fat. Place the meat between 2 sheets of plastic wrap. Then, use a meat mallet to pound them down to around ½" thick and remove the plastic.
    Chicken thighs laying between plastic wrap with a meat mallet poised over the chicken thighs.
  • Season the thighs with salt and pepper. Now add around 2 tablespoons or so of the breakfast sausage to the center of each pounded chicken thigh.
    Uncooked pieces of chicken thighs on plastic wrap one is laying flat with sausage on top, and one has been rolled and wrapped with bacon.
  • Roll each side of the chicken around the breakfast sausage, and then wrap a slice of bacon around the chicken. Sprinkle with some of the dry rub.
    Uncooked chicken armadillo eggs which is chicken stuffed with sausage and wrapped with bacon with dry rub sprinkled on top.
  • Now place your chicken armadillo eggs onto an oven safe dish or rimmed baking sheet. Bake in your oven for around 35-40 minutes, or until the chicken and the sausage have been cooked to your liking.
    Uncooked chicken armadillo eggs on a glass plate in the oven.
  • Remove from your oven, and behold your masterpiece!
    Three chicken armadillo eggs which are chicken thighs stuffed with sausage, wrapped with bacon and sprinkled with dry rub on a glass dish with the fats from cooking.

Notes

Suggested breakfast sausages include Jimmy Dean's or Owens Country Sausage.
These are great served as a main course with a baked potato and salad!
The nutrition information is a guide only and does not include nutrition for the dry rub.  

Nutrition

Calories: 109kcalCarbohydrates: 0.04gProtein: 5gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 351mgPotassium: 82mgFiber: 0.01gVitamin A: 25IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 0.4mg
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