Learn How To Make Pesto Chicken Recipe, an Italian Style Grilled Chicken recipe from Chef Varun Inamdar. Make this delicious Italian Chicken Recipe in a simple, quick and easy method, at your home and share your experience with us in the comments below.
Ingredients:-
For pesto sauce:-
2 cups packed fresh Basil leaves
4 cloves of Garlic, peeled
¼ cup Pine nuts/Cashew nuts
⅔ cup Extra-virgin olive oil, divided
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
½ cup freshly grated Pecorino/ Parmesan cheese
Salt to taste

12-15 strips Chicken breast, boneless
Cherry tomatoes
Fresh basil leaves for garnish


Method:-
The Pesto Sauce:-
- Grind basil leaves, garlic, cashew nuts, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and olive oil to a fine paste.

The Marination:-
- In a bowl add the chicken, pesto sauce, salt, olive oil and mix thoroughly. Let it marinate for a minimum of 30 minutes.

The Cooking:-
- In a pan heat oil and place the gashed side of the chicken on the pan and sear on high flame for 2 minutes.
- Flip the chicken pieces and sear for 2 minutes basting it with the pesto sauce.
- Lower the flame, tilt the pan and pour the accumulated oil on the chicken pieces.
- Cover with the lid and cook on low flame for 10-12 minutes OR bake in the oven at 200°C for 12 minutes.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes into halves and saute the tomatoes in the same pan by tilting it on high flame.
- Serve with sauteed cherry tomatoes and garnish with basil leaves.


Italian Style Grilled Pesto Chicken is ready to eat! HAPPY COOKING!!!