Pizza Inspired Chicken

I don't think I've ever met anyone who loves pizza more than my husband. I swear, he could happily eat it every day. But he only likes it one way: with pepperoni, which for me gets pretty boring. So I decided to try something a little different, keeping my fingers crossed that Eric would like it. He absoultely loved it. (I like it too.) It's definitely going into our meal rotation.

Recipe adapted from here.

Ingredients:
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup flour
1 cup Panko breadcrumbs
2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
salt
pepper
1 cup pizza sauce
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1/4 cup Parmesan, grated
1 cup mozzarella, shredded
10 pepperonis, chopped

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a baking dish with cooking spray.

In a shallow dish, combine flour with salt and pepper. In a bowl, beat egg and milk together. In a second shallow dish, combine breadcrumbs, basil, oregano, and parsley.

Dredge the chicken breast in the flour. Dip the breasts in the egg mixture and shake off excess liquid. Coat the chicken in breadcrumbs and place in baking dish.

Bake for 50 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked. Remove from oven, pour pizza sauce over the chicken. Sprinkle with mozzarella, Parmesan, and pepperoni pieces. Turn oven to broil and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes or until cheese bubbles.

Enjoy!

~Krissy

More Pizza Recipes:
Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Homemade Pizza Rolls
Ricotta, Basil, and Sun-dried Tomato Pizza 
The Pizza Quiche
Pizza Zucchini Boats

Pepperoni Chips

This is one of those recipes that I tried just to see if it really worked. Don't get me wrong, I love pepperonis, and there is nothing better than a pepperoni with crisp edges on a pizza, but I don't have any real desire to snack on the little meats. Eric, on the other hand, will usually polish off a bag of pepperonis before I get around to making whatever recipe I bought them for. So I knew if these chips did work, I'd definitely have someone to eat them.

Well, I'm happy to report that it is incredibly easy to turn pepperonis into chips. But I'm going to be honest with you, these things are way too salty for my palette. Granted, I'm highly sensitive to salt. And if I had made a dip to go with them, maybe the saltiness wouldn't have been as pronounced. However, Eric absolutely demolished the entire batch. He loved them. And when I mentioned them to his parents, his dad's face lit up. He loves salty snacks. 

Recipe adapted from here.

Ingredients:
Thinly sliced pepperonis

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place pepperonis on a cookie sheet or a pizza stone (we used a pizza stone) in a single layer.

Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until the pepperonis are crisp.

Place chips on a paper towel-lined plate and allow to cool.

Eat plain or with dip.

Enjoy!

~Krissy

More Chip Recipes:
Baked Apple Chips
Banana Chips
Homemade Pita Chips
Kale Chips
Potato Chips in the Microwave
Snowflake Tortilla Chips
Yellow Squash Chips 
Zucchini Chips 2.0