One-pan baked Italian Chicken and Vegetables - easy and healthy family weeknight dinner. Ready in less than 1 hour. Only 10 minutes of prep, and 30 minutes to bake. Chicken Breasts are seasoned with basil and topped with veggies: artichokes, tomatoes, zucchini. Bake this Italian chicken in the casserole dish topped with the Mozzarella cheese.
I love using artichokes - they work so well in dinner recipes. I use them for Italian ravioli or to make artichoke chicken bake. My favorite recipes always involve lots of veggies. This simple weeknight meal is no exception.
Baked Italian Chicken
- This is a one-pot recipe. Just combine all the ingredients in one pan (casserole dish) and bake it in the oven!
- 30 minutes of total baking time. Quick and easy!
- This recipe will keep you full and satisfied. It has protein (chicken), fiber (veggies), and fat (cheese).
- The chicken is smothered with fresh tomatoes, artichokes, and fresh zucchini! That makes the chicken meat juicy and tender!
- The Italian Chicken Bake is healthy, gluten-free, and low-carb! The vegetables make this dish colorful and packed with nutrients.
- The clean-up is a breeze! This weeknight dinner requires only one pot.
Tips and Tricks
- Use skinless boneless chicken breasts or skinless boneless chicken thighs.
- Use cooked bacon or prosciutto. Or, you can skip it altogether. Bacon is optional in this recipe.
- Use shredded Mozzarella cheese or shredded Parmesan cheese.
This Italian chicken is highly adaptable. Use any vegetables you have in the fridge. Use green beans, cherry tomatoes, regular tomatoes, asparagus, shredded carrots, finely chopped broccoli. Or, stick with the veggies that I use: cherry tomatoes, zucchini, artichokes.
What to serve with the baked Italian chicken?
- Serve a healthy tomato cucumber avocado salad or comforting cheese tortellini.
- Do you want something completely over the top? Then, serve this dish with one of my favorites: sun-dried tomato pasta.
- Prefer to serve grains? Serve this weeknight meal with cilantro lime and black bean rice or sun-dried tomato and basil rice.
- If you don't want to serve rice with the Italian chicken, try this delicious spinach quinoa side dish.
How to make Italian chicken
1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. Add chicken breasts to the white casserole pan. Season with dried basil and salt.
3. Top with sliced zucchini.
4. Top with sliced cherry tomatoes and sliced artichokes.
5. Top with chopped bacon.
6. Top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
7. Bake for about 20-30 minutes. Remove from heat.
8. Let the chicken rest for at least 10-15 minutes to allow the meat to cook through completely.
If you enjoy this one pan Italian chicken recipe, then try bacon cream cheese chicken or easy pesto chicken bake.
Baked Italian Chicken and Vegetables
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon basil , dried
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 zucchini , sliced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes , yellow and red, mixed, each sliced in half
- ½ can artichoke hearts , sliced
- 6 slices bacon , cooked, drained, chopped (OPTIONAL)
- 1 cup Mozzarella cheese , shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Add chicken breasts to the white casserole pan.
- Sprinkle dried basil and salt over the chicken.
- Top with sliced zucchini, sliced cherry tomatoes, and sliced artichokes.
- Top with chopped bacon.
- Top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for about 20-30 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
- Remove from the oven.
- Let the Italian chicken sit in the casserole dish for at least 10-15 minutes to allow the meat to cook through completely.
Notes
- Use regular chicken breasts or half each chicken breast in half. The total baking time should be about 20-30 minutes. It will depend on the thickness of your chicken breasts.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator in an air-tight container for up to 4 days.
- Reheat the leftovers in the preheated oven at 350 F for about 20 minutes. Or, reheat in the microwave oven for 1 minute.
Nutrition
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Hi trying this dinner out tonight it is in the oven now but wondering if this can be made ahead? Thinking about making it for a dinner party. Thanks. Susan
You can make this ahead, refrigerate it, and reheat it gently the next day! It should work well! Just make sure not to overcook the chicken.
SO delicious! Followed recipe exactly and all of us including toddler loved it thank you- new healthy staple for us! Paired with pearl cous cous
Ali, I am so glad you liked it! Thank you for the comment and a 5-star review! 🙂 I appreciate it!!!
Made this the other night and my family loved it! I was hoping to have leftovers but a few people had seconds! Perfect summer dinner. We skipped the bacon but it was still delicious. I can’t wait to make again! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Martina, you are very welcome! So glad your family enjoyed this recipe!
I made this for dinner tonight for my family and it was a huge hit! Such simple ingredients and a simple meal to prepare but it tasted so good! Love how light and healthy this is! Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe!
Wow, My 27 year old grandson cooked this for my birthday dinner. Fantastic is a great word. I am cooking today for my youngest son.. Thanks for such and easy dinner, serving with chopped salad
Absolutely delicious! So many flavors. Will definitely do this again!
Agreed on the extra baking time.
I too upped the temp to 400 but also the first 30 min add foil so the cheese doesn’t burn. I also marinate my chicken with Italian dressing first. I make at least once every 2 weeks fam loves it.
Wow! That looks amazing!
Absolutely delicious. I was looking for a healthy meal. This caught my eye. Thought it looks simple enough with common ingredients. My expectations were low. Thought it would be healthy and taste ok. Was surprised how enjoyable a meal it made.
Wonderful! I added a little onion powder and extra italian seasonings and subbed out regular bacon with turkey bacon. It was great!
Also I echo the baking temp and timing - I set at 400 for @45 minutes.