Pizza Topped Chicken {30 Minute Meal}

A baking dish with pizza topped chicken, ready to eat.

5 from 11 votes

Pizza Topped Chicken {30 Minute Meal}

The best way to jazz up a chicken breast recipe is here - and the whole family will love it! Enjoy this Pizza Topped Chicken recipe.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Family Food

Servings:

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

4 Chicken breasts See notes
4 tbsp Passata
1/2 tsp Garlic powder
1/2 tsp Dried oregano
Salt and pepper
1 Red pepper Sliced thinly (See notes)
2 Large mushrooms Sliced
75 g Mozzarella Grated or buffalo (See notes)

To serve:

Basil leaves Optional

Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 200°C and line or grease a baking tray.
If your chicken breasts are quite thick, put the chicken breasts on a chopping board, cover with clingfilm or baking paper and using a rolling pin or the bottom of a saucepan, flatten them out (this is optional).
Place the breasts on to the baking tray.
Mix the passata with the garlic powder and oregano and divide between the chicken breasts, spreading out to cover. (If you have any left, you can pour it into the dish around the outside of the chicken.)
Top the chicken breasts with the slices of pepper and mushroom and then sprinkle over the cheese. Pop into the oven.
Bake for 18-20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the cheese golden.
Serve with the optional basil.

Notes

Chicken breasts: These can sometimes come in bigger portions with less of them in a packet, so try and aim for approximately 450g of meat in total. You can partially slice them through the middle and then flatten very large chicken breasts and then cut into pieces so that everyone gets their own ‘pizza’

Pizza toppings: Vary the ingredients with your favourite pizza toppings

Mozzarella: If you use buffalo mozzarella (the balls, rather than grated) some water will come out as the chicken cooks. This is fine, just check the chicken is cooked and lift it out. You may also need more than the 75g if you are using buffalo mozzarella as it's tricky to cut thinly to cover the chicken

Flattening the chicken breasts: This step is optional, and is useful if your chicken breasts are very thick. Put the chicken breasts on a chopping board, cover with cling film or baking paper, and using a rolling pin or the bottom of a saucepan to flatten them out

Serving suggestions: I like to keep it simple with homemade chips and some salad, but why not try any easy summer side dish like rice, vegetables, garlic bread, pasta, or even jacket potatoes?

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