This flavorful Baked Pesto Chicken is an easy recipe to prepare and quite versatile.
Course Entree
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 296kcal
Author Robin Gagnon
Ingredients
1lb.chicken breast or tenders
½cupItalian dressing
1cupfresh basil leaves
⅓cupalmondssliver
¼cupgrated Parmesan or Romano cheese
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Put Italian dressing in small food processor, add ½ the basil, pulse a few times, then add the remaining basil. Pulse several more times.
Add the almonds and pulse until well chopped, then add the cheese & pulse until the pesto is mostly smooth, a few chunks is fine.
Place chicken in medium size mixing bowl, add all the pesto and mix well.
Dump the chicken out into a large baking dish (preferably around 8x11), making sure to include all the dressing, spread whatever sticks in the bowl over the top.