Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, pesto chicken and rice. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Pesto-coated chicken tenders are baked atop rice and blanketed in Parmesan and Alfredo sauce in this quick and easy casserole recipe. Pour mixture into the casserole dish. Since starting Project Meal Plan, that classic pesto chicken and rice hasn't really been happening much (due to the fact that I've learned to cook lots of other less boring things at this point).
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook pesto chicken and rice using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pesto Chicken and Rice:
- Take pesto sauce
- Make ready pesto tomato sauce
- Prepare chicken breast
- Prepare uncle bens brown rice
- Make ready lemon juice
- Make ready grated parmesean cheese
- Get ground black pepper
- Take parsley flakes
- Prepare mozza cheese
- Take broccoli
- Prepare butter or margarine
- Prepare garlic salt
Tips and tricks on making this instant pot chicken pesto rice recipe: Rinse rice in a strainer and let it hang out for couple of minutes to drain as much water as. stir pesto with a knife and spread some on each side of the chicken cooking two minutes on each side. remove from heat and slice into strips. make a bed of rice on a plate position carrots in a pinwheel position chicken on top of the carrots. garnish the mound with onions and feta. This recipe comes together in a wide bottom skillet with high sides. You'll also need a lid for your pan. You could also omit the pesto and add a little garlic powder or Italian seasoning for additional flavor.
Steps to make Pesto Chicken and Rice:
- Preheat oven to 350c
- Cut chicken breasts into quarters
- Place chicken in bowl. Pour the pesto on top, followed by lemom juice and a bit of pepper. Let sit for 20 minutes. Reduce the oven to 300c and cook for 55 minutes, covered.
- Combine rice, butter with water. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium.
- In a separate pot, boil water and butter. Add broccoli and reduce heat to medium-high
- Drain any excess water from rice, add pesto tomato sauce and simmer. Stir occasionally.
- Drain most of the water from the broccoli, leaving a little bit in the pot. Let sit on low-medium heat.
- Remove chicken from oven. Place in a circle on the outside of the plate.
- Place rice in middle of plate, topped with mozzarella cheese.
- Place broccoli on top of rice, topped with parm cheese and black pepper.
- (opt) Serve with garlic toast!
My kids don't like pesto—what's an alternative? Learn how to make Pesto Chicken and Rice Salad. Peas, scallions, and a lemony mint pesto give basic white rice and shredded chicken an infusion of fresh flavor. Transfer to a serving bowl; sprinkle with remaining scallions and mint. This Brown Rice and Chicken Pesto Bowl makes for a really quick and healthy dinner.
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