This super easy and delicious 4 ingredient pesto chicken is ready in just 30 minutes.

4 ingredient pesto chicken

From the recipe collection of Tara Ippolito

It doesn’t get any easier then this 4 ingredient pesto chicken.

I absolutely love putting dinners like this together. There’s nothing to it and dish looks so pretty when it’s finished.

This is a great no fuss weekday dinner recipe.

The pesto flavors the chicken so perfectly. Add some tomato and mozzarella cheese to it and you’ve got yourself a real winner.

I’m a huge fan of all of the fresh flavors complimenting each other here.

Another bonus is that this recipe is low carb.

If watching your carbohydrate intake is important to you, then this is something you’d especially like.

My whole family loves this 4 ingredient pesto chicken. Even the picky eaters of the bunch.

I know if you give this recipe a try you’ll love it also.

Other easy dinner ideas

If you like no fuss recipes like this that are easy to put together, here are some more ideas you will love.

• Cheeseburger casserole
• Chicken noodle casserole
• 3 ingredient zesty chicken thighs
• Easy cottage pie

What to serve with 4 ingredient pesto chicken

The sides are completely up to you, of course, but I like to serve this pesto chicken with something like a side of rice or these oven roasted potatoes.

Any pasta would be great served along side this easy recipe, too.

Vodka sauce, Alfredo sauce or even pasta with a simple tomato sauce all sound good to me!

If you’re interested in this recipe because it’s low carb, consider cauliflower rice or a nice big salad as side dish options.

How’d you get the chicken so thin?

People always ask me how I get the chicken breast so thin for certain recipes.

It’s nothing special that I’m doing, I promise. I buy them this way!

They carry thinly sliced chicken breast by Perdue at my local grocery store.

If you can’t find them sliced thin like this, a simple butterflying with a sharp knife then pounding them thin with a mallet will do the trick.

Of course if you’d like to keep them on the thick side that’s completely up to you.

Just allow more time for the chicken to cook through when it’s being baked.

The internal temperature should reach 165° in the thickest part of the chicken breast to be done and read to eat.

Recipe swap outs

Sometimes we don’t have what we need for a recipe or just plain don’t want to use it.

Here are some alternatives to these simple ingredients.

• Chicken- Instead of chicken breast, use chicken tenderloins or skinless thighs.
• Cheese- The “wet” mozzarella can be substituted for any other type of mozzarella cheese. If you’d rather another kind of cheese parmesan, Swiss, Gruyère, or Asiago would be great.
• Tomato- Beef steak tomato I’m not the only kind that you can use. Pick whatever you’d like. Even cherry tomatoes would work well.
• Basil- don’t have fresh basil? That’s no problem, dry basil would be just fine.

4 ingredient pesto chicken ingredients

• Pesto
• Fresh mozzarella
• Slices tomato
• Thinly sliced chicken breast
• Salt, pepper, garlic powder (optional)
• Shredded fresh basil (optional)

Instructions

First, place the chicken in an oven safe baking dish.

Then season the chicken on both sides with salt, pepper and garlic powder. This is optional but recommend. The pesto has a lot of flavor to it but if you’d like a little more, season it first.

Now spread the pesto sauce on both sides of the chicken.

Next, add the fresh mozzarella on top of the chicken.

Then top with the sliced tomato. I like to lightly salt and pepper the tomato, too.

Now sprinkle the shredded basil on top.

Bake at 375° for about 30 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the chicken is fully cooked.

Serve warm with the recommended sides from above or choose your own. Enjoy!

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