How To Make Pizza Stuffed Chicken
Bake up a hearty plate of pizza stuffed chicken for dinner tonight! It’s packed with pepperonis, cheeses, and more for a belly-filling meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4chicken breasts,boneless, skinless
- 20slicespepperoni
- ½cupbell pepper,thinly sliced
- 6ozmozzarella cheese,thinly sliced, divided use
- 2tspItalian seasoning,or equal parts garlic powder, dried oregano and dried basil
- salt and pepper,to taste
- 2tspolive oil
- 2cupsmarinara sauce
- 1tbspparsley,chopped
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
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Using a small knife, cut a pocket into one side of each chicken breast; making sure not to cut all the way through to the other side.
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Place 5 slices of pepperoni, 1 to 2 tablespoons of sliced peppers and 1 to 2 slices of mozzarella cheese into each pocket.
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Reserve 4 slices of cheese.
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Use 3 to 4 toothpicks to close up the pocket on each chicken breast.
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Heat the olive oil in an oven safe pan over medium high heat.
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Season the chicken with Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.
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Place the chicken in the pan, then cook on both sides until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes per side.
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Place all the seared chicken breasts in the pan, then pour the marinara sauce over the top.
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Place a slice of mozzarella cheese on top of each chicken piece.
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Bake for 20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the cheese is melted.
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Sprinkle with parsley, serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 578.84kcal
- Fat: 35.26g
- Saturated Fat: 13.30g
- Trans Fat: 0.35g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.50g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.02g
- Carbohydrates: 13.22g
- Fiber: 3.27g
- Sugar: 8.50g
- Protein: 49.99g
- Cholesterol: 162.35mg
- Sodium: 1142.55mg
- Calcium: 318.64mg
- Potassium: 927.51mg
- Iron: 3.44mg
- Vitamin A: 203.59µg
- Vitamin C: 28.01mg
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