Simple Baked Pesto Chicken Bites
Pesto Chicken Bites are SO delicious, and they make a quick and simple game day snack or dinner. Baked white meat chicken, packed with pesto flavor!!
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup Gourmet Garden Basil or 1 bunch fresh basil, leaves only
- 1/4 cup almonds
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese shredded
- 2 tablespoons olive oil + more for spraying/drizzling extra virgin
- 1 teaspoon Gourmet Garden Garlic or 1-2 cloves
- 1 teaspoon salt divided
- 1 teaspoon black pepper fresh ground, divided
- 1 cup corn flakes crushed
- 1 cup Panko bread crumbs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- To create pesto sauce: Combine sour cream, basil, almonds, parmesan cheese, olive oil, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a food processor or blender. Blend until mostly smooth. Reserve 1 cup in a small serving bowl. Pour remaining pesto into a medium size bowl.
- Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Place chicken into pesto stir to coat chicken completely. Set aside.
- In a medium size mixing bowl combine bread crumbs, corn flakes 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Mix to combine.
- Prepare baking sheet by covering in aluminum foil and spraying with olive oil. Use an oil mister or drizzle oil over pan. Set aside.
- One piece at a time place chicken into bread crumb mixture. Toss to coat and gently pat crumbs onto chicken. Place chicken on baking sheet and repeat until all chicken is breaded.
- Spray chicken with olive oil mister (propellant free) or drizzle very lightly with oil. Bake for 12-15 minutes until chicken is golden brown.
- Serve with remaining pesto sauce. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 879cal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 64g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 205mg | Sodium: 1976mg | Sugar: 7g | Fiber: 4g | Calcium: 363mg | Iron: 7mg