Pepperoni and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts. You can stuff chicken breasts with several different ingredients and you can't really go wrong with pepperoni and cheese. These chicken breasts are stuffed with sliced pepperoni and mozzarella cheese. They are also coated with flour and Italian breadcrumbs.
Dip each chicken breast in the flour, then the egg and finally the breadcrumb mixture.
Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
Stuff each chicken breast with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese, pressing edges of each chicken breast to seal.
You can have Pepperoni and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Pepperoni and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts
- It's 1 1/2 lb of boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
- It's 8 oz of Provolone cheese.
- You need 30 of to 35 slices of pepperoni.
- You need 1 tsp of Sriracha seasoning salt blend, plus more for seasoning chicken.
- You need 1/2 tsp of black pepper, plus more for seasoning chicken.
- It's 1/2 cup of fresh grated romano cheese.
- You need 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour.
- It's 1/2 tsp of Italian seasoning.
- You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.
- It's 1/4 cup of low sodium chicken broth.
- It's 1 of recipe of my Marinara Sauce recipe attached in step #10, or your favorite.
- It's of GARNISH.
- It's 1/4 cup of mixed chopped fresh herbs, zi used basil, parsley and chives.
Place chicken breasts on cookie sheet. Spray tops of chicken with cooking spray. Sprinkle bread crumbs evenly over chicken breasts. Pepperoni stuffed chicken is an easy way to transform boring chicken breasts into something your family will ask for again and again!
Pepperoni and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts step by step
- Pound chicken into 6- 1/4 inch thick cutlets. Sprinkle with pepper and sriracha seasoning.
- Cover cheese with pepperoni slices.
- Lay slices of provolone cheese on each chicken cutlet.
- Fold over both sides and secure with toothpicks.
- Combine on a plate , flour, romano cheese, italian seasoning, the teaspoon of sriracha and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, mix well.
- Roll each chicken roll in flour mix to dry and lightly coat.
- Heat oil in a large skillet, brown chicken rolls on all sides.
- Cover skillet and cook on low heat for 15 to 20 minutes, keeping covered and not adding any liquid.
- Remove chicken to serving plate, add chicken broth to skillet chicken was cooked in, scraping up all cheese and brown bits and whisking them into the broth.
- , Add about 1 1/2 cups Marinara Sauce, recipe attached below, to broth and simmer until hot and well mixed, stir in fresh herbs https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/366612-simple-basic-marinara-sauce.
- Serve Chicken with sauce, remove toothpicks before serving. Serve with pasta or crusty bread..
I stuffed these chicken breasts full of pepperoni and mozzarella, which can be a little heavy, so I went for a smaller serving size. I really enjoy recipes where you take chicken breast and stuff it with different ingredients. Other than this stuffed chicken I am sharing today, I love the Mushroom Stuffed Chicken in Alfredo Sauce I already have posted. It's a phenomenal recipe that I. Spinach stuffed chicken breasts are low carb and so easy to make!