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This easy sheet pan chicken meal comes together quickly with chicken breasts, broccoli, pesto, and melty mozzarella. This is a family favorite dinner even the kids will love!
You know that panicky feeling that hits around 5 pm when you realize you’re responsible for feeding yourself and/or other people but you have no ideas? This is the recipe you want in your life for just those situations.
This sheet pan pesto chicken dinner requires very little work and minimal clean up. I recommend using parchment paper on your baking sheet to help with that. Plus we’re using a store-bought pesto so there’s zero chopping, blending, or mixing. It’s really as simple as assembling a few ingredients and baking! This is a truly easy baked chicken recipe that takes the hassle out of dinner.
Speaking of fast weeknight dinners, I have many more that I know you’ll love. Some of my favorites are the Sheet Pan Cashew Chicken, Beef Tips with Veggies, and Sheet Pan Sausage, Potatoes, and Green Beans.
For this recipe you’ll need (full list of ingredients and instructions are in the recipe card below):
- Chicken breasts
- Broccoli
- Pesto
- Olive or avocado oil
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Garlic powder
- Salt
To make this sheet pan meal you’ll first slice your chicken breasts horizontally to create thin cutlets. Then add them to a parchment paper lined baking sheet along with the broccoli. Drizzle oil over the broccoli and season. Bake for 15 minutes. Then spread mozzarella over the pesto chicken and bake again until cooked through.
What pesto is best to use?
Use any store-bought pesto you enjoy. You can find it in the grocery store aisle located by other pasta sauces plus there are usually a few brands in the refrigerated section by the bagged pasta.
If you’d like to make your own pesto, I have a yummy Pistachio Lemon Pesto you can make.
Can you use other vegetables?
You’re welcome to swap the broccoli for another veggie that cooks as quickly. Halved fresh green beans or chopped zucchini would work well!
What size baking sheet is best for sheet pan recipes?
I use a 12 x 17 baking sheet for all my sheet pan recipes. This accommodates a lot of food without overcrowding. If your baking sheet is smaller, use two instead of one. (Don’t overcrowd.)
How to store leftovers
Leftovers can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
How to serve this
This one pan meal can be served as is, but if you’d like to add a salad my Parmesan Kale Salad would be perfect with this. If you’d like a heartier dinner try adding my Easy Diced Air Fryer Potatoes.
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Sheet Pan Pesto Chicken with Broccoli
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts, about 2 pounds
- ½ cup pesto
- 4 cups broccoli florets, fresh, not frozen
- 1½ tablespoon olive or avocado oil
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Cut chicken breasts horizontally. This will create 8 thin cutlets.
- Spread chicken on one side of the parchment paper lined baking sheet. Spread pesto on top of each cutlet.
- Add broccoli to remaining side of baking sheet. Drizzle oil over the broccoli. Sprinkle garlic powder and salt. Use a spatula to stir broccoli so that they're all coated with the oil and seasoning. Spread in a single layer.
- Bake the pesto covered cutlets and broccoli for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven. Sprinkle mozzarella over each cutlet. Bake everything for an additional 5 minutes. Broil for 2 minutes or until you see some brown bits on your cheese.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Fast, easy to prepare, delicious meal. Love that it’s all prepared and cooked on one sheet pan. And the family loves it! Win win!
Yes!! Sheet pan meals for the win always! Thank you, Michele!
This was easy and delicious! The whole family enjoyed it. I used the Costco pesto and served with a pesto pasta! Will add to our rotation.Â
I need to try Costco pesto! So happy you enjoyed this, Adrienne!
My husband and I really enjoyed this meal! The hardest part is cutting the chicken in half 🤣 it was so quick, easy and delicious!
Haha yes it’s an easy one!!! Thank you, Jessica!
Everything I have made from Christina has been wonderful. Didn’t think anything could beat her slow cooker roast, but I have found it with her pesto chicken!! It is easy to make and packed full of flavor!! My family LOVED it!! I will definitely have this on a regular rotation!Â
This thrills me! Thank you, Melanie!!
This is just delicious! We put our chicken in toasted bread to make sandwiches and my kids were saying we should have doubled the recipe because they wanted more. They asked for it to be in the dinner rotation often! Easy to prepare and just another fabulous Whole Cook meal!
Love that you made sandwiches with the chicken and so happy your kids wanted more!!
I have a picky husband, however he Loved this recipe. I used Costco pesto and it was yummy. Yay!!!
Thank you so much, Dorothy!
Absolutely fantastic. Super quick and easy. This one will definitely be on repeat. Thanks!
I’m so happy you enjoyed this, Kris! Thank you!
Hello! Made this last week. So simple and delicious. Slicing the chicken breast really made this recipe even better. I enjoyed the texture so much more. Definitely a repeatable weekend dinner with a ton of flavor. Thanks for making meal planning so easy.Â
Yes! I think it’s worth slicing the breasts into cutlets too! Thanks for the kind words!
I have made this chicken once a week for the past three weeks. I make extras to have as my lunch every time. My eight year old loves it and asks for it.Â
Made this also for my mother in law’s birthday dinner. It was delicious, simple, easy, and fast. She loved it and wanted the recipe. Will be making this again!