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: 394 kcal, Carbohydrates: 7 g, Protein: 38 g, Fat: 22 g, Saturated Fat: 11 g, Trans Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 123 mg, Sodium: 1250 mg, Potassium: 694 mg, Sugar: 7 g, Vitamin A: 1179 IU, Vitamin C: 6 mg, Calcium: 429 mg, Iron: 1 mg