Description
This Baked Salsa Verde Chicken is a flavorful and easy dish that combines tender chicken breasts with zesty salsa verde and melted pepperjack cheese. Perfect for a quick weeknight dinner!
Ingredients
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Ingredients:
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 16 ounces salsa verde
- 8 ounces pepperjack cheese
- Fresh cilantro, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease a baking dish.
- Arrange chicken in a single layer in the baking dish.
- Top with shredded cheese.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve.
Pound chicken to an even 1-inch thickness and season generously with salt and pepper.
Pour salsa verde over chicken, making sure to cover all of the chicken completely.
Notes
- Cheese: Monterey Jack or other Mexican blend shredded cheese works great.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken breast
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 1020mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 44g
- Cholesterol: 130mg
