Parmigiano Reggiano and pesto crusted chicken
Ingredients
4 breasts of chicken
30 g dried breadcrumbs
50 g Parmigiano Reggiano, grated
For the Pesto:
100g fresh basil
2 cloves garlic
50 g pine nuts
150 ml olive oil
50 g Parmigiano Reggiano, grated
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Blitz the basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and Parmigiano Reggiano together until a pesto paste is formed. Combine the Parmigiano Reggiano and the breadcrumbs together in a separate bowl.
Dip the chicken breasts into the Pesto and then into the breadcrumbs. Please on a baking tray and cook for 30-35 minutes until crunchy on the outside and cooked in the middle.