
By Jillian Pezanosky
Creamy Pesto Chicken
Creamy Pesto Chicken is an easy dinner recipe is made with chicken, cream cheese, pesto, and mozzarella!
Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 20:03:59 GMT
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Ingredients
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3boneless skinless chicken breasts

⅓ cuppesto

8 ozcream cheese
at room temperature

2 cupsshredded mozzarella
Rectangle baking dish
9′′ x 13′′ or similar to fit your chicken

mixing bowl

foil

non-stick spray
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375°
Step 2
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.
Step 3
Prepare your baking dish with non-stick spray
Step 4
Place chicken breasts in baking dish
Step 5
Cover each piece of chicken evenly with the cream cheese pesto mixture
Step 6
Add shredded mozzarella evenly over each piece of chicken
Step 7
Cover the dish with foil
Step 8
Bake at 375 for 45 minutes or until your chicken is fully cooked (some chicken breast pieces are larger than others, so bake accordingly)
Step 9
Uncover and broil for 2 minutes to achieve the golden color on top
Step 10
Be careful, the cheese on top can burn quickly if you broil it for too long!
Step 11
Enjoy with rice, veggies, pasta, salad, bread and so much more!
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