Are you looking for a new way to cook with chicken breasts? Try this quick and flavorful recipe, Mozzarella Pesto Chicken.
Chicken breasts are sauteed on top of the stove and to them you add pesto, tomatoes and mozzarella. I used some Kale Pesto that I had in my freezer or you can use store bought. I made this recipe with fresh mozzarella and shredded mozzarella. My husband, Mr. B doesn’t care for fresh mozzarella and I love it, so I decided to use both in this recipe.
The layers of flavor come alive with every bite you take. The saltiness of the pesto and the sweetness of the grape tomatoes are a great combination in this recipe.
You can serve the chicken by itself or serve it on top of buttered noodles. This recipe would also be great with my recipe for Roasted Asparagus.
Saute the chicken breasts.
Add pesto after you have flipped the chicken breasts.
Layer the tomatoes on top of the pesto.
Add the mozzarella cheese.
Cover the pan and the cheese will melt.
Mozzarella Pesto Chicken
Serve with buttered noodles.
Tasty!
Lots of flavor!
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Salt & Pepper
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 4-6 tbsp. pesto, I used my Kale Pesto or you can use store bought
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, cut in half
- Mozzarella, sliced, I used fresh mozzarella and some regular
Instructions
- If needed, use a mallot and flatten the chicken breasts so they cook faster. Lightly salt and pepper the chicken breasts.
- In a large sauce pan over medium high heat add the olive oil, place the chicken breasts in the pan. Cook for 4-5 minutes until browned on the one side. Flip the chicken breasts over, they should cook another 4-5 minutes or until cooked through.
- After you have flipped the chicken breasts, spoon and spread the pesto over the four chicken breasts. Add the tomatoes cut side down on top of the pesto. Now you can add the mozzarella, either fresh or shredded. Place a cover on the pan and let the chicken finish cooking and to melt the cheese.
- I served this dish over buttered pasta.
Cindy @ Hun... What's for Dinner? says
Love the colours on this chicken. Super YUM! Thanks for sharing at Simple Supper Tuesday
Jeanne Grunert says
Love this recipe! It looks so easy and tasty. Do you have any suggestions for a substitute for the pesto? My husband isn’t crazy about pesto, although he likes basil…if I could tone that down a pinch, this would be a super recipe for my entire family (not just for me – I know I would love it!) So glad I am participating in Fresh Food Wednesday. I am finding all sorts of new fun blogs. Thank you!
Kay says
Jeanne,
Instead of pesto you could use fresh basil leaves or skip the pesto all together. You could also add sun dried tomato or roasted peppers in place of the pesto. I hope these suggestions are helpful. Thanks for stopping by.
Cindy Eikenberg says
Hi Kay – everything I love is in this recipe! š My family would absolutely love this – thanks for much for sharing at Best of the Weekend and will be pinning to our board. Hope you have a happy Sunday and a wonderful weekend!
Corina says
It looks like a lovely easy midweek recipe and full of flavour.
Kimberly says
This recipe sounds delicious! I’ll have to try it sometime!
April says
Thank you for sharing your recipes at Meal Planning Monday Recipe Link-Up. š This pasta dish looks great! I hope you stop by and join us again this week. http://www.aprilshomemaking.com/2014/03/meal-planning-monday-recipe-link-up-4.html
Candi says
My mouth is watering. I love pesto. This looks really easy and a great dinner option.
Laura@Baking In Pyjamas says
Sounds like a great dish. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again this weekend!