Pesto Cheesy Chicken4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 cup prepared basil pesto
4 thick slices mozzarella cheese
Directions
1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2) Spread 2 to 3 tablespoons of the pesto sauce onto each flattened chicken breast. Place one slice of cheese over the pesto. Can also cut breasts open a bit, and stuff pesto and cheese in the chicken breast.
3) Bake uncovered for 30 minutes covered with tin foil. Then bake another 15 minutes uncovered in the oven until chicken is nicely browned and juices run clear.
Rating: 4.5 stars
Time: 1 hour
Comments: This was really quite good. The chicken turned out tender, not too dry, and the flavor was good. I made this dish from the homemade pesto I made a week ago that I had frozen. The pesto I had made was too salty by itself, but put on the chicken it was perfect. If I didn't have such a salty pesto though, I might have needed to add some more salt/pepper. The chicken also exuded a lot of water when baking. Is that normal? Maybe it was because I covered the chicken with tinfoil while baking, which I did to try to retain more moisture in the chicken.
Comments: This was really quite good. The chicken turned out tender, not too dry, and the flavor was good. I made this dish from the homemade pesto I made a week ago that I had frozen. The pesto I had made was too salty by itself, but put on the chicken it was perfect. If I didn't have such a salty pesto though, I might have needed to add some more salt/pepper. The chicken also exuded a lot of water when baking. Is that normal? Maybe it was because I covered the chicken with tinfoil while baking, which I did to try to retain more moisture in the chicken.
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