Creamy Pesto Chicken
Creamy Pesto Chicken is an easy dinner recipe is made with chicken, cream cheese, pesto, and mozzarella! Simple ingredients that the entire family will love. Serve it with a side salad, rice, pasta, veggies, or anything else you'd like.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Rectangle baking dish, 9″ x 13″ or similar to fit your chicken
- Mixing bowl
- Foil
- Non-stick spray
Ingredients
- 4 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- ⅓ cup pesto
- 8 ounce cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉
- In a mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese and pesto. You can microwave the mixture in 10-second intervals if the cream cheese needs to be softened a bit.
- Prepare your baking dish with non-stick spray
- Place chicken breasts in baking dish
- Cover each piece of chicken evenly with the cream cheese pesto mixture
- Add shredded mozzarella evenly over each piece of chicken
- Cover the dish with foil
- Bake at 375 for 45 minutes or until your chicken is fully cooked (some chicken breast pieces are larger than others, so bake accordingly)
- Uncover and broil for 2 minutes to achieve the golden color on top
Notes
Enjoy with rice, veggies, pasta, salad, bread and so much more!
Store leftovers in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Calories: 575kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 175mg | Sodium: 853mg | Potassium: 536mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1591IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 377mg | Iron: 1mg