Tuscan Chicken Simmer

Submitted by senseicheryl

"This recipe is from an email from Kraft Food & Family. KRAFT KITCHEN TIPS: Healthy Living Save 50 calories and 5 grams of fat per serving by preparing with PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, 1/3 Less Fat than Cream Cheese and KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese. Serving Suggestion - Spoon over hot cooked ravioli or fettuccine."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 4 pieces of chicken
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 (1/4 lb) boneless skinless chicken breast half
• 4 ounces cream cheese, cubed
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1⁄4 cup pesto sauce
• 2 cups grape tomatoes or 2 cups cherry tomatoes
• 1 cup kraft shredded italian five cheese blend

directions

1. HEAT large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cover skillet with lid. Cook 5 to 7 minutes on each side or until chicken is cooked through (165ºF). Remove chicken from skillet; keep warm.
2. REDUCE heat to medium. Add cream cheese, water, pesto and tomatoes to skillet. Cook, uncovered, 2 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
3. RETURN chicken to skillet. Cook and stir 1 minute or until chicken is coated and heated through. Sprinkle with shredded cheese.

Reviews

[seal angel]

This is resturant quality! And I just noticed I forgot the cheese. Ugh! I added mushrooms, garlic, pepper, a litlle season and garlic salt. Next time, I would take out the tomatoes and put zucchini instead of mushrooms. Not big on the tomatoes. The mushrooms got lost in it. I did add more water to make more sauce. Put over pasta but next time I would try over a little rice and double sauce. Or no carbs! The sauce is amazing! This was the first time I have had pesto. Will be making this again. Thanks!!!!

 

[Tinat51796]

We had this for dinner tonight and we all loved it! I cooked rotini pasta and mixed it with the sauce and chicken. Even my three year old asked for more noodles! I found the recipe on the Kraft website and I'm so glad to find that someone had posted it here.

 

[Kathy]

WOW this is fabulous! I wanted to lick my plate and get every last bit of the rich creamy sauce. We'll definitely be making this recipe often.

 

[Grammiesangel]

We had this last week for dinner - it's really yummy. The pesto isn't overwhelming and the cream cheese makes a really creamy sauce! Great the next day, too!