This cheesy Pesto Chicken Breakfast Casserole is the perfect savory brunch! Layers of fluffy crescent rolls, fresh basil pesto, shredded chicken, and melty cheese all in one perfect bite!
This takes almost no time to put together. You can pop it in the oven and have it on the table in 30 minutes! You can even prepare it the night before and bake it the next morning.
Here’s all you’ll need: chicken, eggs, crescent rolls, basil pesto, and shredded mozzarella cheese.
We love DeLallo pesto, but if you want to make your own, here’s a great recipe:
How to Make the Best Breakfast Casserole
Now, you could shred the chicken any way you like, but here’s my favorite way. I boil boneless, skinless chicken breasts for exactly 10 minutes.
Then while they’re still hot, I pop them in the KitchenAid mixer on medium speed for a minute for instant shredded chicken. This is seriously the easiest way to shred chicken ever.
I also added my pesto right to the mixer and let it mix it up for me.
Alternatively, you could just as easily shred it with a fork after boiling, then stir in the pesto to combine.
You could also cook the chicken and pesto in the Crock-Pot on low for about 6 hours and shred.
You’ll also need 8 eggs beaten with plenty of salt and pepper.
Now roll out the crescent roll dough in the bottom of a 9×13 pan.
Add the cooked, shredded chicken mixed with pesto.
Pour on the eggs.
And top with cheese. I am using mozzarella here, but a nice Italian blend with Parmesan and Romano would be great here as well.
Then just bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. It’s seriously that easy.
The top is golden, crispy and cheesy.
The middle is pesto chicken heaven with fluffy crescent rolls. You seriously have to try this one! Hope you enjoy!! :)
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Pesto Chicken Breakfast Casserole
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Prep Time: 10 minutes -
Cook Time: 30 minutes
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Total Time: 40 minutes
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Yield: 8 servings 1x
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Category: Breakfast
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Method: Oven
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Cuisine: American
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This cheesy Pesto Chicken Breakfast Casserole is the perfect savory brunch! Layers of fluffy crescent rolls, fresh basil pesto, shredded chicken, and melty cheese all in one perfect bite!
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1.5 cups prepared basil pesto (We like DeLallo)
- 8 eggs
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated crescent rolls
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously coat a 9×13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Boil chicken breasts for 10 minutes. Shred. Mix with pesto. Set aside. In a separate bowl, beat eggs with salt and pepper (I use 1 teaspoon each).
- Roll out crescent roll dough into the bottom of the prepared pan. Top with chicken and pesto. Pour eggs evenly over chicken. Top with shredded cheese.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. Serve.
Do you mean boil or broil the chicken for 10 minutes.  ¯\_(?)_/¯
Boil!
Could you freeze this?
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This looks delicious and I’m definitely planning on making it. I just think 1.5 c. of prepared pesto sounds like a lot. Pesto has a lot of presence! I suppose I could use less, but I’m wondering if anyone else who’s made this has any input on that? Thanks for sharing!
Wow…love the sound of this! Pesto is one of my favorite things.
I’ve been dying to try this but no one else at my house full of picky eaters would touch it. I just signed up to bring it to a work breakfast this week and it’s a little ridiculous how excited I am!
Made this for dinner last night. SO good, thank you!
Hi, looks so yummy. What can be replaced with crescent roll? Puff pastry?
I made it with puff pastry and it was fine.
This may be a breakfast recipe but I’d LOVE to have this for dinner!
This looks wonderful!! So smart using those crescents.
Good Morning – this looks great. Question: Does the casserole “puff up”
like the photo or is it two pieces placed on top of each other to serve?
Thanks for your input Kathy
Hi Kathy! It’s two pieces stack on top of each other. :) Hope this helps!