Pesto Chicken Recipe
Fancy an Italian feast that'll make your taste buds sing without sending your carbs soaring? Our Pesto Chicken is about to become your new weeknight winner!
We're talking tender chicken pieces swimming in a creamy pesto sauce, studded with olives and garlic, all topped with melty cheese. It's like a holiday in Tuscany landed right on your dinner plate!
Let's dish out those delicious numbers: each serving delivers a mighty 39g of protein and only 7g of carbs, with 1.6g of fibre. At 785 calories, it's a proper filling meal packed with good fats and flavor that'll keep you satisfied all evening.
Perfect alongside a crisp green salad and a Heylo Low-Carb Seeded Roll for mopping up all that gorgeous sauce. Because leaving any of that creamy pesto goodness behind would be a proper crime!
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Pesto Chicken Recipe
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Category
Lunch
Cuisine
Italian
Author:
Heidi Normanton
Servings
2
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Calories
785
Serve with a green salad.
Great when paired with Heylo's Low-Carb Seeded Rolls!
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs or chicken breasts
- 200 ml double cream
- 3 tablespoons pesto
- Handful pitted olives
- Salt and pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- Butter, for frying
- Couple of cherry tomatoes
- Cheese to top with
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
Cut the chicken filets into pieces. Or thighs as whole. Season with salt and pepper and fry in butter until golden brown.
Mix pesto and heavy cream in a bowl.
Place the fried chicken pieces in a baking dish together with olives and garlic.
Add the pesto mixture.
Bake in oven for 20-30 minutes, until the dish is bubbly and light brown around the edges.
Sprinkle cheese on top.
Serve with greens – enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- 1 Serving (1/2 of Recipe)
- per serving
- Calories
- 785
- Carbs
- 7 grams
- Sugar
- 2 grams
- Fat
- 68 grams
- Saturated Fat
- 32 grams
- Fibre
- 1.6 grams
- Protein
- 39 grams
- Sodium
- 680 milligrams