Pizza chicken with a big green salad
20 min · 45 g protein · 376 cals / serving
Everything children love about pizza on a chicken cutlet: tomato sauce, melted mozzarella and crisp turkey pepperoni with a sprinkle of oregano, made in one covered skillet. A big crunchy salad of romaine and cucumber in a sharp red wine vinaigrette sits alongside. On the table in 20 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 lb chicken breast, 4 thin-sliced cutlets, about 1 cm (3/8 inch); if you halve 2 large breasts, press them to that thickness
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce, canned tomato sauce or passata
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, part-skim
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
Big green salad
- 2 romaine hearts romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1/2 large cucumber, sliced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- a few leaves fresh basil, to finish
Steps
- Pat the chicken dry and season both sides with the salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- Heat the oil in a large lidded skillet (30 cm / 12 inch) over medium-high heat, lay the 4 cutlets in one layer and cook 3–4 minutes, until golden underneath. Turn them over.
- Spread a spoonful of the tomato sauce over each cutlet, then top with the mozzarella, pepperoni and oregano. Turn the heat to medium, cover and cook 4–5 minutes, until the cheese has melted and the chicken is 165°F inside. (Or slide an ovenproof pan under a hot grill for 2 minutes for browned cheese.)
- While the cheese melts, whisk the oil, vinegar, Dijon and a pinch of salt in a big bowl, then toss in the romaine and cucumber.
- Tear a few basil leaves over the chicken and serve with the salad. Leftover chicken keeps 3 days in the fridge (dress the salad only as you eat it) and reheats in the microwave in 2 minutes.
Good to know
Can I use regular pepperoni?
Yes, it crisps more, at about 66 instead of 70. Use the same 16 slices.
Can the children add their own toppings?
Yes, that is half the fun: set out the sauce, cheese, pepperoni and a few sliced olives or mushrooms after you turn the chicken, and let each child top their own cutlet before the lid goes on.
Per
- Calories
- 126
- Protein
- (49%)
- 15 g
- Fat
- (44%)
- 6 g
- Carbohydrates
- (7%)
- 3 g
- of which sugar
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 291 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 1506 kcal goes into the pot and 1377 g of ingredients comes out as about 1195 g of food: 126 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.