This Pesto Chicken One Pan Bake is so easy to prepare and the oven takes care of the rest. A complete, delicious midweek meal, made in the same pan. Winning!
What is more satisfying than a complete one-pan meal that you can prepare, stick in the oven, with very little faff or fuss required? This Pesto Chicken One Pan Bake is a big favourite in my house and I just love how easy it is to make.
Here we have chicken breast pieces marinated in delicious green pesto, alongside crispy pesto roast potatoes, vine tomatoes and green beans. One pan bakes… I salute you!
If pesto pasta goes down in your house as well as it always has in mine, then here is another string to your bow, because pesto doesn’t only go in pasta! The delicious, rich basil sauce goes so well with meat and vegetables too, and what better way to prepare it than throwing it all in one pan?!
You’ll love this recipe because:
✅ Pile up the vegetables
✅ Put in the oven and let it do its thing
✅ Hardly any washing up!
FAQs about this Pesto Chicken Bake Recipe
How do you make Pesto Chicken Bake?
Coating chicken breast in ready-made pesto is the simplest and easiest way to make this recipe. Just bake until tender and you’re ready to serve. In this dish I’ve added potatoes and vegetables to complete the one-pan meal, which is full of that rich, yummy pesto flavour.
Is Chicken Pesto healthy?
This recipe is a great healty option meal as it contains under 500 calories and 2g of saturated fats. It also has two portions of vegetables. (This will depend on the brand of pesto you use).
Can I use the leftovers?
Yes! You can make ahead for a fantastic pre-prepared lunch or use the leftovers for a salad or in a pasta the following day.
What else can I add to this recipe?
You could add some pine nuts when you add the green beans and tomatoes to add texture and flavour. Broccoli or sliced courgette would also work well in this dish. You could also substitute the chicken mini fillets for slice chicken breast or pieces of turkey.
Fancy more easy Chicken recipes?
- Honey Garlic Chicken – Tasty slow cooker recipe
- Cajun Chicken Pasta – Another one-pan favourite
- Chicken Tikka Burgers – Easy 20 minute dinner
Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do.
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Pesto Chicken {One Pan Bake}
Ingredients
- 750 g New potatoes
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 500 g Mini chicken fillets See notes
- 120 g Pesto See notes
- 300 g Fine green beans
- 400 g Cherry tomatoes
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 200C.
- Put the potatoes and olive oil into the pan, toss the potatoes until coated and bake for about 30 minutes, until starting to soften.
- Add the chicken fillets and then spoon the pesto on top of the potatoes and chicken. Put back into the oven for 10 minutes.
- Add the green beans and tomatoes, with salt and pepper and toss in the pesto-y juices. Put back into the oven for 10 more minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
Notes
I used Mini Fillets here as they are an easy size to cook and coat in the sauce (and fit in the pan!) but any cut of chicken would work, you'll just need to adjust the cooking time accordingly and of course, always check that the meat is cooked before serving. Pesto
You can use your favourite green pesto jar of choice, or you can make your own homemade pesto. You can get gluten free pesto too, if that's for you.
Ciara Attwell says
Trying this recipe tonight! Looks delicious!
Joan says
Will definitely make this again. Really tasty and very easy to make .
Kate - gluten free alchemist says
Yum yum yum! Love the sound of this and so does Miss GF! Looks like a dish even she can make for our dinner x
Gail says
This looks amazing. I adore pesto so must give this one a try soon! 🙂
Alyssa says
This looks delicious! One question – do you use the cover or bake uncovered?
Janice says
Fab recipe, I par-boiled the potatoes beforehand, as our oven’s a bit odd with potatoes for some reason.
Erin says
Absolutely delicious!
avi halberthal says
Hi its a lovely recipe, I have a question about the chicken fillets – they would be baking for a total of 20 minutes (if I understood correctly from your instructions) – is it enough?
Connah says
Cannot fault this! We make this very often. We love using chicken marylands with the skin on. Super easy way to have dinner all done in one tray to just put on plates. Wicked mid-week dinner that can be fancy with a glass of wine!
Laura says
Easy to do and delicious! We are greedy people so serves 3 in our house 😂. I bake it uncovered. The fillets are small.and thin so cool pretty quickly.
Umm Abdullah says
Very good meal, and easy. I used chicken breasts cut into small pieces, and I added feta cheese on top. Everyone loved it. Thanks.
felicity says
Do peoples kids eat this with the pesto on the chicken?
Martyna says
My kids eat the pesto too.
Joanna says
This was delicious! Par-boiling the potatoes was a great idea. I also added pine nuts which were very tasty. The chicken was perfect, so soft and juicy! Will definitely cook again soon.
rich says
Very easy to prepare and a great tasting dinner. Thanks
Gayle says
Made this tonight, absolutely delicious and so easy
Natasha says
Really tasty tray bake chicken meal. We had courgettes instead of green beans tonight, which were cooked just al dente, delicious. Wish my daughter would eat pesto just made it plain for her. Did get her to eat a pesto covered potato though!!
madara says
Yumm! I added some garlic powder to the potatoes and cooked chicken with some pesto on stove before putting it all together in oven to reduce cooking time by 10 minutes. Would cook again!
Chris says
Amazing easy tasty dish, love a one dish meal will definitely be making this again! If anyone reading this hasn’t tried it yet make it this week!
Alison Clough says
Amazing tasty meal, so easy!
Green beans could have done with slightly longer, would add them in earlier next time.
Reanne says
One of our favourites! This will be a regular!
Victoria says
This was sooo delicious. I swapped in baby corn and sweet orange pepper as thta’s what i had and kept the tomatoes. Will absolutely make again. Thank you x
Naomi says
Just amazing! Had some friends round for dinner and it went down a storm. Looks impressive as well for the little effort and amount of time needed! So delicious!