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Ingredients
- 2 boneless chicken breasts
- 2 cups lightly packed baby spinach leaves (about 2 ounces)
- 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 to 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 1/3 cup plus 2 teaspoons olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan
Directions
Heat a grill pan on medium high heat. Lightly oil the grill pan. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Grill the chicken until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.
Combine the spinach, pine nuts, lemon juice, and lemon peel in a processor. Lightly pulse. With the machine running, gradually add 1/3 cup of the oil, blending until the mixture is creamy. Add salt and pulse. Put half of the pesto into ice cube trays and store in the freezer for future use.
Transfer the rest of the spinach mixture to a medium bowl. Stir in the Parmesan. Season the pesto with salt and pepper, to taste.
Spread the pesto over each piece of chicken and serve.
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By izzycat123
Durham, NC
on April 15, 2012
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This was so good! It was really lemony but I liked that. This will be put in our dinner rotation.
By Crlintzenich
on April 04, 2012
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This pesto is soooo good! I think I like it better than basil. Made it exactly as is, but next time might have just a little less lemon. My husband and I are looking forward to trying it on fish and pork!
By EllaBella100
New York, New York
on March 19, 2012
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oh my gosh, I just made this and it was the bomb dot com = I'm always trying new things and fate led me too this recipe. I had three boneless chicken breasts and not a clue what to do, but I knew I wanted to grill it. I didn't even have to go to the store lol I substituted the lemon for this yellow pomelo fruit (juice and zest, put some almonds in the oven (toasted pine nuts and toasted them in the oven and crushed them in a ziploc bag with a wrench lol I already had spinach leaves which I chopped up finely. to substitute the parmesean, I put garlic gloves in the oven and roasted them, mashed them up and added salt, pepper and honey.And I already had olive oil, salt and pepper and all that. I put the chicken on the George Foreman grill, added the pesto and OMG it was SO good! had it with black-eyed peas and asparagus #mmmm =D
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