You like easy, right? Me too, and that’s why I’m here for you today with a fantastic three ingredient meal to make your Monday a little easier. This recipe for Pesto Chicken could not be more simple to put together and it’s crazy tasty despite that very small amount of effort. It’s a close cousin to my favorite Salsa Chicken recipe in preparation style, but the flavor is completely different.
I like to serve it with mashed potatoes and a green veggie. This time I had broccoli on hand, but I also really like it with steamed sugar snap peas. We usually also have some kind of bread or roll to go with it too, because we are carb addicts. We pretty much have some kind of bread, roll, or biscuit with every meal. Except for the meals that are a pretty carby all by themselves, like pancakes or sandwiches. Pasta is excluded, though. We have bread with pasta dishes even though pasta is the king of carbs.
That’s my confession for the day. Please don’t judge me and my carbs.
If you love pesto, you should also check out this creamy, delicious Pesto Tortellini.
- 2 thinly sliced chicken breasts
- 2 Tbsp pesto
- 1/3 cup shredded mozzarella
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Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly coat the bottom of a small baking dish with cooking spray and place chicken breasts inside.
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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.
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When the oven is hot, bake the chicken uncovered for 25 minutes.
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Remove from oven and sprinkle 1/3 cup mozzarella cheese over top and return to the oven for 5 more minutes.
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.
I love how simple this recipe is – simple is about all I can handle after a full day of work; ha! And no judgement on the carbs here – we’re the same way in my house 🙂
Yay for delicious carbs! 🙂
Hum! My husband and I like to make pesto chicken and it is so yummy. Maybe I can convince him to have it tonight.
I bet you can! It’s so tasty I don’t anticipate much argument 🙂
This looks easy AND amazing! I love love quick and easy meals! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for reading!
I love that it has so few ingredients. Those are my favorite recipes!
I know, I hate when I find a recipe I want to make but it has like 15 ingredients and I only have like 4 on hand lol
This looks so easy and delicious! Definitely adding it to my to make list!
Awesome, hope you like it!
We are going to have this meal immediately! So easy and so yummy. Thank you for the great recipe.
My pleasure!
OMG! My mouth is watering from the pictures alone. I can only imagine the wonderful aroma and amazing taste that this recipe calls for. I definitely have to try this recipe. This was amazing!
It’s pretty yummy, I hope you get to try it!
This pesto looks FAB!!! Love your recipes <3
Thanks girl!
This looks delicious. Bonus points for simplicity! And I would never judge you for your carbs. 😉
Thanks! This is a judgement free zone for food of all kinds 😊
This looks so delicious!! I’ve been looking for ways to spice up my chicken and these seems perfect!!
Great! Hope you get to try it!
Yummy! I love easy and delicious. This would make great leftovers for a panini for all us carb lovers.
Yes! That’s a fantastic idea 👍
Simple and delicious…what more can you ask for?! Aldi sells a delicious sun-dried tomato pesto that is my saving grace for busy week-nights. Love your blog!
I just started shopping at Aldi, I’ll have to look for it! Thanks for the tip!
This is a simple and tasty way to prepare chicken. Thanks for linking up to the Friday Frenzy!
Thanks for hosting!