Pesto Chicken Pot Salad, Smk Tomato Chutney & Crispy Onions

Preperation:

  • Preperation Time: 25 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 45 - 50 minutes
  • Serves: 4

Method

·         Preheat oven to 170°C. 

·         Wrap chicken in foil and bake for around 45 minutes, until cooked all the way through.

·         Add quartered potatoes to a pan of salted boiling water. Boil for 12-15 minutes until cooked but firm.

·         If making Pesto from scratch: In a blender add pine nuts, basil, Parmesan and garlic and blitz for around 10 seconds. Then, whilst still blitzing, slowly add just oil reserved from the sundried tomatoes. 

·         Drain the potatoes in a colander and run cold water through to stop the cooking process. Set aside in the fridge to cool. 

·         Add the pesto mixture to a large bowl and add the chopped sundried tomatoes, olives, and spring onions. Loosen with additional sundried tomato oil if required. 

·         Combine pesto mix and chilled potatoes and add mayonnaise and a grind of black pepper & salt if needed (the Parmesan usually means salt not needed) 

·         Chop or pull cooked chicken and add to the pesto potato mix. 

·         Serve on a bed of romaine lettuce, top with a dollop of the Smokey Tomato & Garlic Chutney, crispy onions and balsamic glaze.  

To pull the chicken, shred using two forks once tender. The slower the meat is cooked the easy this is to do. 

Credit Cherry Tree Recipes

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