4.9 from 42 votes
Caprese Chicken
This easy cheesy Caprese Chicken is so over-the-top delicious! In only 45 minutes, you will have perfectly cooked chicken breasts and a sauce that you'll want to put on everything.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 3
Calories: 263 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Dinner
Cuisine:
Italian , American
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds chicken breasts boneless and skinless
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon pepper or to taste
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning or to taste
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 cup Mozarella cheese shredded
- 2-3 tablespoon fresh basil chiffonade*
- balsamic glaze to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400℉.
- Generously season your chicken breasts with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning on both sides. Drizzle the olive oil to coat the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Add the chicken and cherry tomatoes. Disperse the tomatoes evenly around the chicken.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until the breasts reach an internal temperature of 165F in the thickest part. Take the baking dish out of the oven, and put about 1/3 cup of the mozzarella over each chicken breast. Return the dish to the oven and bake for another 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle the basil over the chicken. Serve the chicken with a drizzle of balsamic glaze.
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Notes
- Instead of mozzarella you can use gouda, mild cheddar, provolone, havarti, gruyere, or other mild melty cheese that you like. You can add or subtract the amount of cheese to suit your preference.
- You can leave the cherry tomatoes whole if you like. You can also use any type of tomato that you prefer, cut into bite sized pieces.
- This recipe can be used for chicken thighs as well.
- You can serve these over pasta, chicken, rice, etc. to use up the sauce in the pan.
- * To chiffonade basil, stack the leaves flat on top of each other. Roll them tightly lengthwise, and slice the roll thinly crosswise.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
263kcal
(13%)
Carbohydrates
6g
(2%)
Protein
33g
(66%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
101mg
(34%)
Sodium
764mg
(32%)
Potassium
684mg
(20%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
895IU
(18%)
Vitamin C
24.3mg
(27%)
Calcium
232mg
(23%)
Iron
1.9mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 3Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 263
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 263kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 33g | 66% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 101mg | 34% |
| Sodium | 764mg | 32% |
| Potassium | 684mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 895IU | 18% |
| Vitamin C | 24.3mg | 27% |
| Calcium | 232mg | 23% |
| Iron | 1.9mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.