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Delicious Pesto Chicken Caprese Salad

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This Pesto Chicken Caprese Salad is the ultimate salad to make everybody. It spices things up in your salad bowl, up your chicken game and the flavors with the tomatoes and mozzarella are out of this world!

  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 25 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins

Yield: Serves 2-3 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 lb chicken breast
  • 1/3 cup pesto of choice (I love my vegan cashew kale pesto for this)
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 cups baby kale or arugula (or whatever leafy green you want)
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced
  • 1/2 cup small mozzarella balls
  • 1/3 cup hot peppers, sliced (or omit if you don’t love spicy!)
  • Dressing: we love using balsamic glaze or just some olive oil on top

Instructions

  1. In a baking dish, grease well and coat the chicken in pesto (rub it all over!!)
  2. Let the chicken marinate for about an hour if you can (it’s okay if not!)
  3. When ready to cook, preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake in oven for about 20 minutes or until fully ready (it will vary based off size of chicken breast)
  4. While chicken cooks, assemble salads then slice chicken when ready and add onto salad and enjoy!

Notes

*Chicken will stay good for 5 days in fridge

  • Author: Rachel

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