Oooh pesto,. how I love thee. Easy and healthy and fast and fresh..you are the perfect addition to the middle of the week dinner for busy moms – and dads- alike.
This is a recipe I fall back on time and time again when I am just not inspired to create anything new with chicken breast.
Ingredients Needed:
1 clove of garlic
2 tbsp shredded fresh basil leaves
1 tbsp olive oil
6-7 almonds or pine nuts
1 tbsp freshly shredded Parmesan cheese
2 boneless and skinless chicken breasts
Kick the tires and light the fires to 350 degrees.
Assemble all of your ingredients in either a mortar and pestle or a food processor. The pesto can be crushed/diced either way. Purists will tell you a mortar and pestle is the only way to go. I used my mini food processor. Process it until it’s s mall chunks. Or a paste if you prefer but I find chunks give it a better texture.
One step, baby, and it’s ready. Things like this excite me beyond measure.
I don’t get out much.
Place your chicken into a baking dish.
Spread the pesto evenly on top of the chicken breasts, coating the tops completely.
Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, until the internal temperature of the chicken breasts reaches 165 degrees F at the minimum.
Happy creating!
The Kitchen Magpie
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 tbsp shredded fresh basil leaves
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 6-7 almonds or pine nuts
- 1 tbsp freshly shredded Parmesan cheese
- 2 boneless and skinless chicken breasts
- Kick the tires and light the fires to 350 degrees.
- Assemble all of your ingredients in either a mortar and pestle or a food processor. The pesto can be crushed/diced either way. Purists will tell you a mortar and pestle is the only way to go. I used my mini food processor. Process it until it’s s mall chunks. Or a paste if you prefer but I find chunks give it a better texture.
- Place your chicken into a baking dish.
- Spread the pesto evenly on top of the chicken breasts, coating the tops completely.
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, until the internal temperature of the chicken breasts reaches 165 degrees F at the minimum.
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Wow...those photos are drool-worthy. I am definitely making that!