With longer days, I find myself procrastinating when it comes to making dinner. Lately, I haven't even been starting dinner until sometime after 8pm. While this usually isn't such a big deal, on nights when I am HUNGRY, I want a meal that will have me at the table sometime before 9 or 10pm. Luckily for me, I stumbled across this super easy and delicious recipe on one of those hungry nights. I was looking for a little inspiration for my plain chicken breast cutlets, and this was one of the first recipes I came across in a quick google search. It's delicious and filling and you likely have all of the ingredients on hand. Best of all? It takes less than 5 minutes to prepare and only 20 minutes to bake. Keep this one on your short list - it's fabulous.
Baked Chicken Pesto Parmesan
Recipe adapted from Iowa Girl Eats
Ingredients:
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin (I used chicken cutlets)
- 1/3 c. prepared pesto
- 1 c. marinara sauce
- Fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced
- Salt and Pepper
- Parsley (for garnish)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Place chicken in a baking dish and season both sides with salt and pepper.
- Lightly spread pesto onto both sides of the chicken. (I used my hands for this.) Pour marinara sauce over the chicken.
- Top each piece of chicken with fresh mozzarella cheese. (I used several slices to cover the length of the chicken cutlets evenly.)
- Cover baking dish tightly with aluminum foil. Bake for 10 - 20 minutes (depending on thickness of chicken breast.) Remove foil and bake an additional 5-10 minutes to brown cheese slightly.
Enjoy!
xo,
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