Super Easy Chicken Recipe - Christopher approved!

This past weekend at the Italian Festival we ran into one of our favorite chefs - Art Christy. He owns Frontier Catering, whom we hired to cater our wedding reception. He is fabulous and we still have people come up to us and rave about the food at our wedding. Anywho, we stopped to say hello and we talked about his cooking demonstration and how people prepare meals. One of the comments he made was that people today are looking for a variety of meals that are quick and easy to make. Well...I found a winner.

I pinned a week or so ago a recipe for a Chicken Dinner with Pepperoni-Marinara Sauce that I wanted to make. The recipe is pretty simple, but I made it even easier by using pre-made sauce and added some extra ingredients. The result: a delicious adaptation.

Pepperoni Chicken Parmesan
Serves 2

1 lb chicken breasts or cutlets (I had breasts already thawed, so I pounded them to make cutlets)
1 cup marinara sauce (I already had a jar open)
16 slices of pepperoni, quartered
Extra pepperoni to top chicken
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup shredded, mozzarella cheese

Preheat the broiler to HIGH. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add a little bit of olive oil to the pan, swirl to coat. While pan is heating, mix the pepperoni and ricotta cheese with the marinara sauce in a separate bowl. Sprinkle the chicken with a little bit of ground pepper to flavor and add chicken to skillet. Sear and cook the chicken, about 3 minutes per side. Remove from heat. Transfer the chicken to an oven & broiler safe dish (I used a Pyrex 9x9 dish). Cover chicken with additional slices of pepperoni and then top the pepperoni slices with the prepared sauce. Top the sauce with the shredded mozzarella cheese and then broil in high heat for about 5 minutes until the cheese melts and starts to brown a little. Enjoy!

Tip: when broiling, I have found it best to watch the dish. Once the cheese is melted and starts to brown, it can burn really quickly if you are not paying attention! You would not want to run supper, right?