Chicken Pepperoncini Food

PEPPERONI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Use a sharp knife to slice both chicken breasts in half through the middle, resulting in 4 thinner chicken cutlets. Season with salt and pepper.
• Heat a heavy skillet over medium to medium-high heat and add the butter and olive oil. Cook the chicken until it has nice color on the outside and is cooked through, about 2 1/2 minutes per side. Remove the chicken to a plate.
• Pour the marinara sauce into the skillet and cook, stirring, to heat through. Nestle the chicken cutlets in the sauce, then arrange some pepperoni slices over the top of each one. Lay some cubed mozzarella on top, then cover the skillet with a lid and cook until the cheese is melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Sprinkle with the parsley.
• Serve immediately with a side salad or over pasta, with marinara spooned over the top.

CHICKEN STUFFED WITH PEPPERONCINI AND GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a small bowl, mash goat cheese with a fork until smooth. Stir in pepperoncini and thyme and season with salt and pepper. With a paring knife, cut a 1-inch horizontal slit in thick end of each chicken breast. Using your fingers, create a deep pocket between meat and bone. Tightly pack each pocket with about 2 tablespoons cheese mixture.
• Heat a large cast-iron or other heavy ovenproof skillet over medium-high. Pat chicken dry with paper towels, season with salt and pepper, and arrange in skillet, skin side down. Cook 5 minutes. Transfer skillet to oven and bake until chicken is cooked through and skin is golden and crisp, 18 to 20 minutes. Flip chicken over in skillet and let rest 3 minutes before serving.

MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN WITH PEPPERONCINI AND KALAMATAS

Steps:

• Layer whole pepperoncini on the bottom of a slow cooker. Sprinkle the olive slices and garlic on top of the peppers.
• Rinse chicken and pat dry. Place on top of pepperoncini mixture. Sprinkle chicken with 1-1/2 teaspoons paprika, salt, pepper and lemon zest. Slowly pour in lemon juice.
• Cover and cook on low 6 to 6-1/2 hours or until meat easily pulls away from the bone. Remove chicken o a warm plate and cover to keep warm.
• Turn slow cooker on high. Skim fat from cooking liquid. Whisk in sour cream until blended. Cover and simmer on high until heated through (8 to 10 minutes, depending on your cooker). Stir in pepper and paprika. Serve sauce with chicken.

BAKED CHICKEN PEPPERONI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Rub oregano and basil over chicken breasts.
• Spray a large skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Add chicken; cook until browned and no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes per side.
• Pour half the spaghetti sauce into a large baking dish. Lay chicken breasts on top. Coat chicken with remaining half of the spaghetti sauce. Scatter mozzarella cheese over sauce. Arrange 6 pepperoni slices over each chicken breast.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.

CHICKEN PEPPERONI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Place chicken breasts between 2 sheets of heavy plastic or waxed paper on a solid, level surface. Firmly pound with the smooth side of a meat mallet to a 1/2-inch thickness.
• Combine bread crumbs, 1 teaspoon oregano, 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt, salt, and black pepper in a shallow bowl. Dip both sides of chicken in bread crumb mixture until evenly coated.
• Heat 1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook 2 chicken breasts until browned and no longer pink in the center, about 4 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining olive oil and chicken breasts. Arrange chicken breasts in a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Combine tomatoes, sugar, 1 teaspoon garlic salt, basil, 1/2 teaspoon oregano, salt and black pepper in a saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat until heated through, 10 to 15 minutes. Pour sauce evenly over chicken breasts in the baking dish.
• Cover tomato sauce with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, 20 to 30 minutes.

CREAMY PEPPERONCINI CHICKEN TENDER SKILLET

Steps:

• In a large, heavy pan, melt butter on medium high heat.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper, add to pan.
• Brown chicken on all sides, turning every couple minutes - about 8 minutes total.
• Remove chicken from pan (chicken might not be fully to 165 degrees internal temperature, which is fine).
• Add garlic and onion to pan, let brown, about 5 minutes.
• Add stock and peppers and let reduce to half, another 5 minutes.
• Turn heat off, and slowly stir in cream and parmesan, whisking vigorously as you add cream.
• Slowly bring heat back to medium high, add italian seasoning, pepperoncinis, and chicken back to pan.
• Let sauce reduce to half and bring chicken fully to 165 fahrenheit internal temperature.
• Remove from heat and serve over vegetables, pasta, rice, or on own!

PEPPERONCINI CHICKEN

Steps:

• cut up and skin chickens.
• pour juice from the pepperocini's in a fry pan.
• slice open 1/2 of the pepperocini's and lay in pan
• lay chicken on top
• cook on top of stove covered for 40 minutes approximately or until meat starts to pull back from the legs.
• place the chicken, pepperocini's, and juice in bottom of broiler pan.
• sprinkle with paprika.
• lay remaining whole pepperocini's over the top.
• broil on high for 3 to 5 minutes or til brown.
• pepperocini's will plump.