This Pizza Chicken Bake is a super easy gluten free and keto friendly meal that is super quick to put together! Everything is made in a simple foil pack for easy clean up.
Okay guys, you need to know that I LOVE all things pizza. I love pizza casserole, pizza soup, pizza fondue, pizza bagel bites! If it tastes like pizza, I want it. Kids also tend to love all things that taste like pizza, so if we can sneak lots of healthy ingredients into dinner and call it a pizza flavoured XYZ, there’s usually a better chance of them at least trying it.
Well, since so many of you (and let’s be real, me too) are always looking for new and fun ways to get out of our chicken rut, I thought I would share my new go-to recipe, my pizza chicken bake foil pack dinner!
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Why This Recipe Works
We love a good foil pack dinners because they’re a great way to quickly cook food without the need for a lot of added oil, while ensuring everything stays super moist and juicy. Here are some more great reasons as to why this recipe works for us!
- Packed with veggies
- Quick and easy
- Full of gooey cheese
- Low carb
- Camping friendly!
Key Ingredients
Chicken breasts — We love chicken breasts for this since you can fit more cheese into it and who doesn’t love more cheese?!
Pizza sauce — While you can make your own, a jar from the store is just as good. However, I suggest you use a low sodium one if you’re using store-bought.
Buffalo mozzarella cheese ball — One of my favourite cheeses to stuff chicken with!
Vegetables — We use cremini mushrooms, red onions, bell peppers, and olives for this pizza chicken bake.
Flavour boosters — We season with dried oregano, salt, and pepper and add a nice handful of parmesan to boost the flavours of this pizza chicken bake.
How to Make This Recipe
Step 1: Preheat oven to 400 F. Start by making tiny slits down each chicken breast, about 1/4″ from the bottom. Season with some salt and pepper, then insert the thinly sliced pieces of the mozzarella cheese.
Step 2: Spritz a rectangular piece of foil with oil, add a variety of veggies and a pinch of salt and pepper.
Step 3: Place the chicken on top. Smear with the pizza sauce, olives, oregano and salt and pepper to taste.
Step 4: Fold the foil over to make a book and seal it until all of the openings are closed. Repeat with the remaining three chicken breasts and place on a baking sheet.
Step 5: Bake at 400 F for 20 minutes, then open up the foil (very carefully), sprinkle your pizza chicken bake with the parmesan and broil for 5 minutes. Enjoy.
Expert Tips
When opening the foil packet for this pizza chicken bake, I suggest carefully slicing part of it opened so the steam can release before opening it. It’ll be quite hot straight from the oven and you don’t want the steam to be trapped to continue (over) baking your chicken.
Change up the flavours by drizzling some bbq sauce on top as well. BBQ chicken pizza anyone?!
Make sure your chicken breasts are all the same size so that cook time is the same. Also, avoid thinly sliced chicken breasts for this as you want them to be able to hold up the sliced mozzarella.
In a similar vein, it’d be hard to make this with chicken thighs as they tend to be thinner than breasts so the cheese won’t hold up in-between the slices.
Recipe FAQs
You can absolutely use a dairy free cheese to make your pizza chicken bake if you want to get your pizza fix without dairy!
Yes! This chicken recipe is low carb, keto friendly, and also gluten-free. You can also ensure it’s keto friendly by choosing a pizza sauce with no sugar, or making your own low sugar pizza sauce.
You can definitely meal prep this pizza chicken bake. Once the chicken is cooled, transfer the contents of each foil pack into an airtight container and store in the first for up to 4 days. Reheat in the microwave.
Feel free to substitute with other vegetables like zucchini, carrots, broccoli, corn, cauliflower, and more! Just be sure that they are not so large that they don’t cook through at the same time as the chicken.
More Recipes You Might Like
Want more easy chicken dinners? Try a few of my favourites down below!
- French Onion Chicken Breasts
- Sticky Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
- Greek Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
- Rosemary Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
- Baked Chicken Parmesan Foil Pack Dinner
Tell me lovelies, what is your favourite way to make chicken fun and exciting for your family?
Pizza Chicken Bake (Easy Foil Pack Dinner)
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 1 large buffalo mozzarella cheese ball
- 1 1/2 cups sliced cremini mushrooms
- 1/2 Red Onion sliced
- 1/2 orange bell pepper sliced
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper sliced
- 1/2 red bell pepper sliced
- 1/3 cup sliced black olives
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- Pinch each of salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup finely grated parmesan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Start by making tiny slits down each chicken breast, about 1/4″ from the bottom. Season with some salt and pepper, then insert the thinly sliced pieces of the mozzarella cheese.
- Spritz a rectangular piece of foil with oil, add a variety of veggies and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Place the chicken on top. Smear with the pizza sauce, olives, oregano and salt and pepper to taste.
- Fold the foil over to make a book and seal it until all of the openings are closed. Repeat with the remaining three chicken breasts and place on a baking sheet.
- Bake at 400 F for 20 minutes, then open up the foil (very carefully), sprinkle with the parmesan and broil for 5 minutes. Enjoy.
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Notes
- When opening the foil packet, I suggest carefully slicing part of it opened so the steam can release before opening it. It’ll be quite hot straight from the oven and you don’t want the steam to be trapped to continue (over) baking your chicken.
- Change up the flavours by drizzle some bbq sauce on top as well. BBQ chicken pizza anyone?!
- Make sure your chicken breasts are all the same size so that cook time is the same. Also, avoid thinly sliced chicken breasts for this as you want them to be able to hold up the sliced mozzarella.
- In a similar vein, it’d be hard to make this with chicken thighs as they tend to be thinner than breasts so the cheese won’t hold up in-between the slices.
Nutrition
Abbey Sharp is a Registered Dietitian (RD), regulated by the Ontario College of Dietitians. She is a mom, YouTuber, Blogger, award winning cookbook author, media coach specializing in food and nutrition influencers, and a frequent contributor to national publications like Healthline and on national broadcast TV shows.
Leslie says
This is so delicious we’ve made it two weeks in a row! Thanks!
rachel says
Made this for my whole family tonight and most of them are picky eaters and it was a big hit!!! Thank you so much !!! All of your recipes are amazing:) love your youtube videos as well I have learned so much from you:)
Abbey Sharp says
I’m so glad you enjoyed! This recipe is always a hit in my household too.
Jessica says
This was so great. Quick, east and super delicious. The best part is each chicken had its own toppings for my picky eaters.
Janice k says
This was the best way to get my pizza craving fix without the carbs!! Thank you! Kids loved it too!
Abbey Sharp says
I am so happy you loved it
Beth says
I think that the reserpies look to good to eat, I look forward to cooking them thank you.
Abbey Sharp says
THANK YOU