Thursday, July 3, 2014

Pizza-tastic Chicken

One of the hardest things about going low carb/sugar-free has been the lack of pizza in my life. I honestly could eat pizza for every meal, every day, for the rest of my life and not get sick of it. But now that crust and I have broken up, I've had to find other means of getting that cheesy pepperoni goodness in my mouth. I've accomplished this in a couple different ways (which I'll eventually post) but this pizza-fied chicken is probably my favorite.

These are the ingredients you'll need:


2 Chicken breasts
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 Tablespoon minced garlic
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
Salt
Pepper

3 thin slices mozzarella
1/3 cup shredded Parmesan
Marinara sauce (which I forgot to picture, sue me)
Pepperoni slices (I actually prefer to use turkey pepperoni, I just had some regular that I needed to use up when I made this)


Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lay your two tenderized chicken breasts in a small baking dish that has been lightly coated with cooking spray. In a mixing bowl combine the mayonnaise, garlic, grated Parmesan, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Spoon this mixture over the chicken and make sure everything is decently covered.

 
Bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until chicken is 95% cooked through. Remove from oven and lay those delicious looking slices of mozzarella on top of the chicken.
 
  
Bake for 10 more minutes or until chicken is fully cooked and the cheese is nice and gooey. Spoon a thin layer of marinara over the chicken and mozzarella, then top with pepperoni and the shredded Parmesan.
 
 
Place back in the oven for just a couple minutes until the toppings get warm and melty. The broiler works well for this as long as you watch it closely.
 
 
Now serve that cheesy, melty, gooey mess up with a big pile of vegetables and enjoy! Yum!!
 
 
 

2 comments:

  1. So what is the calorie count on this?
    I'm assuming one chicken breast is one serving, right?

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    1. I forgot to put that, thanks! This ends up right around 550 calories, and yes, 1 chicken breast is 1 serving. Not something that I eat every night, but when that pizza craving kicks in it's sure better than eating 1500 calories of the real thing! Also, next time I'm going to use light mayo which would save about 80 calories!

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