This easy Mediterranean Chicken Bake is our favorite “dump and bake” casserole! Throw everything together (balsamic glazed chicken, cheese, white beans, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and more) and cook for an EASY dinner recipe!
Mediterranean Chicken Bake
This Baked Mediterranean Chicken recipe is the perfect healthy and delicious casserole. Plus it’s made in one pan for the ultimate easy meal!
This Mediterranean Chicken Casserole is filled with all kinds of tasty and healthy things! They say that the “Mediterranean diet” is one of the healthiest on the planets, so making a dish filled with ingredients from the region seems like a great way to create a balanced dinner.
Start with balsamic glazed chicken, add in white beans and cashews, and finish off with veggies and a bit of cheese (a little cheese never hurt anyone!). Bake it all together into a mouth-watering meal, and you’re set!
Delicious? Check! Easy? Check! A well-balanced meal? Check! You can’t lose with this baked chicken casserole!
Easy Chicken Bake Recipe
This is one of those amazing recipes that you can throw together, let bake, and allow all the flavors to come together to create perfection. The cashews, balsamic, tomatoes, artichokes, beans…everything just compliments each other in a way that will make you coming back for more and more and more.
You can serve this Mediterranean chicken with rice or pasta, or you can serve it without. Everything you truly need is just right here in the pan. SO MUCH FLAVOR!
I know you’ve heard of “dump cake”…and this is kind of a “dump bake”. The cheesy marinated chicken kind!
Mediterranean Chicken Casserole Ingredients:
- Balsamic Chicken – You can use chicken breast or chicken thighs. Thighs are a little bit richer and juicier, but breast is a little bit healthier and leaner.
- Artichoke Hearts – Use canned or jarred. Artichokes are rich in anti-oxidants, vitamins, and minerals.
- Red Onion
- Cherry Tomatoes
- White Beans – Drain and rinse if using canned beans.
- Cashews – Use whole salted cashews. You could substitute for unsalted to reduce sodium.
- Chicken Broth – Try my homemade chicken broth recipe, or use your favorite store-bought brand.
- Mozzarella – The Mozzarella adds the perfect level of creamy, cheesy goodness in moderation.
- Oregano – Chop up fresh sprigs of Oregano.
How to Make Mediterranean Chicken Bake
Now, when I call this healthy, I’m talking good sources of protein, plenty of veggies, and healthy sources of fat. Overall it’s a well-balanced meal…but that does’t mean we can’t have the cheese and enjoy the amazing flavor.
To Make:
- Marinate chicken in balsamic vinegar.
- Add beans, cashews, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, and onion into the casserole dish.
- Brown the chicken in a skillet (just a couple minutes on each side).
- Place the chicken in the casserole dish with the rest of the ingredients and brush with balsamic. Then add the chicken broth and oregano.
- Bake 15-20 minutes at 400°F (or until chicken is fully cooked through).
- Take it out of the oven, add the mozzarella, and serve!
We absolutely love this easy Mediterranean Chicken Bake, and I know you will too! What’s not to love about a one pan meal that’s THIS delicious?!
Check the recipe card for details on how to make this Mediterranean Balsamic Glazed Chicken Bake. Enjoy!
Find more our of favorite Baked Chicken Recipes for dinner, like our Baked Caesar Chicken, Swiss Chicken Bake, Lemon Honey Balsamic Chicken, and Baked Chicken Parmesan.
Balsamic Glazed Mediterranean Chicken Bake
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon good quality olive oil I used Star Roasted Garlic Olive Oil
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs I used thighs
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 14 oz can or jar of marinated artichoke hearts I used Star Grilled Artichokes
- 1/2 red onion thinly sliced
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes left whole
- 1 14 oz. can white beans drained & rinsed
- 3/4 cup whole salted cashews
- 1 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup mozzarella pearls whole milk mozzarella
- 4 fresh sprigs of fresh oregano chopped
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken breast in balsamic vinegar for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a 9x13 casserole dish, add beans, cashews, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and onion.
- Season the chicken on both sides with salt and pepper to taste. Heat olive oil in large skillet and brown the chicken on both sides for about 2 minutes on each side. (The chicken will be browned, but not cooked through. it will finish cooking in the oven.)
- Nestle the browned chicken into the casserole dish, allowing it to just sit on top of all the other ingredients. Brush with more balsamic vinegar.
- Add the chicken broth to the dish and lay in the oregano.
- Cook for 15-20 minutes or until the chicken is completely cooked through.
- Remove from the oven and add in the mozzarella.
- Serve over rice, pasta, or just by itself!!
- Enjoy :)
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Nutrition Information
Loved the ease of this and great flavour, but seems like a lot of broth. It doesn’t say if you’re supposed to drain the artichokes or not. I added the artichoke juice as I love the flavour, but that added to 1-1/2 C Chicken Broth was a lot of liquid. Do you add both?
I usually drain mine, so maybe next time if you want to add the artichoke juice, add a little less chicken broth!
This was delicious! Definitely a keeper!
Oh good! I love it too, need to make it again!
Are you supposed to drain the artichokes? Also, you say chopped oregano but then you say lay the sprigs on top. Which is it?
Do you drain the artichokes before you put them in the pan?
Maybe my oven wasn’t 400F but 20 did not cook the chicken all the way. It was delicious, but I had to bake 45 min to get it cooked. I also added 1/2 c balsamic to the casserole dish
This was delicious! So glad we tried it. Super quick and simple but looks a little fancy and very tasty! ????
This looks delicious! I love one meals. I’m def going to add it to my list of dinners to make!
Your recipes are so delicious and your photos are beautiful. Thank you!