Garlic Pesto Grilled Chicken With Veggies on a Bed of Quinoa
Trying to eat healthy while raising kids can be a difficult task. Our go-to meals have often been recipes that involve a whole lot of carbs. As I am working on transitioning to healthier foods, I have felt lost. Walking around Aldi yesterday, I decided I was just going to make something up and hope for the best. It worked! Winner winner, chicken dinner! Even my picky 15-year-old LOVED this meal!
At the bottom of this post, you will find a pinable image so you can save this recipe for later. There is also a recipe card for printing purposes! Enjoy!
How to Make the Garlic Pesto Grilled Chicken
First off, I would highly recommend making the chicken and veggies before you even start the grill. This will give them plenty of time to soak up the amazing flavors of the pesto and garlic!
Place chicken in a casserole dish where they can all lay flat. Drizzle the olive oil over it, then add the pesto sauce and minced garlic. Take a spoon and spread it as evenly as possible over all the chicken. Set aside.
Next, wash your peppers. Slice them but leave the seed in the mix for added flavor. Cut the onions up into slices. Wash and chop the broccoli. Throw all veggies in a large bowl and mix.
Now, spoon some of the pesto and garlic on top of the veggies and toss to coat evenly. It is getting yummy!
Place the veggies on four different pieces of foil making sure you seal each packet loosely, but yet, securely.
Give room for the steam to circulate but tight enough on the edges of the foil to make sure the steam (and olive oil) can’t escape.
Place the chicken and the veggies on the grill at the lowest setting for approximately 30 minutes to keep the chicken tender. Cook the chicken on one side for about 5 minutes (just long enough to turn it good and white. Then flip it to seal in the juices. Try not to flip the chicken often. The juices will leak out a little each time you flip it. I let it cook five mines, flipped it, cooked on the second side for 15 minutes and then back to the original side for another 10 minutes.
After 30 minutes, check to see if the chicken is fully cooked. Once the chicken is cooked, take chicken and veggies off the grill.
While the chicken is cooking, make your quinoa. I found a bag at Aldi in the freezer section with kale in it and, boy, was it delicious! I also found a great pesto sauce there as well!
Lay your quinoa on the plate, add the veggies and then the chicken. If you eat dairy, feel free to top with feta cheese. I love mine with feta but you do not have to add the cheese!
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Now that you know how to make it, let me leave you with one last photo to drool over! As always, feel free to share this recipe!
- 1.5 lbs Chicken Tenderloins
- 6 Mini Peppers
- 1 Medium Onion
- 1 Head of Broccoli
- 2 TBSP Pesto Sauce Divided (I used Priano brand from Aldi)
- 3 Tsp Minced Garlic Divided
- 4 TBSP Olive Oil
- Feta Cheese (optional)
- 3 cups cooked Quinoa
- Salt to taste
- Before starting the grill, prep the chicken and vegetables so they have time to marinade.
- Prepping Chicken
- Place chicken in baking dish without overlapping.
- Drizzle 2 TBSP olive oil over chicken.
- Add 1.5 tsp minced garlic.
- Add 1 TBSP pesto sauce.
- Spread olive oil, pesto, and garlic evenly with a spoon.
- Prepping Vegetables
- Wash and slice peppers into strips (leave seeds).
- Cut onion into slices.
- Wash and chop a head of broccoli.
- Add all vegetables to a large bowl.
- Add 1 TBSP pesto sauce.
- Drizzle 2 TBSP olive oil.
- Add 1.5 tsp minced garlic.
- Mix well, coating veggetables.
- Separate vegetables in 4 small amounts into aluminum foil. Seal loosely.
- Place chicken and veggies on the grill at the lowest setting for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked.
- Make quinoa. I used a bag of frozen quinoa with kale already in it but you can use any kind of quinoa.
- Top with feta cheese (optional).
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MMM, I love a good pesto on chicken!
Yum yum yum. Thanks for your recipe
that looks amazing,,i love fresh food like this
This is a great recipe for the grill. So quick to prepare, too.
This is my type of meal! I have never made veggie packets on the grill before. I will totally need to try this. I also love the ease of grilled pesto chicken. I think the feta cheese is a must. Great recipe! 🙂
What a good way to do chicken and vegetables on the grill. All looks very yummy and like a healthy meal.
This is a great, protein packed dish! YUM!
A good pesto would be perfect for chicken!
I can’t wait to try this with my family! We love pesto!
This recipe sounds delicious! I am always looking for new ways to cook chicken, thank you so much for sharing this! 🙂
This sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing. I might try to make this with my wife.
Garlic Pesto Grilled Chicken and Veggies seems like a really tasty recipe. My husband and I would enjoy this over the summer!
This looks great, but I would probably double the feta cheese just to indulge and make it even better!
This recipe looks so good and healthy. I’m trying to eat better and this recipe would sure help that.
Mmmmmhhh…i really want to try this recipe. I love pesto and this looks fantastic.
OMG, drooling on my keyboard. LOL! That is totally delicious looking. The final addition of the feta gives it that certain something I never would have thought of. Chicken and pesto go together like….well, chicken and pesto! Pinned and planned, and HUNGRY! Gracias!
This sounds delicious. I especially like that is it an all in one recipe and no heating up the kitchen.
Looks so delicious! Thank you for the recipe
This sounds yummy. I love all the veggies. This is a must have for my family. Thank you so much for sharing
OMG I love this recipe and it has all of my favorite ingredients in it, it looks very easy to make and very easy to eat, lol
That looks so delicious and filling.
This sounds like the perfect summertime dish!
This looks so yummy and looks simple to make!
I haven’t tried this but it looks really good.
This looks so good. I am always looking for new recipes. I will make this over the weekend.
This looks delish! Thanks for sharing.
This sounds delightful and so creative! Thanks for the recipe!
This looks so yummy and I will have to try out the recipe 🙂