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Old Mon, Jun-28-10, 11:40
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Talking Creamy Pesto and Taragon Chicken

I just thought I'd share this recipe, because I chucked it together tonight on a whim and I absolutely loved it.

OK, so here it is (serves 2):

2 Free range chicken breasts
Juice of 1 lemon
Half a tablespoon of dried Tarragon
1 Tablespoon of Basil Pesto
3 Anchovy fillets
1 White onion
half a glass of white wine
Heavy/Double cream
4 or 5 Garlic cloves (I used 2 teaspoons of lazy garlic)
Oil (any will do, but I used left over fat from cooking bacon)
Salt & Pepper to taste

Tenderise the chicken breasts until they are evenly sized all over. Cut the onion in half and then slice. Sauté the onion in the oil and once translucent add the tarragon, anchovy and garlic. Once the onion is caramelised, add in the chicken breast fillets and sauté until the chicken is almost cooked. At this point add in the white wine and lemon juice. Allow the broth to reduce by half and then add the pesto, salt and pepper and stir until combined and then add your cream. Allow the cream to warm through and then serve. This can be eaten with whatever you like, I had no veg tonight, but I would have had this with broccoli and cauliflower, or perhaps a salad.

This is a mixture between creamy, salty and tart.

You can easily play with extra ingredients or lower the amounts I used because once put into fitday there are about 10g of carb per serving. Lowering the amount of cream and wine etc will save the carbs. I added more purely because I had carbs to use up.

Enjoy!
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