A delightful pie for the summer, with a strawberry and rhubarb filling that is both sweet and tangy and has lovely notes of cinnamon and nutmeg. A very simple to prepare buttery and flaky crust is the ideal accompaniment! Although the crust was very thin when I rolled it out, I was able to simply press it into the pan and produce a gorgeous crimped crust.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups finely chopped fresh spinach
- 2 tablespoons basil pesto, or to taste
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Mix spinach and pesto together in a bowl. Spread 1/2 of the mixture into the bottom of a glass baking dish and place chicken on top. Spread remaining spinach mixture over chicken. Cover the dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle Parmesan cheese over chicken. Return to the oven and bake until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 179 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 69 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 27 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 169 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delicious starter recipe. I doubled the pesto! Now I know the base recipe I can add other ingredients. I put parm on half and grated Swiss on the other. Both worked for us.
Added, salt, pepper, to chicken breast minced garlic, onion in pesto sauce and doubled the spinach and pesto. Delicious
This was fine on its own, but I added mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, and artichoke hearts. It is easily one of our favorite dishes now, over rice or couscous!
I used paprika pesto instead of basil for more flavour and added a little white wine. I was amazing, definately adding it to my rotation for easy chicken dinners!
This was delicious! My whole family loved it, we will be having this again!
Great base idea! Slathered chicken in ginger salad dressing/minced garlic mixture after slicing each already fileted breast in half lengthwise to ensure doneness, like big chicken tenders. S/P. I eye everything so I’ll say I doubled the pesto. Added half a Roma tomato topped with pesto to each corner of the dish, which I topped with Mozz while the rest got the shaved ParmReg treatment. Voila’!
I added tomatoes and doubled the spinach. Loved it.
I agree with the other reviewers that it is on the bland side. I added sauteed onion and minced garlic to boost the flavor.
No changes needed, perfect, simple, easy to prepare and delicious.
This is an excellent recipe to use as a base for many additions or variations. Unless I am baking, I don’t follow just one recipe. I take things from 3 or 4 similar recipes plus add my own touches to suit my taste. I don’t rewrite someone else’s recipe in a review so I not going to do that here. For beginning Cook’s who don’t have the experience or confidence yet to add or leave out things, this recipe as it stands would still turn out very well.
Love this! And opted to add, like the other reviewers, mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, white wine, and chopped onions; as well as salt and pepper to the chicken. My husband loved it! Had seconds!! Thank you for this lovely recipe…and all the suggestions…
A little plain. Use more veggies
Absolutely loved! Did like others added chopped garlic & extra pesto! Definitely will make again!
it was ok.
Added some mozzarella on top . Soooo yummy. Served it over bow tie pasta. Will make again for sure!!
These were sooo flavorful. I used breasts. Cut in half and pounded thin. A whole bag of spinach chopped and the full jar of prepared pesto. (6oz). I added half a jar of chopped sundried tomatoes that I had to use up.
I used extra homemade pesto, but still bland. I will add more spices next time. garlic salt pepper and red pepper flakes prob. Top with cheese too I think.
my notes:triple pestio, 2 garlic cloves, white wine 2 tbsp 1/2onion 2 cups spinich (can use more, during the cooking it shrinks alot),1/2 green pepper(can use any pepper), 1 portabellomushroom cut in slices, salt and pepper on chicken, 5 tbsp pesto END:lemon juice , feta + parmesan used for last 15 mins I marinated in the pesto, red wine, garlic overnight my chicken breasts came out super moist!
Added more basil pesto. Salt and pepper to the chicken.
I made the changes that other reviewers suggested. I used more spinach and Pesto. I added garlic and white wine to the Pesto, also added zucchini (chopped) and halved cherry tomatoes. My husband loved it and told me I should review the recipe and give it the five stars.
awesome!!!!