ONE-PAN PESTO CHICKEN AND VEGGIES
One-Pan Pesto Chicken and Veggies – boneless, skinless chicken thighs cooked with sun-dried tomatoes, asparagus, cherry tomatoes in a delicious basil pesto sauce.
Everything is done in one pan, 30 minutes recipe from start to finish!
One-Pan Pesto Chicken and Veggies
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Delicious Pesto Chicken and Veggies. Sun-dried tomatoes, asparagus, cherry tomatoes in a delicious basil pesto sauce. 30 minutes from start to finish, everything is cooked in one pan. Gluten free, healthy, Mediterranean style recipe.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 423 kcal
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound chicken thighs boneless and skinless, sliced into strips
1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes drained of oil, chopped
1 pound asparagus ends trimmed, cut in half, if large
1/4 cup basil pesto
1 cup cherry tomatoes yellow and red, halved
Instructions
Heat a large skillet on medium heat, add 2 tablespoons olive oil, add sliced chicken thighs, season chicken generously with salt, add half of chopped sun-dried tomatoes - and cook everything on medium heat for 5-10 minutes, flipping a couple of times, until the chicken is completely cooked through. Remove the chicken and sun-dried from the skillet, leaving oil in.
Add asparagus (ends trimmed), seasoned generously with salt, remaining half of sun-dried tomatoes, and cook on medium heat for 5-10 minutes until the asparagus cooked through. Remove asparagus to serving plate.
Add chicken back to the skillet, add pesto, stir to coat on low-medium heat until chicken is reheated, 1 or 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add halved cherry tomatoes, mix with the pesto and the chicken. Add chicken and tomatoes to the serving plate with asparagus.
Nutrition Facts
One-Pan Pesto Chicken and Veggies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 423 Calories from Fat 288
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 32g 49%
Saturated Fat 7g 35%
Cholesterol 112mg 37%
Sodium 261mg 11%
Potassium 856mg 24%
Total Carbohydrates 12g 4%
Dietary Fiber 4g 16%
Sugars 7g
Protein 23g 46%
Vitamin A 30.4%
Vitamin C 22.3%
Calcium 7.5%
Iron 24.2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.