Pepperoni chicken 2 ways aka Pizza Chicken recipe
The OH moans I cook chicken too much (I think twice a week is totally reasonable). It’s so versatile, and generally fast to cook. Most chicken based meals I can get on the table in just over 30 minutes. Fast and tasty is essential when you’re working and need to get food on the table that everyone will eat by the time you finish work at 5pm. Yes, being on the farm means 5pm tea time is religious, so cooking while working needs to be easy and fast. In recent weeks I’ve done pepperoni chicken (also known as pizza chicken by N) two different ways and both went down well.
The ingredients are pretty much the same. Cheese, pepperoni and tomato sauce. You can also mix it up and get rid of the pepperoni and try a Hawaiian ‘pizza’ version with parma or serrano ham and pineapple instead. I’d love that, but pineapple wouldn’t be an option with the others in the house. Boo. I tend to also add diced red pepper for some extra veg.
The 2 methods only have a slight difference. I’m all for adapting meals to vary them slightly to create new ones. When you’re cooking for a family, you want to encourage them to try new foods, and cooking the same thing makes it boring. Making small tweaks gives you a different meal to add to your repertoire without it being a chore.
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One is simply topping the chicken breasts with slices of pepperoni, adding grated or sliced cheese on top, then sitting on a bed of tomato sauce (or adding a splodge of tomato sauce on top)
The second method is stuffing the chicken breasts with a spoonful of tomato sauce, the pepperoni and cheese. Then dollop the sauce over the top. I use cocktail sticks to close the pockets (just remove before serving). And we had some italian deli ham leftover, so popped that on top with cheese over – it crisps up really nicely for a salt topping.
With both methods you get the cheesiness and the spice of the pepperoni to pep up the chicken.
See the recipes below, and let me know which you’d prefer.
Making pepperoni chicken (pizza chicken)
Ingredients for both methods to serve 4
- 4 chicken breasts
- 12 pepperoni slices
- 1 pack of mozzarella (I prefer the rectangular pizza mozzarella block that Morrisons sell, but any will do).
- Tomato and basil pasta sauce (chilled aisle tub, jar, or make your own)
See the 2 recipe cards below, but really it’s just a case of put the ingredients together and see how it goes! Both are such easy recipes that children could make them. Just help children with the cutting of the chicken, and make sure they’re careful handling chicken, washing hands after touching it.
Pepperoni Chicken pockets
Use pepperoni pizza topping ingredients to pep up your chicken 2
Pepperoni pizza chicken
Top your chicken like a pizza for a flavoursome main dish.
Which would you make?
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My fella says we eat too much chicken too but it is so easy to cook. These are great recipes, I will have to give them a try. I think my family would love the topped one especially. x