Seasoned chicken simmered in a homemade tomato sauce and topped with melted mozzarella cheese. The BEST Easy Mozzarella Chicken recipe that happens to be exactly what it claims to be… EASY! A 20-minute Low Carb Chicken Parmesan WITH NO BREADING! You don’t even MISS a crispy crumb on this chicken…it is SO good!
A step up from my original Mozzarella Chicken with a 3-ingredient sauce , this one is ten times better. It’s all about the homemade tomato sauce filled with so much flavour!
Chicken Parmesan — LOW CARB
Unlike my original recipe of using jarred pasta or marinara sauce on a rushing-to-get-dinner-on-the-table kind of day, this recipe uses a tomato sauce made from scratch. We are only adding 5 extra minutes of cooking time in this recipe, and honestly, it’s well worth it when you get a beautiful, rich sauce soaking into your chicken breasts to make them that much more succulent and tasty.
How To Make Mozzarella Chicken
You are 5 simple steps away form the BEST Mozzarella Chicken!
- Season chicken
- Sear then remove
- Make sauce in the same pan
- Add chicken back into the pan, top with cheese
- Broil (or grill for those of us Aussies!)
The secret totally lies in the 5 major ingredients in this sauce. So much better than store bought stuff!
- Onion (or a brown shallot)
- Garlic (because you know me by now)
- Fire roasted peppers (YES! They add an AMAZING flavour to this sauce! If you can’t get them, use sun dried tomatoes packed in oil — oil drained)
- Crushed tomatoes (fresh or canned — you can also use a tomato puree or Passata)
- Tomato paste — I use garlic and herb flavoured. Don’t skip this, it makes your sauce nice and thick.
- Pinch of red pepper flakes for a nice and subtle flavour bomb
Easy Chicken Recipe
The recipe includes broiling the cheese at the end for a nice crisp, golden and bubbling cheese result. If you don’t want to turn on your oven, you can throw a lid on your pan and allow the cheese to melt that way while simmering on the stove. I prefer broiling (our grilling for Aussies), because you can’t beat the result crispy melted mozzarella cheese!
After More Mozzarella Recipes?
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Caprese Stuffed Balsamic Chicken
Skillet Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Parmesan
Easy Mozzarella Chicken (Low Carb Chicken Parma)
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 5-ounce breasts
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 pinch salt to season
- 1 pinch pepper to season
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 fire roasted pepper fire roasted capsicum, chopped
- 15- ounces crushed tomatoes OR tomato puree, passata
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste garlic and herb flavoured if possible
- 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes optional
- ¾ cup shredded mozzarella
- 1 tablespoon freshly parsley chopped, to garnish
Instructions
- Arrange oven shelf to the middle of the oven. Preheat broiler (or grill in Australia) on medium heat.
- Season chicken with 2 teaspoons of Italian seasoning, paprika, onion powder, salt and pepper.
- Heat oil in a pan or skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken on both sides until browned and cooked through (about 8 minutes each side). Transfer to a plate; set aside.
- Cook the onion in the same pan until transparent (about 3-4 minutes) scraping any browned bits form the bottom of the pan, then add in the garlic and cook until fragrant (about 1 minute). Add the fire roasted pepper (or capsicum), crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, crushed red pepper flakes (if including) and remaining Italian seasoning. Give it a good stir to mix well.
- Bring to a simmer and allow the sauce to thicken while stirring occasionally (about 4 minutes).
- Arrange the chicken in the sauce and top each breast with 2-3 tablespoons of mozzarella cheese per breast. Transfer to the oven to broil for 1-2 minutes, or until the cheese in browned and bubbling.
- Garnish with parsley and serve.
Laura says
Just stumbled across this recipe & ran straight to the corner shop for missing ingredients. Got a fresh french stick and some rocket to serve it with. Can’t wait for dinner 😁🍽️😋
JT says
Just finished making this, turned out great! I added chopped celery and cut up 4 Campari tomatoes instead of the tomato paste. Thanks for a tastey low carb recipe!
Laurie T says
Excellent dish! This dish is also delicious served over zoodles (zucchini spirals)! I like to make mine from fresh zucchini but you can buy them frozen if you do not want the prep work.
Monica Price says
I made this last night for dinner and it was a huge hit with the entire family. I was not able to find the fire roasted capsicum and didn’t want to bother doing it myself, so I diced up a jar of roasted red peppers that can be found on the pickle and olive isle. My family didn’t even miss the fact that the chicken wasn’t breaded and the sauce was to die for. No more jarred sauce for me! This will now be my go to red sauce for other dishes as well.
Kim says
Was absolutely delish
Ronnie Highbridge says
I made this last week and we loved it. I am wondering how much of the recipe can I make ahead of time.
Claire says
So I started back on Keto today and all I can say this is literally the most amazing recipe I have come across I could eat it every single day. Thank you so much
Jeff Donnelly says
I have been on a low carb program for a year now and have had great success. Tonight I came home from work and my husband Jeff had done some research and found your Easy Mozzarella Chicken recipe. He acquired the ingredients and made dinner for me tonight. It was such a yummy meal and such a treat for me. Thank you for helping make such a lovely dinner. Jane
Now it’s my turn. My lovely wife Jane has done such a wonderful job with Keto, yoga and all around weight loss that I wanted to make a keto friendly dinner for her. Googling keto chicken recipes immediately took me to your site where I found your recipe for Low Carb Parmesan Chicken. Sounded yummy so a quick trip to the grocery store coupled with things we already had around the kitchen and following the recipe I managed to put together an extremely tasty dinner which my lovely wife Jane and I ate with lots of pleasure. Easy to put together and very yummy. Thank you, Jeff.