Baked Salsa Verde Chicken
Baked Salsa Verde Chicken is a delicious, quick, savory dish that takes only 5 ingredients to make! The minimal ingredients plus the verde salsa and cheesy goodness makes this hard to beat, any night of the week!
Servings: 4 servings
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.
- Pound chicken to even 1-inch thickness and season generously with salt and pepper.
- Arrange chicken in a single layer in the baking dish.
- Pour salsa verde over chicken, making sure to cover all of the chicken completely.
- Top with shredded cheese.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve.
Notes
Cheese: monterey jack, or other Mexican blend shredded cheese works great.
Nutrition
Calories: 394kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 123mg | Sodium: 1250mg | Potassium: 694mg | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1179IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 429mg | Iron: 1mg
