Butterflied chicken with pesto cream

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• GoodKevin_G

  08 July 2008

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  Simple, yet delicious! Perfect midweek supper.

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  16 November 2008

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  You don't get much quicker, simpler and delicious than this.

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• C Shaw

  23 July 2009

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  Very simple, quick and tasty. I served with crushed new potatoes with a little pesto mixed through, roasted tomatoes with pine nuts and baby corn. Perfect midweek meal.

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• Ange101

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  This recipe Is simple, quick and tastes delicious, I served the chicken on a bed of hot potato salad. Very tasty.

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Ingredients

• olive oil
• 2 skinless chicken breasts , sliced in half horizontally (not all the way through) then opened out like a book and gently rolled to flatten
• 2 tbsp pesto mixed with 3 tbsp half-fat creme fraiche
• watercress and cherry tomatoes, to serve

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Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 20 mins

Ingredients

• olive oil
• 2 skinless chicken breasts , sliced in half horizontally (not all the way through) then opened out like a book and gently rolled to flatten
• 2 tbsp pesto mixed with 3 tbsp half-fat creme fraiche
• watercress and cherry tomatoes, to serve

Per serving

257 kcalories, protein 37.3g, carbohydrate 1.5g, fat 11.4 g, saturated fat 4.5g, fibre 0.1g, salt 0.79 g

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