4 INGREDIENT PESTO CHICKEN (2024)

This super easy 4 ingredient pesto chicken is made with just pesto, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and chicken and is ready in just 30 minutes.

4 ingredient pesto chicken

From the recipe collection of Tara Ippolito

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

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

This is a great no fuss weekday dinner for the family. There is so much flavor in the chicken from the pesto that it tastes like you spend all day making it.

That couldnt be farther from the truth. This is one of the most simple recipes that I have to share and its ready in just 30 minutes.

The melted mozzarella cheese and stewed tomatoes really just set this recipe up to be an absolute winner.

If happen to be watching your carbohydrate intake, then this is something you’d especially like, too. Its a wonderful low carb option if youre looking for one,

But you dont have to be minding your carbs to enjoy this delicious dinner. My whole family loves this recipe. Even my picky middle school aged boys.

I hope you give this recipe a try. I know that if you do, you’ll love it just as much as my family and I do.

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Other easy chicken dinner ideas

If you like no fuss chicken recipes like this one, here are some more ideas that I know you will love.

• Ginny’s Chicken
• Creamy Chicken Costoletta
• Baked Buttered Chicken Drumsticks
• Lemon Pepper Chicken Thighs

What to serve with 4 ingredient pesto chicken

This is a great recipe because it can go with so many different things. So any side dish that youd like to serve this with will probably work great.

Any pasta, rice or potato would be fantastic with your choice of vegetable.

If you are looking for some ideas, here are a few recipes that would be good side dish selections.

• Marry Me Pasta
• Crispy smashed potatoes
• Garlic Parmesan Broccoli
• Parmesan Crusted Brussels Sprouts

How’d you get the chicken breast 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 and thats completely fine.

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 down onto a baking sheet & season it 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.

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!