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Pesto chicken

Published: August 4, 2022 at 9:15 AM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 25 mins

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Our hasselback chicken traybake with pesto, mozzarella and sun-dried tomatoes makes a quick midweek meal that's easily doubled or halved. Plus, it has just over 300 calories

Low calorie

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Try making your own pesto for this chicken traybake with our homemade pesto recipe. For more chicken recipes try our creamy Tuscan chicken and Hunter's chicken.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

• 4 skinless chicken breasts

• 1 ball mozzarella

  thinly sliced

• 4 sun-dried tomatoes

  sliced

• leaves a handful basil

• olive oil

• 4 tbsp fresh pesto

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal301

  low

• fat16.4g

• saturates6g

• carbs1.5g

• sugars1.1g

• fibre0.5g

• protein36.5g

• salt0.8g

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Method

• step 1

  Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cut slashes into the chicken breasts widthways, about 2cm apart. Go about two-thirds through the chicken – you don’t want to cut all the way.

• step 2

  Add a thin slice of mozzarella, a thin slice of tomato and a basil leaf to each cut and add to a baking tray. Season and drizzle with olive oil. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the chicken is cooked and the cheese has melted. Drizzle over the pesto and a few more basil leaves. Serve with a green salad and pasta or potatoes.

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