An Easy Recipe for Chicken Pepperoni with Mozzarella Cheese

Ingredients

• For chicken:

  4 skinlessboneless chicken breasts
• ½ cup Bread Crumbs
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• ½ tsp oreganodried
• tsp garlic salt
• saltas needed
• Black pepper powderas needed

• For tomato sauce:

  450 gms Tomatoesdiced
• 2 tbsp white sugar
• ¼ tsp garlic salt
• 1 tsp Basildried
• ½ tsp oreganodried
• 150-200 gms peppery chicken salami or pepperonisliced
• 3 cups mozzarella cheeseshredded
• saltas needed
• Black pepper powderas needed

Let’s cook

1. Preheat the oven at 165° C. Place the chicken breasts between two sheets of cling film or plastic wrap and pound them with a kitchen mallet or rolling pin until the chicken breasts are about half an inch thick. In a bowl, mix bread crumbs, oregano, garlic salt, salt and pepper. Dip the chicken in this mixture and coat all the sides evenly.

2. In a large pan, heat olive oil on medium flame and place the chicken in the pan. Cook for about 8-10 minutes until the chicken turns brown on both sides and is no longer pink in the centre. Once done, place the cooked chicken breasts in a baking dish.

3. In a saucepan, add tomatoes, sugar, salt, pepper, garlic salt, basil and oregano. Combine and cook on medium-low flame for about 10-15 minutes. Pour this sauce over the cooked chicken placed in the baking dish. Add pepperoni and mozzarella cheese on top. Bake for about 20-30 minutes until the cheese melts.

4. Garnish the baked chicken with basil pesto or left-over sauce. Serve hot with pasta or rice.