Cheesy Chicken Veggie Sheet Pan Dinner
I can’t stop thinking about how juicy and tender the chicken comes out with that simple 20 minute milk marinate. Its so easy to add in to your prep because you start with the chicken, and while that’s marinating, you chop up your veggies and getting everything else ready.
We used chicken breasts, but you can also use boneless skinless thighs here too. Also customizable are the vegetables; eggplant, mushrooms, tomatoes, etc. can be subbed it. This is definitely a clean out your fridge type of meal.
Once you get the ingredients tossed all together and spread out on your baking sheet, make certain they don’t look dry to you, especially the vegetables! The beauty of this dish is that the breadcrumbs and pecorino coat the chicken and give it a nice texture. You can leave out the last step of mozzarella cheese if you’re not into that and this dish will still rock your socks off!
If you like this, you will love my Roasted Veggie Pizza and my One Pan Roasted Greek Chicken ‘Salad.’
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Cheesy Chicken Veggie Sheet Pan Dinner
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts, cubed large chunks
- 1 cup milk
- 1 zucchini, sliced thick halfmoons
- 1 stalk broccoli, cut into small florets
- 1/2 red onion, sliced into big chunks
- 1 large bell pepper, sliced into chunks
- 1/2 tsp each garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, dried oregano, chili powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup breadcrumb
- 1/3 cup grated pecorino
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Garnish with chili pepper flakes + basil
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, marinate your chicken pieces in the milk for 20-30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 375°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- While the chicken is marinating prep your veggies and gather your ingredients.
- In an XL bowl, toss your sliced veggies, chicken, seasonings, breadcrumb, pecorino, olive oil to coat. Transfer and spread the goods out on your baking sheet. If the veggies look at all too dry, drizzle on a little extra olive oil. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle with mozzarella all over and stick back in the oven until melted.
- Optional: garnish with chili pepper flakes and fresh basil.
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Absolutely delicious! I forgot the milk, so I didn’t marinate it. Also used fresh parm instead of pecorino, because that’s what I had. Used panko for the breadcrumbs. And didn’t do the mozzarella. I also forgot that at the store. Oops! It was still an amazing recipe that will be in our regular rotation.
This is my current favorite recipe! Came together in under 30 minutes.
I had frozen chicken breast tenders from TJs (thawed and marinated as directed), one yellow squash, an onion and a frozen bag of chopped broccoli. Fresh Parmesan instead of Pecorino.
I thawed and drained the broccoli and added it in the last 7 minutes. Everything else as written.
Very forgiving recipe and can’t wait to try other combinations.
The panko breadcrumbs aren’t necessary but they add a little something.
This dish is amazing. So easy, so versatile, and pretty healthy! Thanks so much for sharing! You are my go to on nights I have to cook!