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This is one of the most flavoursome dishes that will impress that special someone. You will need chicken, mushrooms, a jar of pesto sauce, a pot of double cream and rice.
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| Pesto chicken and rice ingredients |
- Preheat your oven to 190 degrees celcius - Slice your chicken (make sure to wash your hands thoroughly before and after). Slicing the chicken shortens the cooking time but also increases the surface area and so increases the flavours absorbed. - Prepare some aluminium foil with the sides up in a baking tray - Put the sliced chicken on the aluminium foil - Empty the jar of pesto onto the chicken and use a spoon to ensure every piece of chicken is smothered
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| Chicken smothered in pesto |
- Close the aluminium foil on the top
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| Closed foil |
- Put this in the oven for 30 minutes - In the meantime steam your rice and wash and cut your mushrooms into quarters - Open the aluminium foil carefully and add the mushrooms. Stir.
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| Adding mushrooms |
- Close the foil and put this back in the oven for 15 minutes - Open the foil and pour in a good dolloping of cream. Stir.
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| Adding cream |
- Close the foil and put it back in the oven for 5 minutes - Serve and enjoy those tasty flavours!
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| Pesto chicken and rice |
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