What's for dinner?" flashes across my screen as I'm grabbing my phone and packing up to leave the office. It's the same text my son sends almost daily; the dreaded question. If this sounds familiar, read on...It's actually the very reason I create simple and quick weekday dinners that can be made in under 30 minutes, like this 5 Ingredient Sheet Pan Caprese Chicken.
This sheet pan meal is both Weight Watchers friendly @ only 4 WW points and gluten-free. It's the perfect weeknight dinner and something the whole family loves!
🍒Reader Review
"This was super easy to make and delicious! Even my kids (11 & 9) really liked it and went in for seconds! We will definitely include this recipe into our regular rotation! I made an olive oil/garlic spaghetti to go with it as well." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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I fell in love with these simple and delicious 4 Ingredient Caprese Salad Sticks and it inspired me to transform it into this easy weeknight baked caprese chicken recipe.
I don't have air conditioning and it's been a hot summer, so I've avoided turning on the oven. And if there's one thing that excites me about fall, it's turning on my oven! I love to bake just about anything and this recipe is my new favorite baked chicken!
Although BBQ'ing/grilling almost daily has been nice, I'm anticipating all the deliciousness that will come out of that warm cocoon this autumn.
🥘 Ingredients
I love this balsamic Caprese chicken because it's healthy, easy, low-fat and you can add just about any flavor combination to it. But this medley of basil, grape tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and balsamic glaze really makes this chicken sing!
And sheet pan chicken is nothing short of brilliant - it's fast and one pan, which means fewer dishes to wash. And fewer dishes is always a bonus.
For this Caprese chicken bake, you'll need:
- boneless skinless chicken breasts
- fresh mozzarella cheese
- basil leaves whole
- grape tomatoes
- Garnish: balsamic reduction glaze (affiliate links)
📖Variations & Substitutions
- Chicken breast- you can use frozen chicken, just thaw it before you cook it
- Basil- you can use your own fresh basil from the garden or you can purchase fresh basil at most grocery stores. *And if you have grown an abundance of fresh basil, try my Basil Pesto with almonds or dehydrating your basil in the air fryer so you can enjoy it all winter long!
- Tomatoes- you can substitute cherry tomatoes instead of grape tomatoes or use slices of regular tomatoes
🔪 Instructions
- Spray a baking sheet pan with non-stick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/176 degrees C.
- Place chicken on pan and add about 3-4 whole basil leaves to each chicken breast, then about 5 ½ grape tomatoes (or however many you can fit). Top width-wide with mozzarella slices.
- Add the remaining grape tomatoes to pan.
- Cooking time: cook for about 25 minutes, depending on thickness of your chicken breast
- When chicken is done (no longer pink inside and/or reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F, measured by the thickest part of the breast), remove from oven.
- Drizzle reduced balsamic vinegar over everything. Garnish with fresh basil leaves. (This recipe tastes best if you eat the fresh basil with the chicken- I highly recommend this!)
🍽Equipment
You will need a baking sheet/sheet pan (9X13) (affiliate link), a cutting board, and a sharp knife for this sheet pan chicken caprese. A meat thermometer is also handy as well!
💭 Top tip - Never overcook your chicken breast again!
Did you know that temperature is the BEST way to check for doneness? No more cutting into your meat mid-grilling, guessing, or hoping it's done, only to find out you've actually overcooked it 🙁
This thermometer is a game changer!
It's more than just a meat thermometer! I use my instant-read thermometer for EVERYTHING including:
- Baking pie and bread to eggs, casseroles, candy making, and more!
- This amazing little tool instantly and accurately measures temperature with a quick poke. And it's not just for the grill, it's the go-to kitchen instrument trusted by the world's most acclaimed chefs and BBQ champions (it's one of Alton Brown's 'favorite things')!
- And it comes with a handy little chart that gives you chef-recommended temperatures, as well as the minimum done temps for food safety.
If you love cooking, baking or grilling, this tool is a must-have!
Click HERE to buy the Thermapen (affiliate link)
👪 Serving Size
This Caprese chicken sheet pan dinner recipe makes 4 servings. However, you can half, double or triple the recipe by clicking on the blue serving number and selecting the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust. You'll just need additional baking sheets.
🔢WW Points
This delicious dinner is Weight Watchers friendly @ only 4 WW points.
🥗 Side dishes
Not sure what to serve with this meal? Here are some suggestions:
- Green beans and Mushrooms
- Greek rice or Spanish rice or regular rice
- a green salad, such as Spinach salad (shown)
- Corn Stuffed Grilled Bell Peppers
- baked potatoes- try my 3 Ingredient Onion Baked Potatoes in Foil or my Caesar Twice Baked Potatoes
- Skinny Coleslaw Recipe
- Quick Cucumber Kimchi
- garlic bread
- Everything Bagel Cloud Bread Recipe
Top tip
Garnish this chicken caprese recipe with fresh basil leaves (This recipe tastes best if you eat the fresh basil with the chicken- I highly recommend this!)
🌡️Storage
Store this baked caprese chicken in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. This recipe does not freeze well.
If you are searching for easy sheet pan dinners that are quick, healthy, low-carb, Weight Watchers Friendly, and gluten-free, this 5-ingredient sheet pan chicken breast is the one!
Fall always signals the start of getting back into routine. As the new school year begins, so do activities and busy evenings. Having an arsenal of quick, easy, and delicious dinners in your back pocket can be very comforting. A quick stop at the grocery store for a couple of ingredients and you have yourself a plan with this Sheet Pan Caprese Chicken!
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Looking for more easy Sheet Pan Chicken? Try my One Pan Chicken Parmesan!
📋 5 Ingredient Sheet Pan Caprese Chicken Recipe
Equipment
- sheet pan
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts boneless and skinless
- 125 g mozzarella cheese about ⅓ of a 500 g pkg
- 1 pkg 28 g basil leaves whole
- 1 dry pint grape tomatoes sliced in half
Garnish:
- reduced balsamic vinegar glaze drizzled
- additional fresh basil leaves (set some aside from pkg)
Instructions
- Spray a baking sheet pan with non- stick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/175 degrees C.
- Add about 3-4 whole basil leaves to each chicken breast, then about 5 ½ grape tomatoes (or however many you can fit). Top width-wide with cheese slices (or you can grate the cheese)
- Add the remaining grape tomatoes to pan and cook for about 25 minutes, depending on thickness of your chicken breast.
- When chicken is done (no longer pink inside) remove from oven.
Garnish:
- Drizzle reduced balsamic vinegar over everything. Garnish with fresh basil leaves. (this recipe tastes best if you eat the fresh basil with the chicken- I highly recommend this!)Serve hot.
Notes
💭 TOP TIP
Did you know that temperature is the BEST way to check for doneness? No more cutting into your meat mid-grilling, guessing or hoping it's done.This thermometer is a game changer!
- I use my Thermapen for everything from baking pie and bread to eggs, casseroles, candy making and more!
- This amazing little tool instantly and accurately measures temperature with a quick poke. And it's not just for the grill, it's the go-to kitchen instrument trusted by the world's most acclaimed chefs and BBQ champions (it's one of Alton Brown's 'favorite things')!
- And it comes with a handy little chart that gives you chef recommended temperatures, as well as the minimum done temps for food safety.
Nutrition
🐓More Easy Chicken Recipes (WW friendly)
Elaine
Gotta love sheet pan dinners! This is such a family-friendly meal. Easy and delicious, and hardly any clean-up!
Terri Gilson
Hi Elaine: Thanks - yes, I agree - sheet pan dinners all the way! 🙂
Cresta Bock
This was super easy to make and delicious! Even my kids (11 & 9) really liked it and went in for seconds! We will definitely include this recipe into our regular rotation ! I made an olive oil/garlic spaghetti to go with it as well.
Terri Gilson
I'm glad you and the kids liked it, Cresta! And that olive oil/garlic spaghetti sounds fantastic!
Shannon
Hey Terri! This recipe looks great and I will be trying it. However, the link to the reduced balsamic vinegar glaze takes you to amazon.com and the glaze does not ship to Canada. Is there another glaze that you would recommend that I can buy here in Calgary?
Thanks,
Shannon
Terri Gilson
Hope you enjoy it- I loved this chicken! I bought the reduced balsamic glaze at both Co op and Sobeys. Thanks for pointing out re: not shipping to Canada- I need to see if I can get that sorted out.