Chicken with Pesto and Mozzarella

Chicken with Pesto and Mozzarella is perfect for a quick midweek meal. Oozing mozzarella, tomato and pesto sit o atop a pan fried chicken breast!

This recipe is great when you are in a hurry but don’t want to compromise on taste or nutrition. 

I came up with the idea after making a ciabatta pizza. 

While the chicken is frying I put the pasta on to boil and throw a salad together, et voila, a simple delicious meal.

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Chicken with Pesto and Mozzarella

A quick and simple supper dish.

Course Main

Cuisine Italian

Keyword Chicken, easy, quick

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 13 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts
• 1/2 Jar green or red Pesto
• 2-3 vine ripened tomatoes sliced
• 125 g ball of mozzarella finely sliced
• 2 tbsp olive Oil
• freshly ground pepper

Instructions

• Pre-heat grill.
• Butterfly the chicken breasts in half if large.
• Fry gently on one side until chicken looks cooked half way up, then turn over and fry for the same amount of time until just firm to touch (with a utensil). Take off heat.
• Spread a heaped teaspoon or so of pesto on each piece of chicken and then layer on the tomatoes and mozzarella.
• Season and drizzle with olive oil.
• Put pan under the grill until cheese has melted.
• Serve on a bed of pasta (pour over pan juices) with a mixed green salad.

Notes

To make this dish lower in fat use half fat mozzarella.