Pesto Crusted Chicken

Submitted by Renea

"This is a great dish that I usually serve when I have company. You can use any type of pesto but I prefer Sun Dried Tomato pesto, I have not tried any other kind. It gets rave reviews from my friends."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 198.44 g package pesto sauce
• 118.29 ml walnuts
• 59.16 ml lemon juice
• 4.92 ml lemon, rind of (optional)
• 4 chicken breasts
• 14.79 ml olive oil

directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Blend pesto, walnuts, 2 Tbs lemon juice, 1 Tbs lemon peel (optional) in food processor until just combined.
3. Place chicken in pan and coat with full mixture then drizzle with the olive oil.
4. Bake 30-45 minutes.
5. This can be served over rice or pasta if desired.

Reviews

[kimberlyfllrtn_1585]

I forgot to give it ***5** Starz..<br/>Yes Thanks Ranea....!!

 

[CulinaryExplorer]

This was pretty good, however while baking most of the pesto melted off the chicken and burned in the dish. Also I am not sure why the ingredients list calls for 4 T. of lemon juice and the directions only mention 2 T.? I put the full 4 in before I noticed the change below and maybe it was part of the reason why it was thin enough that most melted off? Anyway it did have a nice flavor to it. We have had a similar chicken before, but the walnuts were a great addition.

 

[OhMyStars]

I used homemade sun-dried tomato pesto (which actually was a by-product of a salad dressing I tried) and it worked beautifully. I may have got the crust a little crisper than I should have, :oops: but the chicken was still very moist and flavorful. I will make this again as it was totally quick, easy, and looked like a lot more trouble than it was. Thanks for posting Renea!