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PESTO CHICKEN MMB



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This is soooo easy and good. And I have a second meal to make with leftovers. I will post it next. This is sort of a no recipe - recipe. You can use more or less of anything, and I've even done this with some huge breasts... UUHHHHH chicken breasts that is! LOL

Provided by Melanie B @MelBelle

Categories     Chicken

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 - chicken
1 jar(s) pesto
- salt and pepper
2 tablespoon(s) olive oil

Steps:

  • Before you get started with the chicken, get a small bowl and put about 1/3 cup of prepared pesto in it. This will make it easier for you to scoop it up. It will also prevent contamination from the raw chicken in the rest of your pesto. Get a cookie sheet with sides to roast the chicken.
  • Wash and pat dry your chicken. Cut out the back bone. I use a pair of kitchen scissors to do this. I also save the organs and back bone to throw in the freezer for stock later.
  • Lay out the chicken skin side up on the cookie sheet. Scoop up some of the pesto and give the old bird a rub down up under the skin.
  • Wash hands and drizzle the skin with a bit of olive oil and then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake at 350 for about an hour or until juices run clear.
  • Stay tuned for a yummy chicken salad recipe to make with leftovers. I will link them after I post both recipes. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/chicken/pesto-chicken-salad-mmb.html

PESTO CHICKEN SALAD MMB



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Remember that Pesto Chicken you made last night? This recipe uses the leftovers to creat a new YUMMY recipe.

Provided by Melanie B @MelBelle

Categories     Chicken

Number Of Ingredients 7

- leftover pesto chicken
- mayonnaise
- grapes, seedless
- pesto
- celery
- apple
- pecans or any nut

Steps:

  • This is a no recipe- recipe. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/chicken/pesto-chicken-2.html
  • Shred leftover pesto chicken. Depending on how much chicken there is and your preference will depend on how much of everything else you use.
  • I had 1/2 a chicken left, so I used about 2T pesto, 1/2 an apple diced, a good dozen grapes cut in half, about 1/4 cup of pecans and 1 stalk of chopped celery. I mixed it with about 1/3 cup of mayonaise.
  • This can be served on bread, crackers, a bed of lettuce, or eaten plain. Man oh man is it good!

PESTO CHICKEN SALAD



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Serve this pesto chicken and couscous salad in lettuce leaves for a healthy supper. With added sundried tomatoes and pine nuts, it has lots of texture

Provided by Anna Glover

Categories     Dinner, Lunch, Supper

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 9

50g couscous
2 tbsp pesto
2 tbsp fat-free yogurt
2 cooked skinless chicken breasts , shredded, or 200g leftover roast chicken, shredded
½ small bunch of basil , leaves picked and torn, plus a few small leaves to serve
½ cucumber , chopped
2 sundried tomatoes in oil, drained and sliced
2 Little Gem lettuces , leaves separated
2 tsp toasted pine nuts

Steps:

  • Put the couscous in a large heatproof bowl and cover with 100ml boiling water. Stir in 1 tbsp pesto. Cover and leave for 8 mins.
  • Fluff the couscous with a fork, then stir in the rest of the pesto, the yogurt and some seasoning. Toss in the chicken, basil, cucumber and tomatoes.
  • Spoon the couscous mix into the lettuce leaves and eat with your fingers, or serve over the lettuce like a salad. Scatter over the pine nuts and more basil before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 467 calories, Fat 15 grams fat, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 36 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 9 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 44 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium

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