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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!
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Easy Mozzarella Chicken (Low Carb Chicken Parma)
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 5-ounce breasts
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 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
- 3/4 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.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made this meal for dinner this evening and it was delicious. Definitely going to make it again. It was so simple. I did add a touch of my own to it, throwing in some sliced mushrooms and bell peppers.
This was one of the most delicious meals I cooked, ever! Thank you so much.
This is gonna be my go-to meal when I crave pizza!
Amazing, just amazing! I will be making this more often
How many net carbs is just the sauce?
Oh boy, I’ve just finished eating this and it was amazing!! I don’t know what is it about tomatoes, chicken and cheese, but it’s the greatest combination on the planet! I used almond meal instead of almond flour, but it still turned out great. Definitely doing this again.
Lovely recipe, but I have a query of some importance (to me), I note by the spelling of fibre that you use an American nutrition calculator, so, do we subtract the fibre from the 9 carbs to get the net carbs or is it actually 9 net carbs per portion?
Just finished eating this and it was spectacular!!!! Had a couple of changes though..
1. couldn’t cook for 8 minutes each side on my gas stove so i did 4mins each. wound up baking it in the over @ 350 for 12-15minutes with a layer of mozza over the sauce and chicken and covered it. Also didn’t have a medium broil setting so 2 another 2 minutes with more mozza sprinkled on top..
2. 1/8th of a tsp of organic dried cayenne pepper instead of the fire roasted pepper as we didn’t have one.
I’ve been looking for a cheese and chicken dish for some time now and this one is now officially in my rotation of yummy chicken recipes.
Thanks for sharing and also thanks of having the person/recipe converter.. 🙂
Thank you for this recipe! I just made it for me and the family. Everyone loved it and I will absolutely be making this again!!!
We loved this! Putting this down as a definite favorite for the family! Loved the simplicity of this ingredients and the ease of cooking the dish.
Are these carb counts for this recipe net carbs or do I need to do my own calculation?
Just made this for my big 26 year old son and myself. He’s not on any low carb “diet” but I am. Loved it just the same. Easy to make as well.
This was amazing! Just made it for my husband and myself and we both loved it. Thank you so much for sharing!