Parsley Pesto Chicken Salad With Pine Nuts Recipes

PARSLEY PESTO CHICKEN SALAD WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Separate chicken from bones and chop or shred to desired consistency. Salt and pepper if needed.
• In a food processor, blender, or mini prep food processor (best choice) whirl together parsley, garlic, drizzling in olive oil until it is a nice thick liquid consistency. You can add a little water water to make sure it will coat all the chicken--the recipe amounts are general (I kept adding parsley and oil until it seemed like a good amount to me! Sorry for the imprecision). Stir in the cheese, add salt and pepper if needed.
• Toss together the tomatoes with the chicken and lemon juice. Sprinkle the top with the cheese, parlsey and pine nuts (they will tend to get soggy if they are mixed in and left).
• You could probably 'tart this up' a little by mixing in a little dijon to the pesto or even mayonnaise, just a thought, I've not tried it.

GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD WITH PESTO, RAISINS, SUN-DRIED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Coat the chicken breast with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange on grill and cook until cooked through.
• Remove chicken breast from grill and set aside to cool.
• When cool enough to handle, thinly slice the breasts.
• Transfer to a mixing bowel and add pesto(see steps below for pesto), raisins, sun-dried tomatoes, and pine nuts.
• Mix well to combine, season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve or store covered in fridge for up to a day.
• For the pesto.
• Combine basil, garlic, pine nuts and salt in a blender or food processor.
• Process until pureed.
• Pour into bowel and add the cheese and olive oil, stirring until pesto is smooth and creamy.
• Pesto can be kept in fridge for up to 2 days, bring to room temperature before serving.