How To Make Pesto Chicken | Italian Recipes | Chicken Recipes | Italian Style Chicken Recipe | Varun

Ingredients:

- For pesto sauce:

- 2 cups packed fresh Basil leaves

4 cloves of Garlic, peeled

¼ cup Pine nuts/Cashew nuts

⅔ cup Extra-virgin olive oil, divided

Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

½ cup freshly grated Pecorino/ Parmesan cheese

Salt to taste

12-15 strips Chicken breast, boneless

Cherry

tomatoes

Fresh basil leaves for garnish

Method:-

The Pesto Sauce:-

- Grind basil leaves, garlic, cashew nuts, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and olive oil to a fine paste.

The Marination:-

- In a bowl add the chicken, pesto sauce, salt, olive oil and mix thoroughly. Let it marinate for a minimum of 30 minutes.

The Cooking:-

- In a pan heat oil and place the gashed side of the chicken on the pan and sear on high flame for 2 minutes.

- Flip the chicken pieces and sear for 2 minutes basting it with the pesto sauce.

- Lower the flame, tilt the pan and pour the accumulated oil on the chicken pieces.

- Cover with the lid and cook on low flame for 10-12 minutes OR bake in the oven at 200°C for 12 minutes.

- Cut the cherry tomatoes into halves and saute the tomatoes in the same pan by tilting it on high flame.

- Serve with sauteed cherry tomatoes and garnish with basil leaves.