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Chicken with pesto wrapped in bacon. Easy to make, yet tastes like you've spent hours in the kitchen. Instead of having an arugula salad on the side, put it on top of your pizza for fresh flavor that pairs perfectly with the bacon and tomato toppings.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have bacon-arugula pesto chicken using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Bacon-Arugula Pesto Chicken:
- Take 4 boneless chicken breasts
- Make ready 3/4 oz fresh basil
- Take 4 handfuls arugula
- Take 1 packages unflavored bacon
- Get 6 clove garlic; peeled
- Get 3 oz pine nuts
- Take 3 oz parmesan; grated
- Get 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- Make ready 1 pinch sugar
- Make ready 1 salt and pepper
- Make ready 1 extra virgin olive oil; as needed
Of course, being the carb-loving girl that I am, I'm never one to turn down pasta — especially when pesto is involved. Try this easy arugula pesto with chicken & prosciutto tortelloni recipe from BUITONI® to make a freshly made Italian pasta meal any night of the week. Instead of using the usual basil to make fresh pesto, this recipe uses arugula. Delicious and easy to make, it's then tossed with chicken.
Steps to make Bacon-Arugula Pesto Chicken:
- Place bacon on a baking tray. Bake at 350° for approximately 25-30 minutes or until bacon is crispy and has rendered all the fat. Remove bacon and pat dry. Save bacon fat.
- Place pine nuts in large, dry saute pan. Turn heat to medium. Toss pine nuts around often to avoid burning. Once golden brown, remove from heat and place in food processor.
- Add cheese, basil, garlic, sugar, salt, pepper, and one handful of arugula to the food processor.
- Turn processor on and slowly pour the bacon fat into the processor. Add olive oil until arugula is incorporated. Stop the processor and add another handful of arugula. Turn the processor back on and slowly pour olive oil until arugula is incorporated. Repeat until arugala is gone. Adjust salt, pepper, and vinegar to taste.
- Toss chicken breasts with olive oil in a mixing bowl. Place on the same sheet tray that you used to cook the bacon. Season with dried spices. Roast at 350° for approximately 45-50 minutes or until chicken reaches 165°. Baste sauce atop chicken during last 5 minutes of cooking.
- Garnish with extra sauce and chopped bacon.
- Variations; Cilantro, parsley, tarragon, spinach, watercress, kale, other vinegar, mustard, wine, roasted tomatoes or bell peppers
The classic combination of chicken and bacon works in pies, risotto, stews, salads and bakes like our popular mustard-stuffed chicken wrapped in bacon. The chicken, goat's cheese and bacon combo is totally delicious, and the veg adds a welcome sweetness. Serve with a few steamed Jersey Royals. Pesto Chicken baked with tomatoes and green beans in ONE PAN for a flavor bursting meal-in-one OR just bake the chicken for a super easy dinner! The chicken breasts are smothered in basil pesto sauce and seasonings then lined on top of green beans and tomatoes that all baked in ONE PAN.
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