Snacks on Sunday--Chicken Philly Boats

This is a recipe we enjoyed at least once a month for awhile and then we forgot about it.  

Does that ever happen in your house?

We made some great changes to it this time and we will have it again soon--probably in April because we loved it so much!

Keep reading because this has a great LEFTOVER surprise!

Chicken Philly Boats

Ingredients
2 lbs shredded chicken ( I cooked a 2 lb small fryer chicken in the crock pot)
1 green pepper, sliced
1 red or yellow pepper, sliced
1 med. onion, sliced
2 tsp minced fresh garlic
2 TB olive oil
Salt/Pepper to taste
32 oz marinara sauce
6-8 slices of Provolone Cheese

1 Loaf French or Italian Bread

Directions

1. Cook your shredded chicken and bake your bread.  I used the dough cycle to start my bread and then finished it off in the oven to make the individual bread boats, but I've also just bought a big loaf in the bakery section of the grocery store.

2. Heat a large skillet with the olive oil.  Once heated, add in the peppers, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper and cook until soft.

3. Add in the chicken until combined and warmed through. Turn off the heat on the stove and heat your oven to 400 degrees.

4. Cut out a diamond shape and hollow out your bread--save the extra bread to dip in your extra marinara sauce :)

5. Stuff your bread boat with the chicken mixture and top with marinara sauce.

6. Top with the cheese and bake in the oven for 400 for 20-25 minutes.

Now, on to the leftover!


Tonight we used the extra chicken/pepper mix and marinara to make a Chicken Philly Pizza! We made pizza crust in our bread maker, and topped the pizza with shredded mozzarella.  It  was a success!

That's for me on this Sunday!  Have a great night!