Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken pesto. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Pesto is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chicken Pesto is something that I have loved my whole life.
A quick but flavorful dish is on the table in under half an hour when you use pesto and cream cheese to make a sauce for chicken breasts. Prepare pesto sauce according to package direction. Moisten chicken with water, shake off excess, and coat complete with bread crumbs. Spread pesto sauce evenly over chicken breasts.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken pesto using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Pesto:
- Prepare Boneless Chicken Breasts
- Take 1 6oz.Jar of Basil Pesto or Homemade
- Take Mozzarella
- Get Tomatoes 🍅
- Get Parmesan Cheese (optional)
- Make ready Italian Season
- Get Salt & Pepper
The pesto sauce is made with fresh basil, spinach, garlic, walnuts and Parmesan cheese that gets added right on top of the tender chicken to make each bite irresistible! Season chicken with salt and pepper, and rub chicken with the basil pesto. Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet. Place chicken and pesto in medium bowl; toss to coat.
Instructions to make Chicken Pesto:
- Pre-heat your oven to 400 °F.Take your chicken breast and season with salt & pepper on both sides (You can pan sear breast for 2 minutes on each side on med -high heat to give texture.) If not raw is just fine.
- Take your Basil Pesto and Spread over top of breast to cover
- Take your Tomatoes and thinly slice them.
- Add your tomato on top of your peston and then place your mozzarella cheese on top. Sprinkle with a dash of pepper and some parmesan,and Italian Season. Bake at the 400°F (200°C) for 35- 40 mins until chicken is cooked internally to 170°F and cheese should be bubbly and lightly browned.You are done,served fresh with salad or other sides dish. Enjoy!! I ran out of cheese so use as much as you like on yours.
Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet. Place chicken and pesto in medium bowl; toss to coat. Place chicken on prepared baking sheet. Remove from oven; top with tomatoes and cheese. Chicken Recipes are the most searched recipes on my blog.
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