Easy Baked Mozzarella Chicken with Mushrooms and Tomato Sauce is a simple one-pan dinner! This low-carb recipe is made without breadcrumbs. An easy and quick meal that a whole family will love! Chicken Breasts are smothered in marinara sauce with melted Mozzarella cheese on top.
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This baked chicken with tomato sauce is juicy, cheesy, and bursting with flavors! And, it's easy to make. Only 10 minutes of prep and 30 minutes of baking. It's the best recipe for busy weekdays! The saucy chicken topped with melted Mozzarella cheese will add a variety to your family dinner menu!
Mozzarella Chicken - Low Carb Recipe
- Easy cooking technique. Making this cheesy chicken bake could not be easier! Throw everything in a casserole dish and bake!
- Flavorful and moist chicken. This is the best recipe for cooking the juicy and saucy mozzarella chicken ever!
- Flexible recipe. Make your own marinara sauce or use a store-bought one. Use Mozzarella or Parmesan or Asiago Cheese. You can use skinless boneless chicken breasts or chicken thighs.
- Low-carb dinner. The recipe uses ingredients that are low in carbs. Chicken breasts, Mozzarella cheese, and mushrooms are all low-carb. This baked Mozzarella chicken is made without breadcrumbs.
- High in protein. This recipe is packed with protein (chicken).
Easy Mozzarella Baked Chicken
Why is this an easy recipe? Here are 3 reasons:
- Quick cooking time. 10-minute prep, 30 minutes cooking time.
- One-pan meal. Everything is baked in one baking dish. Use a deep baking dish or casserole pan. Only one pan to clean!
- Only 4 ingredients. All you need are chicken breasts, tomato sauce, mushrooms, and Mozzarella cheese. Plus seasonings: Italian seasoning + salt. These simple ingredients make the best mozzarella chicken bake ever!
Melted Mozzarella
- The best part of this recipe is a bubbly melted Mozzarella cheese on top of the baked chicken.
- Broil the chicken with marinara sauce and cheese during the last 3-4 minutes of baking. Broiling will make Mozzarella cheese bubble. It will create a beautifully crisp, cheesy golden crust over the baked chicken.
Variations
- This recipe works with either skinless boneless chicken breasts or chicken thighs.
- Use homemade tomato sauce or store-bought marinara sauce.
- Any of these cheeses will work: shredded Mozzarella, Parmesan, Asiago, or Pecorino Romano cheese.
- This recipe uses regular button mushrooms. You can also try shiitake mushrooms or oyster mushrooms.
Cooking Tips
- Use 4 thin chicken breasts. Or, use 2 large thick chicken breasts, sliced in half horizontally each to make 4 thin chicken breasts.
- The total cooking time depends on the thickness of the chicken breasts. The thicker the chicken breasts, the longer the baking time.
Side Dishes
Here are some ideas for side dishes to serve with baked chicken with tomato sauce and Mozzarella:
- Spaghetti, linguine, or fettuccine.
- Jasmine rice or flavored rice.
- Cauliflower rice.
- Cooked spaghetti squash.
- Roasted asparagus.
- Roasted broccoli.
How to make Mozzarella Chicken
Below are step-by-step photos and instructions.
1) Preheat oven to 375 F.
2) Add skinless, boneless chicken breasts to the casserole dish. Season the chicken with Italian seasoning and salt.
3) Top each chicken breast with sliced mushrooms.
4) Pour marinara sauce over the chicken breasts.
5) Top with shredded Mozzarella cheese.
6) Bake, uncovered, for 25-30 minutes, until the mozzarella chicken with marinara sauce is cooked through. Then, broil for the last 4 minutes if desired.
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Easy Mozzarella Chicken with Marinara Sauce and Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts , skinless, boneless
- ½ tablespoon Italian seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup mushrooms , sliced
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 1 cup Mozzarella cheese , shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Add chicken breasts to the casserole dish.
- Season chicken breasts with Italian seasoning and salt.
- Top each chicken breast with sliced mushrooms.
- Pour marinara sauce evenly over the chicken.
- Top with shredded Mozzarella cheese.
- Bake, uncovered, for 25-30 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through. Broil for the last 4 minutes if desired.
Nutrition
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This recipe was great! Used more mushrooms though which probably made the dish more wet, but it’s still very flavorful. Chicken not rubbery at all. I’ll be making this again for sure! Thanks Julia
Helen, I am so glad you loved this recipe! Thank you for your review and the 5-star rating! ❤️❤️
I made the recipe as written and it was pretty good. I used two chicken breasts but they were quite large so I left the other ingredients as is. I had to bake them about 40 -45 minutes till they were done and the texture was fine - soft, and not dry. For the reviewer that said it was rubbery - braised or boiled chicken HAS a rubbery texture - that's just how it is. I generally don't like the texture of chicken breast no matter how it's done and will stick to thighs next time.
Thank you for your very thoughtful and detailed feedback. So helpful to me and other readers. I am a chicken thigh person, too, but starting to really like skinless boneless chicken breast, too.
I have not tried this one yet but when using chicken breasts I recommend taking your frustrations out on them a bit and pound them. It does tenderize them and also you can even out and lessen the thickness ... shorter cooking time and more tender. Hope this works for you.
Thank you for chiming in, Jean - very helpful tips! ❤️
I have not made this in years.. Its a simple good nutritious meal.. I serve it with good sticky rice or spaghetti noodles tossed in garlic butter good parm cheese and parsley.. Looking fowars to this tonight.. Thanks Again.. Will
Will, I am glad you came back to this recipe after several years. 🙂 This is delicious served over spaghetti plus parmesan cheese - great choice of a side dish!
I made this exactly how you said and the dish turned out watery and the chicken was chewy. I even cut the breasts in half because they were a little thick!
Easy and delicious. My husband said I could make this anytime!
Liz, so glad you and your husband loved it. Thank you for the 5-star review! 🙂
I really don’t remember saving this recipe to my phone. I also have know idea why it took me so long to realize I had this bomb recipe patiently waiting to be made!!! Sooo delicious! I added different types of seasonings on my chicken, and I also added sour cream mixed with Italian cheese on top of the pasta sauce. Ik Ik I didn’t follow the recipe… I also covered the pan in error lol but let me tell you!!! Moist delicious creamy cheesy melt in your mouth goodness! I paired it with air fryer asparagus and some white jasmine rice. Magnificent. I will definitely be making this again! My daughter doesn’t like mushrooms, but next time I plan to make two pans! One with mushrooms and spinach and a pan without mushrooms just for her… Thank you so very much!
Tashi, thank you so much for this enthusiastic review - I so appreciate it! ❤️❤️❤️
Love that you served this with asparagus and jasmine rice - great choice of side dishes!
I used the recipe for timing baked chicken filets in sauce--I made a puttanesca sauce with tomato, capers, Kalamata olives, garlic and some sliced (not marinated) artichoke hearts because I had some leftovers. I made the sauce the day before to let the flavors meld. But did use the sliced mushrooms and Asiago Stravecchio cheese (because I had it on hand.) I used about 2 cups of sauce. Had a side of sauced fusilli and had started with an arugula & lemon & shaved parm salad. So thanks for the recipe made a very tasty, quick dinner for 4! I'm going to use other sauce variations like tomato/pesto or my "leftover veggies/clean out the fridge tomato sauce.
John, I love your version of the sauce! So creative and Italian. Thank you for sharing. ❤️ You made this into quite a meal by serving this over fusilli and with arugula salad.