This easy pizza chicken bake recipe has all of the flavors of a pepperoni pizza stuffed inside chicken breasts for a low carb family meal. You can serve the chicken and discard the sauce. Cut chicken in to bite sized chunks. Cook the chicken until it has nice color on the outside and is cooked through about 2 1 2 minutes per side. Nestle the chicken cutlets in the sauce the arrange pepperoni slices over the top of each one.

Dice pepperoni into 1 4 cubes. After you have baked the pepperoni chicken there will be a good amount of sauce grease water at the bottom of the pan. Or even better use this tasty sauce to pour over cooked pasta or rice. Pour the marinara sauce into the pan and stir to heat through. Dredge chicken pieces in seasoned flour until coated.

Place the slices of pepperoni on top of each chicken breast and sprinkle the tops with mozzarella cheese. Cook stirring often until the sauce thickens slightly 1 to 2 minutes more. Quick enough to make for a weeknight dinner with simple ingredients. Serving suggestions since this is sort of like eating chicken and pepperoni pizza without the crust you need a starch to round it out. I made the chicken cutlets the way i normally do with a flour dusting egg wash and then the bread crumbs.

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Nestle the chicken cutlets in the sauce then arrange some pepperoni slices over the top of each one. Place chicken breasts flat on cutting surface. Herbed chicken breasts are topped with spaghetti sauce mozzarella cheese and pepperoni slices then baked into this quick and easy dish. The pepperoni added a nice twist to our usual chicken parm. Also i used seasoned bread crumbs so i didn t bother adding any additional herbs to the bread crumb mixture.

Remove from pan and set aside. With knife parallel to cutting surface cut lengthwise slit in each chicken breast forming a pocket keeping other 3 sides intact. Stir in the pepperoni. Stuff each chicken breast with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese pressing edges of each chicken breast to seal. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until the cheese melts and just begins to brown.

Stir in the passata and parsley then slide the chicken back into the skillet. Cook stirring constantly until the sauce is thick 2 to 3 minutes. Cook in frying pan over medium heat allowing the fat from it to render out. Lay some cubed mozzarella on top then cover the skillet with a lid and cook until the cheese. Depending on the type of marinara sauce and basil pesto you use you might have to season the chicken with salt.

Top the chicken with the mozzarella. Top the chicken with the mozzarella. Stir in the passata and parsley then slide the chicken back into the skillet. Remove from pan and set aside. Nestle the chicken cutlets in the sauce then arrange some pepperoni slices over the top of each one.

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Depending on the type of marinara sauce and basil pesto you use you might have to season the chicken with salt. Place the slices of pepperoni on top of each chicken breast and sprinkle the tops with mozzarella cheese. Dice pepperoni into 1 4 cubes. This easy pizza chicken bake recipe has all of the flavors of a pepperoni pizza stuffed inside chicken breasts for a low carb family meal.