Keto Pesto Chicken Casserole is filled with Mediterranean favorites like olives, pesto, and feta cheese. This low carb chicken dish is easy to cook and great to taste.

Preparation time: 45 Minutes

Serving: 4

Ingredients 

• 1½ lbs boneless chicken thighs or chicken breasts

• salt and pepper

• 2 tbsp butter or coconut oil

• 5 tbsp red pesto or green pesto

• 1¼ cups heavy whipping cream

• 3 oz. pitted olives

• 5 oz. feta cheese, diced

• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped

For serving

• 5 oz. leafy greens

• 4 tbsp olive oil

• sea salt and ground black pepper

Instructions to make Pesto Chicken Casserole

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

   2. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Season with salt and pepper.

   3. Add butter or oil to a large skillet and fry the chicken pieces in batches on medium-high heat until golden brown.

   4. Using store-bought low-carb red or green pesto, or making your own, mix pesto and heavy cream in a bowl.

   5. Place the fried chicken pieces in a baking dish together with olives, feta cheese and garlic. Add the pesto/cream mixture.

   6. Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes, until the dish turns bubbly and light brown around the edges.

   7. Serve hot the Keto Pesto Chicken Casserole!

Nutritional Value Per serving

• Net carbs: 2 % (6 g)
• Fiber: 2 g
• Fat: 83 % (93 g)
• Protein: 15 % (38 g)
• kcal: 1018

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