Chicken breasts topped with marinara, cheese and vegetarian is a low carb and high protein alternative to pizza. I think that most of us can agree that the best part of a pizza is the toppings, so why not use a chicken breast instead of a pizza base for a lighter twist on pizza night. Pizza chicken breasts are an easy 5 ingredient meal that the whole family will love and ready in just 40 minutes.
There is so much that you can do with chicken breasts and they make a relatively cheap and healthy addition to any meal. It can be easy to get in to a rut with cooking them the same way, so why not try these pizza chicken breasts. Chicken breasts loaded with delicious pizza toppings for healthy comfort food at its finest.
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Why should you try it?
- A low carb alternative to pizza
- Protein packed
- Easy to adapt with all your favourite pizza toppings
- Kids love them
Ingredients needed
- Chicken breast - Try to use chicken breasts of similar sizes. We didn't and it made portioning this out a bit difficult and they will cook at different times.
- Passata - A good quality passata is a must as cheaper ones can be a bit watery. If you don't have passata, tomato puree will work.
- Spinach - For a nice green boost. You could use kale instead.
- Olives - These add a nice bit of saltiness.
- Mozzarella - Or any good melting cheese will work. Gouda, Provolone and Gruyere all work well.
- Garlic, Oregano, Salt and Pepper - Gives the sauce an authentic Italian flavour.
A full ingredients list with measurements is in the recipe card below.
Step by step
One: Preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Using a meat tenderiser or heavy rolling pin, flatten the chicken breasts so each one is equal thickness throughout.
Two: Mix together the passata, chopped spinach, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper.
Three: Spread the sauce over the chicken breasts and top with sliced olives.
Four: Cover with grated mozzarella.
Five: Cook in your preheated oven for 30 minutes.
Pizza sauce
You have a few options when it comes to the pizza sauce. Use used passata and then mixed in some garlic and dried herbs in to it for an easy sauce. However you could use our Easy Pizza Sauce.
Fancy something a bit difference? You could use our Healthy BBQ Sauce instead of a more traditional pizza sauce.
Pizza toppings
The best thing about anything pizza related is that there are so many topping options. Whatever you would put on a pizza, you can put on these pizza chicken breasts. The key is not to add too many, as you don't want them all to fall off. We kept it simple with cheese, spinach and olives, however here are some of our favourites:
- Pepperoni
- Sun-dried tomatoes
- Mushrooms
- Bell peppers
- Ham
- Sweetcorn
- Pineapple
- Artichokes
- Sausage
- Bacon
What to serve this with
The real question is what can't you serve this with? There are so many side dishes that go with pizza, and these pizza chicken breasts are no different. Keep it light and serve it with a big green salad or load it up with carbs, seeing as the chicken itself is low in carbs. Here are some of our favourite side dishes that go perfectly with this:
- Easy Roast Potatoes
- Roasted Lemon Asparagus
- No Mayo Coleslaw
- Easy Cheesy Potato Bake
- Spanish Rice
- Baked Polenta Fries
- Greek Potatoes
- Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
- Parmesan Roasted Potatoes
FAQs
No, there is no need to cook the chicken before putting the toppings on. Everything will all cook at the same time.
If you have leftovers of this then you can store it in an air tight container for 2 days. We love using leftovers sliced up and mixed in to cooked pasta.
Yes, you can make a dairy free version of this by either leaving the cheese off it or using your favourite dairy free cheese alternative.
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Recipe
Pizza Chicken Breasts
Ingredients
- 400 g Chicken breast
- 4 tablespoon Passata
- 30 g Spinach - chopped
- 30 g Mozzarella - grated
- 0.5 teaspoon Garlic granules
- 1 pinch Sea salt and black pepper
- 0.5 teaspoon Dried oregano
- 25 g Green olives - sliced
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6.
- Using a meat tenderiser or heavy rolling pin, flatten the chicken breasts so each one is equal thickness throughout.
- Mix together the passata, chopped spinach, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper.
- Spread the sauce over the chicken breasts and top with sliced olives.
- Cover with grated mozzarella.
- Cook in your preheated oven for 30 minutes.
Notes
- A different twist on this recipe would be to cut a slit in the chicken breast and stuff it with the toppings and then add the sauce and cheese on top.
- For extra flavour, sprinkle them with chopped fresh basil before serving.
Luci @ made by luci
Oh I like your description of the passata! I usually do just buy the cheaper supermarket brands but I have been finding them too thin really, especially when I want to make something special.
Very inventive idea for the pizza chicken breasts!
Charlie @ The Kitchen Shed
This is a great idea! I absolutely love olives on a pizza, and a chicken pizza sounds awesome!
Tamsin
This is such a great idea! I could make the chicken ahead of time and just add the toppings and grill when it's dinner time.
Natalia Helon
I just wanted to pop back and say that we had these for dinner last night and they were really good. I made extra and chopped them up to go in salads for lunch today and I am already looking forward to it.
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Chicken breast is definitely my favourite lean protein source. This pizza styled baked chicken breast recipe sounds and looks fun and delicious.
Tandy | Lavender and Lime
What a great idea Dannii. We often do chicken breasts for dinner and like you try out different recipes
Liz Mays
I'm definitely into this recipe idea. I may have to add some jalapenos or something else for spice though!
Susie @ SuzLyfe
Keep the cheese except for a dusting of parm and give me the pizza crusts, and then we are in business :D PS there is a business here called Protein Pizza or something like that who essentially is selling this prefrozen. Because people can't make it themselves, lol
Rhian Westbury
This is such a good idea to use the chicken almost like a pizza base x
The London Mum
All delicious flavours. That looks amazing. x
Ana De- Jesus
Oh wow this looks heavenly, I would love to make a quorn chicken version. That would be tasty!
Alison
October is my favourite month, and it has my birthday in it as well. I didn't realize your baby was so close - hope it arrives on time! This chicken looks lovely, great idea
Holly
I love the low-carb aspect to this recipe! And what a fun twist on making pizza! A super healthy and delicious meal - yum!
Kylee from Kylee Cooks
My kids would absolutely get behind pizza in any form they can get it. This looks delish!
Vikki Holness
You honestly come up with the best ideas for meals, i find we tend to stick to the same ones week in week out but this looks delicious and is something my boys would enjoy so this will definitely be added to my meal planning menu! x
Sam | North East Family Fun
Oh these look delicious (minus the olives) such a good ways to add some veg to your chicken dish x
Kirsty
I would love some more ideas on what to do with chicken breast. We usually just roast it and have it with chips and salad. Anything with pizza sounds good though :)
Nicola
I have all the ingredients to make this for dinner and I am going to make some sweet potato chips with it. It looks lush.
valentina
This recipes looks SO good! And yes, always great to have new ideas for serving chicken. I love mixing it up like this!
Katie Crenshaw
This is one of those recipes when I ask myself, "Why didn't I think that?" This Pizza Chicken Breast recipe is brilliant! I love it.