One Pan Chicken Pesto and Veggies: Delicious, Quick, & Easy Dinner Idea
This one pan chicken pesto and veggies dinner is a show stopper!
Love simple sheet pan meals?
Then you’ve gotta try out this delicious chicken pesto bake loaded with roasted veggies, basil pesto, and chicken. I love sheet pan meals because you can just throw everything on a pan, and bake a complete meal super easily! This chicken pesto version is my family’s favorite sheet pan meal right now, and the best part is only one dish to wash!
This one-pan meal is very versatile and gets bonus points because it can be pretty low in carbs depending on what you add! Easily customize this dish by using veggies your family prefers and ones that fit your dietary needs. We’ve even added small potatoes with the veggies and that version is delicious too.
Hip Tip: Feel free to make your own basil pesto, or use a store-bought version. We love the prepared pesto from Costco! It’s very good and also convenient to use in other easy meals like sandwiches, pizza, pasta, ravioli, etc.
One Pan Chicken Pesto and Veggies
yield: 4 SERVINGS
prep time: 10 MINUTES
cook time: 25 MINUTES
total time: 35 MINUTES
Grab a sheet pan, and make this easy roasted pesto bake for dinner!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup prepared pesto
- 12 oz. fresh brussels sprouts, trimmed, cut
- 10 oz. fresh cauliflower florets
- 1/2 cup grape tomatoes
- 1 cup fresh asparagus, chopped
- 1.5 pounds raw chicken breast, chopped in one inch pieces
Directions
1
In a large bowl, stir veggies and 1/4 cup pesto to coat. Place on a large sheet pan. (Cover sheet pan first with parchment paper for easy cleanup.)
2
Season chicken with salt & pepper. Coat chicken with 1/4 cup pesto, and add to the sheet pan.
3
Bake at 400 degrees for about 24-30 minutes until chicken is cooked and veggies are tender.
Additional Notes
*Recipe idea heavily adapted from cookingclassy.com
This is such a delicious, quick, and easy dinner idea!
I think homemade roasted veggies and chicken are so comforting and one of my favorites to make at home. If your family loves pesto, then this easy dinner is a must-try. My kids were telling me last night as we ate it that, “Everything tastes better with pesto, even vegetables..” 😀
There are so many variations this pesto bake could work well with including sliced Italian sausage and peppers and even sliced pork tenderloin instead of chicken. I like that you can just grab veggies from the fridge that need to be used up as well. You can really make it your own to take the flavor to the next level. 🤤
Make this delicious steak and veggie sheet pan meal with herbed butter!
Love sheet pan meals. This looks yummy and easy. My favorite things! Thank you.
Thanks! Enjoy 👍
You’re welcome! Enjoy 😀
Yum ! All my favorite vegetables. I will have to make this. Thanks !
Awesome! Sure -enjoy!
Does anyone know where in a grocery store you would find pesto?
Yes usually by the dairy/cheese section and also sometimes delegated in the specialty cheeses and deli prepared foods.
Some brands, you can find on the same aisle as the jarred pasta sauces. Barilla & Classico are the 2 I buy. The jars are small, but it will be enough for this dish.
At my store it’s usually near the pasta sauce
Why do these posts exist? This is supposed to be about deals. If I want a recipe I’ll go to a recipe website. Please don’t pollute your site with these things. Or put them on a separate RSS feed so I don’t get all of this rubbish. Thank you!
WOW! So rude and nasty. Just scroll down if it doesn’t interest you. Hip2Save is more than just deals & bargains!
Good to know! Then I’ll just remove this from my RSS!
Mel, please suggest me another site that doesn’t do rubbish like this. I want a site that is exclusively about deals . I already subscribe to “Hey It’s Free” and the “Freebies” subreddit but those are only about free stuff. I need a good website about deals, coupons and promos. I don’t care about recipes because I have servants that cook for me.
Poor baby got up on the wrong side of the bed. This is a great website. You don’t like it, go away! Servants, indeed!
Lol you have servants yet want to save money? Hypocritical.
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Hi Doug,
We share easy recipe ideas to be helpful and hopefully inspire readers to cook at home, which can ultimately be money saving too. 😀 Thanks.
Love these recipes! This one looks super heathy, yummy & easy–a winner in my book! And eating at home saves a ton of money! Very grateful!
I thought it was a great post for a low cost, healthy, easy to fix meal. I only looked at the comments because I thought the readers might be sharing variations for the recipe. Thank you for your hard work of trying to please so many readers and for this post!
Would it turn out too mushy if I made it in the morning and put it in the drug for my hubby to warm up when he gets home in the evening?
Matt, I didn’t subscribe to get recipe posts, but I appreciate these. If I don’t want to read, I skip. But most times I read these recipe posts. They belong on here because they are cheap easy yummy meals, which is what H2S is about…about making life easy n enjoyable at a budget! H2S, keep these kinds of recipes coming please. Can’t wait to try this one.
Thanks Kay for your support! 😀
This looks delicious and easy, my two musts for a family dinner recipe. Thanks!
Great! I think you’ll like it then! 😀
Thanks Lina! This is the perfect recipe to have on hand when I need something quick & easy to fix!
Yes it really is so simple. Thanks for stopping by today 😀
This sounds delicious! I’ll definitely be trying it!
I’m so glad – Enjoy Leslie!
Looks and sounds delicious- definitely will try! Thank you! 😊
Thank you Lina!!! I swear you read my mind!! I have made your last two recipes and they were amazing and perfect for our cravings and ingredients already in the fridge, and so is this one!! Thank you so much!!
Oh I’m so glad! Thanks for the sweet comment Laura. 😀
I dont have servants to cook for me and its also frowned upon to starve your family therefore keep the money and time saving recipes coming !! It is frowned upon to starve your family based sole-y upon your dislike of cooking right ?? Lol
Lol! I hate cooking too, but my family keeps wanting fed 🤷🏼♀️ Made this tonight. Very easy and yummy! Thanks H2S!
Thanks for the recipe Lina. Quite timely for me. Just found out I have gestational diabetes and have been wracking my brain coming up with low carb meal ideas. This looks great. I will definitely be trying it. Thanks!
Oh I think you’ll like it. So simple and good. Enjoy and wishing you and baby well. I had it too with my 2nd pregnancy and can relate 😉
I can’t wait to try this yummy easy healthy recipe. Great to hear about another Way to eat pesto other than like pasta. Also those are all my favorite veggies :(z)
Great! Thanks Hillary!
I also Love your Recipes Lina! In fact Hip2Save is the only place I really come to get my recipes anymore because I know they are going to be good/healthy and I know my family will eat them! Thanks for all your hard work in keeping the recipes coming.
That made my day! ❤️ THANKS 😀
I’m gonna make this tomorrow! As a guy who can’t cook I love seeing these easy and quick meal ideas. Love this site and thank you for sharing!
Thanks for that nice comment Ricky!
This looks amazing! I think I will have my servant make it for me tomorrow night. Wait, am I allowed to call my husband my servant? 😂
Oh my – haha 🤣
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I love these recipe posts! I’m always looking for easy go to recipes to help save money by not going out to eat. Thank you for everything you do hip2save! I have learned so much about couponing, saving money, travel planning, cooking, etc., you name it!
Ah thanks so much. We appreciate you ❤️
Holy Moly. I can’t believe the audacity of some people to take the time to post a comment complaining about recipes. I mean, seriously??!! I don’t think of Hip2Save as solely a couponing blog. It is so much more than that and Lina, I look forward to your posts like crazy. Everything you make is so amazing. Sorry you had to deal with such a ridiculous comment.
That is the nicest comment ever! ❤️ Thanks Beth!
Absolutely agree. I wouldn’t have tried the Lasagna Soup-ever-if it wasn’t for the recipe posted here. Fabulous, freezes well, saves time and money making a large batch(or doing one with sausage and one for Meatless Monday) and freezing for Winter nights. Thank you, thank you.
Thanks Sarah!
Added to my hip list! Another great looking recipe! I have made several of your recipes which is saying a lot since I have dozens of unused cookbooks and several magazine subscriptions with recipes I look at but never use. Your posts are so enjoyable and I love the photos and narrative and appreciate your contributions/look forward to them on this site also! Thank you.
Oh my goodness, you’re so sweet! Thanks so much for your kindness!
Looks like another winner Lina!
Sounds delicious! I too, appreciate the recipe posts!
Thanks Michelle!
Yessss I’m making this for sure this week my husband is pretty sure my sheet pan meals has put him at his goal weight
That pesto from Costco is very good, yes indeed. If you feel like you won’t go through the whole jar within a timely matter, you can definitely freeze it, or share with a friend. 🙂
Thanks for sharing! Great idea.
I love pesto and make my own every season and freeze it! Thank you soooo much, Lina, for all your great recipes and tips!
You’re so welcome! Thanks for stopping by 👍
I finally made this over the weekend and I really liked it. thank you for a great, frugal and simple idea. I am following weight watchers so this fit in well to my plan! Great tips in the comments to freeze the rest of the pesto for a later date.