Meal Prep
Spicy Chicken Pizza Bake
The Spicy Chicken Pizza Bake takes everything you love about pizza night and turns it into a macro-friendly powerhouse. Juicy slow-cooked chicken gets buried under molten mozzarella, creamy dollops of low-fat cream cheese, and crisp turkey pepperoni. It’s gooey, spicy, and unapologetically comforting- the kind of meal prep that makes Monday lunches feel like a win.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Makes
- 4 servings
High protein
Spicy Chicken Pizza Bake
41.6g protein367 calories per serving
- Prep Time
- 15 mins
- Cook Time
- 15 mins
- Slow Cooker Time
- 120 mins
- Total Time
- 270 mins
Equipment
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Ingredients
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For the Chicken Base
For the Creamy Layer
For the Toppings
Instructions
Slow Cook the Chicken:
1 lb raw boneless skinless chicken breast, 1 tsp seasoned salt, ½ tsp black pepper, ½ tsp crushed red pepper, 1 cup pizza sauce, 1 tbsp hot sauce, ½ tsp garlic powder, ½ tsp Italian seasoning, ½ tsp smoked paprika
Shred and Mix:
Build the Bake:
Option A (classic): Transfer the shredded chicken mixture into a greased 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish.
Option B (direct bake- recommended): Divide the chicken mixture evenly into the selected number of oven-safe glass meal prep containers for single-serve bakes.
In either case, add small dollops of low-fat cream cheese over the saucy chicken, then top with mozzarella, turkey pepperoni slices, & parmesan.
2 oz low-fat cream cheese, 2 cup reduced-fat mozzarella, 2 tbsp grated parmesan, 1 oz turkey pepperoni slices
Bake:
Cool & Portion:
Let rest 10 minutes before sealing & refrigerating!
See it come together
Watch: Spicy Chicken Pizza Bake
Nutrition
Per servingEstimates for one serving.
- Calories
- 367 kcal
- Protein
- 41.6 g
- Fat
- 16.7 g
- Carbs
- 11.2 g
Full nutrition and how it’s calculated
All values are per serving. Changing the recipe yield scales the ingredients and keeps these per-serving amounts the same.
- Saturated Fat
- 8.25 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 1.34 g
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 4.44 g
- Trans Fat
- 0.43 g
- Cholesterol
- 131 mg
- Sodium
- 1,283 mg
- Potassium
- 748 mg
- Fiber
- 1.6 g
- Sugar
- 3.9 g
- Added Sugar
- 1 g
- Vitamin A
- 184 mcg RAE
- Vitamin C
- 9.97 mg
- Vitamin D
- 0.23 mcg
- Calcium
- 407 mg
- Iron
- 1.52 mg
Estimated ingredient cost
$2.30 per serving · $9.18 for this batch
Ingredient costs and assumptions
Estimated US grocery prices for the amounts used, including purchase waste and discarded marinade. Your store, brands, and package sizes may cost differently. Buying full packages can cost more. Price sources and methodology.
Quantities without exact weights use the nutrition library’s portion estimates. Purchase yields are estimates. Separate citrus ingredients are costed independently; reusing the same fruit for juice and zest can lower your cost. Labor, utilities, and delivery are excluded.
- raw boneless skinless chicken breast: $2.57
453.6 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Variable-weight pack priced per pound, raw boneless skinless breast.
Walmart: Freshness Guaranteed Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast · Price checked 2026-09-21
- seasoned salt: $0.07
4.8 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
0.25 tsp = 1.2 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Lawry's Kosher Seasoned Salt, 8.0 oz Bottle · Price checked 2026-09-21
- black pepper: $0.05
1.2 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp (ground) = 2.3 g; texture=ground Ground black pepper reference; cracked pepper may cost differently.
Walmart: Great Value Ground Black Pepper · Price checked 2026-09-21
- crushed red pepper: $0.03
0.9 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 1.8 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Crushed Red Pepper, 1.75 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- pizza sauce: $0.84
252 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
0.25 cup = 63 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Pizza Sauce, 14 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- hot sauce: $0.14
14.1 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 4.7 g; Rounded measures agree within 5%. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce, 12.0 fl oz Bottle · Price checked 2026-09-21
- garlic powder: $0.02
1.6 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 3.1 g Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Garlic Powder · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Italian seasoning: $0.02
0.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 1 g; Editorial dried-leaf blend estimate: 1 g/tsp. Nutrition uses the separately documented composed blend. Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Italian Seasoning · Price checked 2026-09-21
- smoked paprika: $0.04
1.2 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 2.3 g Four 2 oz jars; full multipack weight is 8 oz.
Walmart: (4 pack) Great Value Smoked Paprika, 2 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- low-fat cream cheese: $0.87
56.7 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Philadelphia Reduced Fat Cream Cheese, 1 Tub, for Smooth, Spreadable Mornings, Original, No Artificial Preservatives, Flavors or Dyes, 8 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- reduced-fat mozzarella: $3.78
172 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 86 g Fat-free mozzarella used as a specialty-cheese price proxy for reduced-fat mozzarella; fat content differs. The reference is an 8 oz bag.
Walmart: Kraft Natural Cheese Mozzarella Fat Free Shredded Cheese, 8 Oz. · Price checked 2026-09-21
- turkey pepperoni slices: $0.58
28.3 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Turkey Pepperoni Slices, 5 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- grated parmesan: $0.19
15.2 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 7.6 g Shredded Parmesan reference; grated products and brands may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Finely Shredded Parmesan Cheese · Price checked 2026-09-21
Make it yoursRecipe notes & meal-prep tips
Macro breakdown
- Protein41.6g46%
- Carbs11.2g12%
- Fat16.7g42%
Per serving · Share of calories from macros
Calculated using 4 calories per gram of protein and carbs, and 9 for fat. Rounding and fiber can affect the listed calorie total.Triple B's Meal Prep Notes
This pizza bake is a saucy chicken-and-cheese dish, with turkey pepperoni providing the pizza finish. There is no crust or separate starch in the listed recipe, so plan any bread, rice, or vegetable side as an addition rather than assuming it is already included. The chicken recipe archive has more complete bowl-style options if that is what you need for the week.
Shred the chicken directly into the cooked pizza sauce before portioning so the seasoning reaches the whole batch. If you use individual oven-safe containers, divide the cream cheese dollops and pepperoni across all four before adding the final mozzarella and Parmesan. That gives each serving its own topping rather than leaving one portion with most of the pepperoni. A shared baking dish is fine when your storage containers are not oven-safe.
For a refrigerated serving, microwave on high for 90 seconds, stir, then heat for another 45 seconds. Use that as a starting point and continue in short intervals as needed until the food reaches 165°F throughout. Stir into the center under the cheese during the pause so the shredded chicken heats evenly. The pepperoni edges will soften in the microwave; an oven finish is an option if you want more texture. Adjust the hot sauce and crushed red pepper for the batch's heat level. This is a slow-cooker preparation with a short oven finish, so get the chicken started well before you want to assemble lunches. It fits the shorter-ingredient-list collection, but a short shopping list does not mean a short cooking time.
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From the community
I built this one wanting to meal prep pizza night- with my first keto-friendly solution! I think this one scratches the pizza itch- let me know if this did the job for you too!