Chicken Rollatini Stuffed with Cream Cheese and Pesto
These Pesto & Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Rollatini area a delicious and easy dinner, perfect for a weeknight! Before baking these Italian chicken roll-ups, smother them with Marinara Sauce and Mozzarella for the ultimate chicken feast!
If you plan your meals ahead, change your plans. You have to try these Chicken Rollatini aka Chicken Roll-Ups ASAP. I mean, chicken roll-ups stuffed with pesto AND cream cheese!?
Not only does the Pesto Cream Cheese Filling keep the Chicken Rollatini super moist and tender but it also adds an amazing flavor to these chicken roll-ups. This easy Italian chicken recipe really takes plain chicken breast to the next level.
Ok, a here’s a disclaimer. I’m a huge fan of basil pesto (homemade being the best!). So maybe I’m a bit biased. Everything with pesto sounds amazing to me. But hey honestly, these Pesto & Cream Cheese Chicken Rollatini are truly the best!
I ate these delicious, stuffed chicken roll-ups 4 times already —for recipe testing and photography purposes!— and I’m not even close to being fed up with rollatini.
So, I have a challenge for you. When you do make this recipe for Chicken Rollatini, try not to eat half the bowl of the pesto cream cheese filling. Because, I’m telling you, it’s totally irresistible.
Oh and I almost forgot to mention that each of these little Pesto & Cream Cheese Chicken Roll-Ups is only 300 cal and they are low carb as well. You see,no excuses!
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Pesto & Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Rollatini
These Pesto & Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Rollatini area a delicious and easy dinner, perfect for a weekday or a weeknight! Before baking these Italian chicken roll-ups, smother them with Marinara Sauce and Mozzarella Cheese for the ultimate chicken feast!
Ingredients
- 1 block reduced fat cream cheese 8 oz - 226 grams
- 1/2 cup basil pesto
- 6 chicken breasts
- 3/4 cups marinara sauce
- 1 cup reduced fat mozzarella
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400F.
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In a medium bowl, soften cream cheese with a fork, add pesto and mix well. Set aside.
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Slice each chicken breast in half widthways. Flatten them out between 2 pieces of baking paper using a meat mallet or rolling pin until thin.
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Spread cream cheese pesto mixture on chicken.
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Roll the chicken pieces and arrange them in a baking dish. Top with marinara sauce and cheese.
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Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and cheese is golden brown.
Yum! This looks so good! And I just happen to have some of your pesto in my freezer at home. This sounds like the perfect way to use it.
Thanks Susan! Would you let me know how it turns out? I’m very excited about this recipe!
Not sure how soon we’ll be getting home, probably as much as 3 weeks from now, but I will definitely let you know how it turns out.
You can never go wrong with cheese and pesto! 🙂
I know you’re a big pesto fan like me, we understand each other 😉
Made this for my family and they LOVED it! It was delicious and I will definitely be making it again! Thanks for sharing.
YAY I’m so glad your family loved it! Thanks for letting me know, you just made my day 🙂
This is going to be our Saturday dinner. It sounds delicious! I will get back to you about how it goes.
Thanks Julio! Please do get back to me, I would love to know how it turned out! 🙂
The Rollatini was delicious. It was a great hit at my house.
I have my eye on the skinny creamy pasta for next time.
I love your web site.
I’m so glad you liked them. I’m still thinking about them 😉 I hope you’ll love the pasta too!
These look divine! What a fantastic flavour combination…. love the gorgeous melty cheese and the idea of the pesto and tomato. So good (and easy too! love it!)
Thank you lovely! If you like pesto chances are your going to love this one. I’m totally obsessed with the pesto/philadelphia combo. It was honestly difficult not to finish the whole bowl while preparing these! haha
PS: I FINALLY managed to comment on your blog YAY!! your cakes totally make me drool. You need to stop this haha. I’m in love with your Raspberry and Lemon Baked Cheesecake. It sounds SO SO SO GOOD! it’s on the top of my ‘to bake’ list 🙂
just made your chicken with the pesto
Hope you liked it Nela!
Loved this receipe. It seems like we eat chicken every night so this was a wonderful taste change. I will keep this one for sure.
So glad to hear you enjoyed it Caroline! 🙂
I used this for my final dish in foods class. I got 100% thanks for the recipe!! she really loved the taste and kept the recipe to use in her future classes!!!!!! I loved it and made it for my mom its a great recipe.
You just made my day Adrian, thank you! So glad to hear you all loved it and it helped you! What grade are you in?
That’s a great low carb dinner!