Ultimate Garlic Bread Pizza Roll: Mozzarella-Stuffed Chicken Perfection
Tired of the same old weeknight routine? Get ready to transform dinner with the Ultimate Garlic Bread Pizza Roll! This show-stopping recipe takes tender, seasoned chicken, stuffs it with savory pizza sauce, rich mozzarella cheese, and flavorful pepperoni, and encases it all in a soft blanket of pizza dough. The final touch? A generous brush of golden, aromatic melted garlic butter and fresh chopped parsley that makes it taste just like your favorite garlic bread, but better!
Ingredients:
- Chicken breasts - 3
- Salt - 1/2 tsp
- Pepper - 1/2 tsp
- Pizza sauce - 1/4 cup
- Mozzarella cheese as desired
- Pepperoni as desired
- Pizza dough to cover the bread
- Melted garlic butter
- Chopped parsley
Instructions: How to Bake Your Garlic Bread Pizza Roll
- Slice the chicken breasts horizontally into two layers each.
- Place the chicken pieces into zip-top bags and gently but firmly pound them until they are uniformly thin and flattened. This ensures a tender, evenly cooked filling.
- Lay the flattened chicken pieces onto a sheet to create a single, continuous layer.
- Season generously with salt and pepper. This is the key to building your flavor base.
- Evenly spread the pizza sauce right over the seasoned chicken layer.
- Add a generous layer of mozzarella cheese.
- Arrange the pepperoni slices on top of the cheese.
- Add a final layer of mozzarella cheese.
- Tightly roll up the chicken layer into a neat, firm log.
- Wrap the roll and transfer it to the refrigerator to chill for about 30 minutes. This crucial step helps the stuffed chicken firm up and hold its perfect shape.
- On a lightly floured surface, flatten the pizza dough.
- Place your chilled chicken roll onto the dough.
- Carefully bring the dough up and over the roll, thoroughly sealing all seams by pinching and pressing the edges of the dough together. Ensure the seal is tight!
- Place your Garlic Bread Pizza Roll onto a baking tray.
- Slide it into a pre-heated oven and bake for 25 minutes at 180C (350F) until the crust is a beautiful, flaky, and golden brown.
- As soon as the roll comes out of the oven, immediately brush the entire surface with the fragrant melted garlic butter mixed with fresh chopped parsley.
- Slice, serve, and enjoy this spectacular homemade pizza roll!
