Mozzarella Chicken Bake Recipes

MOZZARELLA CHICKEN BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 425°F.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large, oven-safe skillet over medium heat.
• Rub the chicken thighs with the remaining olive oil and sprinkle both sides with one tablespoon Italian seasoning. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste, and transfer to the hot skillet.
• Cook for 4-5 minutes per side, or until the chicken develops a golden crust. Remove from heat and add butter, chicken broth, and cherry tomatoes. Top each chicken thigh with a slice of fresh Mozzarella cheese and sprinkle with crushed red pepper flakes and remaining Italian seasoning. Season with additional salt and black pepper, if desired.
• Transfer skillet (or transfer mozzarella chicken baked into an oven-safe dish from your skillet, see notes below) into preheated oven and roast for 15-20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and the cheese is melted. Remove from oven and allow chicken to rest for 5 minutes.
• To serve, top chicken with some pan sauce and fresh basil sprigs or other fresh herbs of your choice, if desired. Serve immediately

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.

BAKED MOZZARELLA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Prepare stuffing mix as directed on package.
• Place chicken in 13x9-inch baking dish; top with cheese, soup and stuffing.
• Bake 30 min. or until chicken is done (165°F).

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.