Celebrate summer's bumper crop of basil with this easy chicken dish of pesto-flavored chicken breasts wrapped in bacon. Make your own pesto or buy it--either way, it's delicious.
Preparation Time
15 mins
Cooking Time
30 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Calories
420 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Step 2
Lay a chicken breast out flat, and sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Spread pesto sauce over the chicken breast, and roll the chicken breast in a slice of bacon, securing the roll with toothpicks. Lay the rolled chicken breast into a 9x9-inch baking dish. Repeat with remaining chicken breasts. Pour the vegetable oil over the chicken breasts.
Step 3
Bake in the preheated oven until the chicken is no longer pink inside and the bacon is crisp, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a roll should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
Ingredients
6 slices bacon
salt and ground black pepper to taste
6 tablespoons prepared basil pesto
6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - pounded flat
