This One Pan Pesto Chicken recipe makes a quick, easy and delicious dish for a weeknight supper! Made with chicken, pesto, peppers, tomatoes, and zucchini, this pesto chicken is a family favorite chicken recipe.
I have a quick, easy, and mighty delicious one-pan recipe to share with you that I think you are going to adore as much as we do! It is my one pan pesto chicken that is a weeknight staple around my house. Tender chicken, fragrant peppers, tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese are nestled into zucchini noodles and tossed in flavorful pesto. Talk about delicious!
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How to Make Easy One-Pan Pesto Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- Olive oil
- Chicken breasts – cut into about 2-inch, bite-sized pieces.
- Red pepper – deseeded and sliced
- Zucchini – cut into ribbons or spirals
- Grape tomatoes – halved
- Pesto – homemade or store-bought
- Mozzarella cheese – optional, but so delicious
Step-by-Step Instructions
Drizzle olive oil into a large pan set over medium heat. Once the olive oil begins to shimmer, add the cut chicken pieces and the red pepper. Cook, stirring frequently until the chicken is cooked throughout, about 8 to 10 minutes.
Stir in the zucchini, tomatoes, pesto, and mozzarella cheese.
Serve and enjoy!
Storage Tips
To make ahead. Prepare the pesto chicken recipe according to the instructions. Allow to cool and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat to serve.
To freeze. Prepare the chicken and pepper according to the directions. Hold the remaining ingredients to add and cook before serving. Store in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Add the remaining ingredients according to the recipe directions and serve.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! You can certainly serve it over cooked pasta if you prefer. If you’d still like to include the zucchini, you can add sliced or cubed zucchini to the pan when you add the chicken and peppers to cook.
Yes! You can omit the cheese completely or substitute it with crumbled feta cheese or grated or shaved Parmesan.
The heat from the pan and ingredients will soften the cheese once added; however, you can certainly allow the cheese to melt more fully. Simply cover the pan with a lid once it is removed from the heat to fully melt the cheese.
More Favorite One-Pan Recipes
Sheet Pan Teriyaki Salmon with Green Beans
Sheet Pan Parmesan Crusted Chicken and Broccoli
Here’s my One Pan Pesto Chicken Recipe. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
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One Pan Pesto Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 chicken breasts, skinless, boneless, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 1 medium red pepper, deseeded and sliced
- 5 medium zucchini, cut into ribbons or spirals
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup pesto, homemade or store-bought
- mozzarella cheese, optional
Instructions
- Set large pan over medium heat. Drizzle in olive oil. Once the olive oil begins to shimmer, add the chicken pieces and the red pepper and cook, stirring frequently, until the chicken is cooked throughout, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Stir in zucchini, tomatoes, pesto, and mozzarella cheese, if using.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
Easy and YUMMY!!!!!!!!! Thank you for the recipe!
Sounds delicious and I’m trying this tonight. When you add n the extra veggies and cheese, how long do you cook it for before serving?
Once the chicken has finished cooking, I just stir in all the veggies and cheese, remove from heat, and serve. I don’t leave the veggies and cheese on the heat to cook longer.
This was delicious! I make my own pesto and used extra in this recipe. I also added about a cup of sliced onion
Thanks, Jill. Homemade pesto is so much better.
Does this need any extra seasonings or is the pesto sauce enough?
I make this just as the recipe states, Nataly, without other seasonings. Hope you enjoy!