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Chicken Pesto

At a Glance

Prep
20 minutes
Cook
50 minutes
Total
1 hour 10 minutes
Servings
8 serving(s)

Categories

  • Main Course
  • One Dish Meal
  • Oven
  • Easy

Allergens

  • Milk
  • Wheat

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 8. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 186.8 per serving 1494.4 for selected servings
Fat 6.8g per serving 54.4g for selected servings
Sugar 0.4g per serving 3.2g for selected servings
Protein 29.1g per serving 232.8g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 0.8g per serving 6.4g for selected servings

This was my daughter's favorite dish (along with some of her friends). She enjoyed it so much that we had to make it a weekly recipe.

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Equipment

9 by 12 inch baking dish, oven, cooking spray

Ingredients

  • 1 package pesto sauce mix
  • 8 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • breadcrumbs
  • 4 slices provolone cheese, cut in half
  • 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms

Instructions

  1. Prepare pesto sauce according to package direction.

  2. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

  3. Spray rectangular dish (9 by 12 inch) with no-stick spray.

  4. Moisten chicken with water, shake off excess, and coat complete with bread crumbs.

  5. Place chicken in baking dish.

  6. Spread pesto sauce evenly over chicken breasts.

  7. Cover each breast with ½ slice of provolone cheese.

  8. Spread mushrooms over cheese.

  9. Bake in oven for 45- 50 minutes.

  10. Serve with pasta.

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