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Pesto Chicken

Course Main Course
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 thinly sliced chicken breasts
  • 2 Tbsp pesto
  • 1/3 cup shredded mozzarella

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly coat the bottom of a small baking dish with cooking spray and place chicken breasts inside. 

  2. Spread 1 tablespoon of pesto over each chicken breast and let the chicken rest and marinate in the pesto for a few minutes while the oven heats. 

  3. When the oven is hot, bake the chicken uncovered for 25 minutes. 

  4. Remove from oven and sprinkle 1/3 cup mozzarella cheese over top and return to the oven for 5 more minutes.

Recipe Notes

Note: this recipe is written for two because that’s all my family needs at a time right now, but it’s super duper simple to double, triple, or quadruple it. The only thing you need to change is maybe adding a little more cook time to account for more chicken in the pan.