Chicken Mozzarella Bake Recipes

MOZZARELLA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place chicken breasts between 2 sheets of wax paper. Pound each to 1/4 inch thickness. Spread butter/margarine over the inside, then add salt and pepper to taste.
• Place slice of cheese on breast, roll and close with toothpicks. Repeat with each breast. Dip rolled breasts in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs. Place coated breasts in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
• To Make Sauce: In a saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter and add garlic. Add wine and simmer all together. Pour sauce over chicken and bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes.

BAKED MOZZARELLA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Dip chicken breasts in eggs and dredge in bread crumbs on both sides.
• Saute breasts in olive oil, set aside.
• Saute mushrooms in melted butter and add broth and wine to mushrooms and bring to a boil.
• Put chicken breasts in baking dish.
• Pour wine sauce and mushrooms over chicken.
• Marinate overnight in refrigerator or if baked immediately you may want to thicken sauce with flour.
• Bake chicken at 350 degress for 35-40 minutes.
• Sprinkle cheese over chicken 5 minutes before chicken is done, until melted.
• Serve with rice or noodles.

OVEN-BAKED CHICKEN WITH FRESH MOZZARELLA & TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Coat casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.
• Combine the first seven (7) ingredients in a shallow dish, stir to mix well.
• Dip chicken one piece at a time in the beaten egg and dredge in the breadcrumb mixture, pressing to adhere.
• Place chicken in the prepared casserole dish.
• Bake for 25 minutes. Turn up the heat to BROIL; remove chicken and transfer to a piece of foil. Top with tomatoes, mozarella, and vinegar. Finish cooking for an additional 3 to 5 minutes to melt the cheese.
• Sprinkle with basil and parsley.

CHICKEN MOZZARELLA BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F for 13x9-inch glass, dark or nonstick pan (or 425°F for shiny metal pan). Stir uncooked Pasta, Sauce Mix, margarine and boiling water in pan until margarine is melted.
• Place chicken in pan. Tear off notched corner of Cheddar Cheese Sauce Topping pouch. Squeeze cheese sauce over each chicken breast. Sprinkle bread crumb Topping over cheese-topped chicken.
• Cover pan with aluminum foil. (If using metal pan, be careful when placing in oven--it will be hot.) Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until pasta is tender and juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut.
• Remove from oven; carefully remove foil. Stir pasta; pour spaghetti sauce over top. Sprinkle with cheese; return to oven 3 to 5 minutes or just until cheese is melted.

OLIVE-MOZZARELLA CHICKEN BAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• In a plastic bag, combine flour, salt and pepper and coat the chicken pieces (shake off any excess flour).
• In a frypan heat the olive oil with butter.
• Brown the coated chicken pieces on all sides.
• Place into prepared 2-quart shallow baking dish.
• In the same frypan, saute the onion and garlic in the same drippings until tender.
• Stir in mushrooms, pasta sauce and olives; bring to a simmer for 5-6 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon occasionally.
• Pour the sauce mixture over the chicken pieces.
• Top with mozza cheese.
• Bake for about 30 minutes, or until chicken is done.