Pesto Chicken with Olives

Pesto with Chicken & Olives

For the pesto
1 cup fresh Basil
¼ cup Pine Nuts
2-3 Cloves Garlic
¼ cup Olive Oil
¼ cup good quality Parmesan Cheese
Blitz all of the above together in a blender but add the oil separately, pouring it in gently as the motor is running. I also add one small chilli to my recipe.

For the Rest of the dish:
2 small Chicken fillets cut into bite size pieces
Handful of cleaned, topped and tailed Green Beans
10 Pitted Kalamata Olives
1 small Onion, chopped
¼ to 1/3 cup light Single Cream

Method:
Cut up a small onion and fry slowly. Blanch some green beans, drain and add to the onion mixture, add some pitted Kalamata Olives and put this mixture to the side until you are ready to use.

Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the chicken on a high heat quickly so the outside is brown, but not burnt. Add some of the pesto (your desired choice but I would add around ½ cup) and fry gently.. Add the onion & green bean mixture to the chicken. Boil up pasta, drain and add pesto sauce and mix, add together the pasta. Add some light Bulla cream