Easy Baked Pesto Chicken Recipe (Simple Ingredients, Keto)

Easy Baked Pesto Chicken Recipe (Simple Ingredients, Keto)

This easy keto / low carb cheesy pesto chicken recipe is made with simple ingredients including chicken, cream cheese, pesto and mozzarella.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: Chicken, keto, low carb, pesto, pesto chicken

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Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 35

Servings: servings

Calories: 302kcal

Equipment

Baking dish
Mixing bowl
Mixing spoon

Ingredients

4 ounces pesto
8 ounces Cream Cheese at room temperature
1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
2 Tomatoes diced

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a bowl combine the cream cheese and pesto sauce. Stir until well combined.
4 ounces pesto, 8 ounces Cream Cheese
Place the chicken breasts in a 9 X 13 baking dish. Divide the cream cheese mixture evenly between the chicken breasts. Spread the cream cheese mixture to cover the chicken.
1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Bake the chicken for 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and sprinkle the mozzarella cheese evenly over the top of the chicken. Divide the dice tomatoes between the chicken.
1 cup mozzarella cheese, 2 Tomatoes
Bake for 10 to 20 minutes or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest portion of the chicken breast reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees.

Notes

Tomatoes - I used plum tomatoes for this recipe. You can also substitute canned diced tomatoes in place of fresh tomatoes. Top each piece of chicken with about 1/4 cup diced canned tomatoes.

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