High Protein/Low Carb Baked Chicken Pesto
This Baked Chicken Pesto recipe is packed with protein, low in carbs, smells as good as it looks, and only takes around 30 minutes to make! Did I mention you only need a few ingredients to make!?
Ingredients:
3 Pounds Chicken Breast
1/2 Cup Pesto - Basil
1/2 Cup Marinara Sauce
2 Sliced Tomato - Plum
6 Tablespoons Parmesan Cheese - Grated
1/2 Cup Mozzarella Cheese - Reduced Fat
Start this recipe by taking out 3 pounds of chicken breast, trimming the fat off of them, and cutting them into cutlets (thin slices). Use a sharp knife to do this!
Place those cutlets into a baking dish just big enough to fit all of them. You want everything snug so that there is no open space in your baked chicken pesto
Top and evenly distribute over your baked chicken 1/2 cup of basil pesto, 1/2 cup of marinara, and 2 freshly sliced plum tomatoes.
Cover your baking dish with some aluminum foil and put it into the oven on 375F/190C for 25 minutes.
After 25 minutes take out your baking dish and uncover it.
Sprinkle over the top of your baked pesto chicken 6 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese.
Put your chicken back into the oven on 375F/190C for 10 minutes.
Eat this baked pesto chicken recipe by itself, over rice or quinoa, in a salad, or anything else you can think of!
Nutritional profile:
Calories in the WHOLE recipe:
Calories: 2154
Fat: 90g
Saturated Fat: 19g
Sodium: 1420mg
Carbs: 26g
Fiber: 3g
Sugar: 17g
Protein: 310g
Calories in each serving (if you make 6):
Calories: 359
Fat: 15g
Saturated Fat: 3.1g
Sodium: 236.6mg
Carbs: 4.3g
Fiber: .5g
Sugar: 2.8g
Protein: 51.6g