Serves 6

Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes

Ingredients

4 single chicken breast fillets, skin removed
2 teaspoons oil
15g butter
200g prepared basil pesto
250ml thickened cream

Method

Heat the oil and butter in an oven proof dish; add chicken and sauté until chicken is browned all over.

Combine basil pesto and cream in a clean saucepan, simmer, uncovered, for about 5 minutes until slightly thickened. Top the chicken with the creamy pesto sauce, and bake, uncovered, at 180°C for about 10 minutes or until chicken is just cooked through.

Serve chicken fillets with creamy pesto, shredded green vegetables and parmesan roast potatoes.

Recipe best made just before serving.

Freeze: Not suitable.

Microwave: Not suitable.