I want to share one of my chicken breast recipes with you. This pizza stuffed chicken breast recipe is a new creation of mine. Whenever I make something new, I always ask my husband is this blog-worthy? He said that this one definitely is, and I think so, too!
This recipe came to be because I’ve been getting a little bored lately with having the same-old same-old for dinner all of the time. I wanted to try something a little different. This is what I came up with…you will love this twist on homemade pizza!
Pizza Stuffed Chicken Breast
Pizza Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipe Ingredients
- chicken breasts
- pepperoni
- shredded mozzarella cheese
- black olives, sliced
- garlic salt
- pizza sauce (you can use canned spaghetti sauce and add a little pizza seasoning to it if you like)
- pizza seasoning (optional)
How to Make Pizza Stuffed Chicken Breasts
First, you need to prepare the chicken breast.
You can do that one of two ways. You can either pound the chicken breast flat and then put your toppings on half of it and fold it over (hold it closed with a toothpick) OR you can do what I’ve done in these pictures: I sliced the chicken breasts in half horizontally (I cut almost all the way through, but not all the way through. That way the ingredients stay inside the breast).
Once you have prepared your chicken breast, place them in a baking pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
First, place a layer of pepperoni slices inside of the chicken breast. I overlapped them because I like a lot of pepperoni.
Next, add in your sliced black olives and shredded cheese.
Fold over and “close” the chicken breast.
Depending on what you are using for pizza sauce, you use you may or may not want to sprinkle over it with a pinch or two of pizza seasoning.
Once you have stuffed the chicken breast then you drizzle some marinara over the top and then add more mozzarella cheese. I also took a pinch of garlic salt and sprinkled it over the top of the breasts, just to give a little extra flavor. (I love garlic salt!)
Cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil. It’s important that you do it loosely, otherwise, the cheese will melt and stick to the foil and it won’t look very nice 🙂
Bake at 350 degrees until the chicken breast is cooked all of the ways through, about 20 to 30 minutes. For the last 10 minutes of cooking time, remove the foil so that the cheese will be completely melted.
Pizza-Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipe
Yield:
4 servings
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
30 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
This pizza stuffed chicken breast recipe came to be because I’ve been getting a little bored lately with having the same-old same-old for dinner all of the time. I wanted to try something a little different. This is what I came up with…you will love this twist on homemade pizza! It's perfect for a quick dinner that is easy to make!
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- pepperoni slices
- shredded mozzarella cheese
- black olives, sliced
- garlic salt
- pizza sauce (you can use canned spaghetti sauce and add a little pizza seasoning to it if you like)
- pizza seasoning (optional)
Instructions
- First, you need to prepare the chicken breast. You can do that two ways. You can either pound the chicken breast flat and then put your toppings on half of it and fold it over (hold it closed with a toothpick) OR you can do what I've done in these pictures: I sliced the chicken breasts in half horizontally (I cut almost all the way through, but not all the way through. That way the ingredients stay inside the breast).
- Once you have prepared your chicken breast, place them in a baking pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
- First, place a layer of pepperoni slices inside of the chicken breast. I overlapped them because I like a lot of pepperoni slices in it.
- Next, add in your sliced black olives and shredded cheese.
- "Close" the chicken breast.
- Depending on what you are using for pizza sauce, you use you may or may not want to sprinkle over it with a pinch or two of pizza seasoning.
- Once you have stuffed the chicken breast then you drizzle some marinara over the top and then add more mozzarella cheese. I also took a pinch of garlic salt and sprinkled it over the top of the breasts, just to give a little extra flavor. (I love garlic salt!)
- Cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil. It's important that you do it loosely, otherwise, the cheese will melt and stick to the foil and it won't look very nice 🙂
- Bake at 350 degrees until the chicken breast is cooked through, about 20 to 30 minutes. For the last 10 minutes of cooking time, remove the foil so that the cheese will be completely melted.
- Serve!
Notes
This is a great recipe to use for kids who love pizza!
Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1 chicken breastAmount Per Serving Calories 347Total Fat 12gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 121mgSodium 659mgCarbohydrates 12gFiber 1gSugar 2gProtein 46g
Serve!
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Doesn’t that look yummy? These pizza stuffed chicken breasts are so fast and easy to make, plus look impressive enough to serve to a guest! If you give it a try, be sure to let me know what you think!
See you next time!
Deb
Agness of Run Agness Run
Monday 27th of February 2017
I love chicken breasts, Debra! I will try this recipe and you should try Hasselback Chicken!
Debra
Wednesday 1st of March 2017
I've never heard of that. What is it?
Sherry
Monday 20th of February 2017
Pizza stuffed chicken breasts...double yum! My kind of food. They look divine.
Debra
Wednesday 22nd of February 2017
They are :)