Oven Baked Pesto Chicken

Name: Oven Baked Pesto Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons pesto; 4 chicken breasts halved; 1 cup panko bread crumbs; 1/2 fine dry bread crumbs; 2 teaspoons paprika; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

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Prep 10 min
Total 40 min
Servings 4

What doesn't pesto work with? You could rub it on my shoe and I would eat it. But add some it to chicken & bake it and you have this great easy chicken recipe you will want to share with everybody! MORE+ LESS-

By TBSP Kari

Updated September 20, 2016

Ingredients

tablespoons pesto

chicken breasts halved

cup panko bread crumbs

1/2

fine dry bread crumbs

teaspoons paprika

1/2

teaspoon salt

1/8

teaspoon ground black pepper

Steps

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1

Heat oven to 400° F. Lightly grease a baking pan large enough to hold the chicken in a single layer.
2

Wash chicken breasts and pat dry. Gently pound the chicken between sheets of plastic wrap to even thickness.
3

In a food processor, pulse the panko and dry bread crumbs with the paprika, salt, and pepper, until well combined.
4

Rub each chicken breast with about 1 to 2 teaspoons of pesto, then press in the crumbs to thoroughly coat. Arrange the chicken in the baking pan and bake for about 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.