Pesto Chicken

 

Chef	:	Adnan Babajic
Recipe Servings	:	4
Recipe Cook Time	:	50 Minutes
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A very light dish which is full of basil's magical flavor. Chicken fillets coated in pesto sauce and baked with tomato rounds and mozzarella cheese.

Ingredients

• For the pesto sauce:
  
  1/2 cup olive oil
  
  1/2 tsp garlic paste
  
  2 1/2 cups fresh basil leaves
  
  2 Tbsp Parmesan cheese
  
  1 big Tbsp pine nuts
  
  1 big Tbsp butter
  
  Salt and pepper
  
  
  For the chicken:
  
  4 fillets chicken breast or thigh
  
  Lemon juice
  
  Salt, to taste
  
  Pesto sauce
  
  Tomatoes, sliced round
  
  Mozarella cheese

Method

For the pesto sauce:

Blend all ingredients together.

Start with pine nuts and garlic. Then add basil and olive oil.

Blend and add pepper & salt. Lastly add butter and Parmesan and give a final blend.


For the chicken:

Take the chicken fillets and beat them flat with a mallet and marinate it in some lemon juice and salt. (5 minutes)

Now coat the chicken fillets with pesto sauce.

Turn onto baking dish and bake at 190 degrees for 25 minutes approximately or till cooked.

Add tomato rounds and grated mozzarella and bake for 10 more minutes or till the cheese melts.

Serve.

Key Ingredients: Chicken, olive oil, garlic, basil, parmesan cheese, butter, salt, black pepper, pine nuts, lemon juice,tomato, mozzarella cheese