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CHEESEY PESTO CHICKEN

This Cheesy Pesto Chicken is made with chicken breasts, cream cheese, basil pesto, mozzarella cheese, and topped with cherry tomatoes.
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Ingredients
  

FOR THE CHICKEN
  • 2 large chicken breast
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 8 oz softened cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup basil pesto
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese
FOR THE PASTA
  • 16 oz linguine noodles
  • 2 tbsp salted butter
  • 2-3 tbsp basil pesto
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • salt and pepper to taste

Method
 

CHICKEN
  1. Fillet your chicken breasts in half to make 4 thin chicken breasts.
  2. Salt and pepper them to taste
  3. Spray a 9x13 casserole dish with cooking spray.
  4. Place chicken in the dish. Set aside.
  5. In a small mixing bowl, mix together the softened cream cheese, and 1/2 cup of basil pesto. Then spread it evenly over the chicken.
  6. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese all over the chicken. Bake at 375 degrees for 30-40 minutes, depending on how thick your chicken is.
  7. When the chicken is done, top with fresh diced cherry tomatoes. Place a chicken breast on top of a plate of noodles and enjoy!
PASTA
  1. Boil the pasta noodles until tender, then drain the water.
  2. Mix in 2 tbsp of butter, 2-3 tbsp of basil pesto, the juice of 1 lemon, and salt and pepper to taste. Stir and mix well.

Notes

Recipe credit:  InstruPix