Chicken Pesto Casserole

Chicken Pesto Casserole

One of my go-to, easy, straight forward recipe on a busy day.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Servings 4 people
Calories 696 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 140 g green pesto
  • 630 g chicken breast cut into stripes
  • 2 tomatoes sliced
  • Salt & pepper
  • 250 g mozzarella chopped
  • 200 g white rice boiled

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 200C.
  • In a casserole pan, start with covering the bottom of the dish with some pesto. Place a layer of chicken strips. Season them with salt & pepper. Brush the chicken with another layer of pesto & then place the tomato slices all over the dish. Keep layering until all the ingredients are used.
  • Finish with topping everything with chopped mozzarella.
  • Cover the dish with foil & cook in the oven for 45 minutes.
  • After the 45 minutes, remove the foil & continue cooking for another 15 minutes.
  • Mix some of the excess pesto oil from the casserole dish with the boiled rice & serve with the chicken.

Nutrition

Calories: 696kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 53gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 153mgSodium: 907mgPotassium: 834mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 1688IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 400mgIron: 2mg
Keyword easy
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