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posted: 07/15/15

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This Pizza Stuffed Chicken is such a fun twist on an ordinary baked chicken dinner and would be super easy to switch up with all of your favorite pizza toppings!

This Pizza Stuffed Chicken is such a fun twist on an ordinary baked chicken dinner and would be super easy to switch up with all of your favorite pizza toppings!

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This Pizza Stuffed Chicken is awesome! It is easy to make, and totally customizable – just stuff it with your favorite pizza toppings!

You start by butterflying the chicken breasts, you want to do them all at once so that you don’t have to wash your hands sixty-hundred times in between adding toppings.

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Add a little salt and pepper.

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Add a spoonful of your favorite pizza sauce – about a tablespoon or two – just eyeball it.

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Add some cheese, about 1/4 cup.

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Then add your pizza toppings!

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Fold the chicken breast over, and secure it closed with toothpicks.

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Put it in a baking dish lined with more pizza sauce, top each chicken breast with a little more cheese, cover with foil and bake for about 40 minutes! Easy peesey.

This Pizza Stuffed Chicken is such a fun twist on an ordinary baked chicken dinner and would be super easy to switch up with all of your favorite pizza toppings!

When we make them, we put toothpicks in different parts of the chicken to mark which one has which toppings inside of it.

This Pizza Stuffed Chicken is such a fun twist on an ordinary baked chicken dinner and would be super easy to switch up with all of your favorite pizza toppings!

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Pizza Stuffed Chicken

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Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 2 cups mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup pizza sauce
  • pepperoni or your favorite pizza toppings
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9 by 13 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray and pour a enough pizza sauce in the bottom to completely cover it. Set dish aside.
  • Cut each of the four chicken breasts in half, not going all the way through, butterflying them. (See photo above.)
  • Sprinkle each with salt and pepper. Put 1 to 2 TBSPs of pizza sauce on top of each piece of chicken. Top with 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese each. Then top each one with your favorite pizza toppings.
  • Fold the chicken back over and secure closed with two toothpicks.
  • Place the four stuffed chicken breasts in the prepared pan. Top each piece of chicken with a little more sauce and 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake for 40 minutes or until the chicken is completely cooked through.
  • Remove the chicken from the oven, transfer to plates, and remove toothpicks.
Author: Lisa Longley

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Hi! I'm Lisa Longley, and I am committed to giving you simple dinner ideas and recipes that are easy to make; recipes that will fill your home with joy. I am the owner and author of SimpleJoy.com and I'm so glad that you are here.

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  1. Ana says

    Riquísima! Besos!

  2. Julie is Hostess At Heart says

    Oh my this looks amazing!

    • Lisa Longley says

      Thank you Julie!

  3. Annie @Maebells says

    Oh I am loving this! I am always looking for new not boring ways to prepare chicken!

    • Lisa Longley says

      Thank you Annie!

  4. Rory says

    The recipe is not here, just a picture

    • Lisa Longley says

      Hi Rory. If you read the post you will see that this is just a teaser post and you need to head over to Heather’s French Press to get the full instructions and recipe.

  5. Amber says

    Made this one tonight, with pepperoni, spinach, and shrooms. Both the boys loved it! Thanks for another winner, Lisa!

    • Lisa Longley says

      Thank you Amber!! You are too sweet to me :)

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