Pesto Mozzarella and Tomato Stuffed Chicken Breasts – With video! You won’t believe how easy this beautiful dish is to make!
Have you ever taken a bite of something that is soooo good, and somebody tries to talk to you and you are so deep into that bite, that you can’t talk? You just give them a crazy lady stare and keep chewing and smiling, chewing and smiling….
This Pesto Mozz and Tomato Stuffed Chicken Breast recipe is that kind of dish! And not only is it a flavor bomb, it is super easy to make and all in one pan!
This dish is perfect in it’s imperfections! All that gooey cheese and dripping pesto. But yet, it’s not so bad on the fat-o-meter. Just 2 tablespoons of pesto, a few slices of fresh tomato and a quarter cup of mozz!
To start, slice your chicken horizontally, but not all the way through. So it opens like a book. A really tasty book :). Check out the video for a great tutorial!
Spread on the pesto. Add sliced tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and a sprinkle of spinach if you like.
Now just fold it over and secure with a couple toothpicks. It’s sloppy and perfect!
Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and give it a quick sear in an oven proof skillet. Cast Iron was made for this dish, but any oven proof skillet will work. You could also move it from the skillet to a baking sheet to finish off in the oven.
If I were a chicken, this is how I’d like to be remembered….
A few tips on making Stuffed Chicken Breasts:
- I used store bought Pesto. Love Costco brand.
- Sear on both sides and finish baking in the oven in the same skillet or move to a foil covered baking sheet.
- Serve with an easy pesto/yogurt dipping sauce if desired.
- You can see all my One Pan Dinners here!
Another great and easy chicken dinner! Greek Sheet Pan Dinner.
And one more! Tex Mex Chicken Skillet! This 30 minute meal incredibly easy with tons of that Tex Mex flavor we all love!
To the wonderfulness of chicken breasts!
Clink!
Kathi
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An easy one skillet dish using chicken breasts, pesto, tomato, mozzarella cheese and spinach! A 30 minute meal with tons of flavor!
- 4 chicken breasts
- 8 tablespoons pesto
- 8 slices tomato
- 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup fresh spinach
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons pesto
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut chicken breasts horizontally but do not cut all the way through. Open up. (see photo above)
- Spread entire opens surface of chicken with 2 tablespoons pesto.
- Add 2 sliced tomatoes to half of the chicken.
Top with 1/4 cup of grated mozzarella and a few spinach leaves.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper and drizzle on a bit of olive oil.
- Heat oven proof skillet over medium high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- When olive oil is sizzling, carefully add chicken.
- Sear on each side for 2-3 minutes using tongs to turn.
- Finish baking in oven for about 8 minutes or until meat thermometer reads 165 degrees.
- For a dipping sauce: Combine yogurt and pesto and serve over the chicken or on the side.
- I used store bought Pesto. Love Costco brand.
- Sear on both sides and finish baking in the oven in the same skillet or move to a foil covered baking sheet.
- Serve with an easy pesto/yogurt dipping sauce if desired.
I made this tonight and it was absolutely delicious! I added mushrooms as well because I’m kind of addicted 🙂
Thank you so much, I know this will become a regular dish in our home. I’m looking forward to mixing up the stuffing ingredients as well.
We are so glad you loved it Michelle and the additions of mushrooms sounds fabulous! Love it when folks add their own spin to one of our recipes. Clink!
Hi! This looks delicious. I don’t have a skillet that can go in the oven, could I just transfer it to a dish or will that change the way it turns out?
Hi Jackie – Yes, you can just transfer to a baking dish or sheet pan and it will turn out great! Hope you love it!
I made this dish tonight. It was quick and yammy. I will definitely make it again. Thank you!
I was hoping to make this amazing sounding recipe this week! What do you recommend as well paired sides? I have brand new to cooking! I need all the help I can get 🙂
Hi Cathy! If you are new to cooking, I am so glad you found us! This dish has big flavors so I’d keep the sides simple. Steamed broccoli and rice would be my first pick. Baked potato would fare well with simple toppings. Good luck, let me know how you do!
Looks relish! Will be trying this tonight
LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEEEE!! And so so easy!!!! Oh thank you so much. Stumbled on your website as I was driving home from work, trying to get some dinner inspiration. This was perfect and quick. Chicken was moist and tender and LOVE the sauce and pesto flavour in the chicken.
Can’t wait to check out the rest of your site!
Thank you for the rave reviews Tanya! I love this dish and am making it for my BFF next week because it’s soooo easy and what a flavor huh? Hope to see more notes from you!
This was easy to make. Didn’t have yogurt so I used sour cream instead. We loved it. Chicken was moist and tender, served the sauce on the side will make it again.
Hi, can I use tomato pesto in teas of the green?
Yes! Sounds yummy!
My family loved it!!! I’m still a beginner to cooking and some days my family’s taste buds suffer because of it. But last night was a major success! I can’t wait to try more of your recipes!!
Dear Allison, Marry me! LOL! You made my day…thank you so much for taking the time to write such a nice note! Please let me know what else you try and if it worked for you or if a recipe needs help. I’m open to it all!
I was a little intimidated, I do cook, just not crazy about it. The prep wasn’t bad, I actually felt like a gourmet chef. Lol
So much so that I looked up a recipe for pesto! I made it without pine nuts or cheese….it was excellent!
My family loved it. I will definitely make this again & again❤️
Thank you Gilda! I try to create recipes that are easy and full of flavor, so these kind of notes are so great to get! For a gal not crazy about cooking, you sure rocked it…made your own pesto? You go!