Chicken Pesto Tenders
One of the best ways to get kids excited about what they eat is to plant your own garden together. It doesn’t require a lot of room — a window box works beautifully — what’s most important is allowing kids to take part in every stage of the process, from planting the seeds through preparing the meal. My favorite part of having a garden is picking the produce when it is ready with my family and figuring out together what we should make with our harvest.
Summer is fast approaching, and that means basil will be growing abundantly in our garden. Most herbs are relatively easy to grow, but basil in particular grows like a weed — which is good news because I love cooking with it. Basil is a great compliment to so many foods, but the thing I like to make all summer long is pesto. It’s a great recipe to prepare and eat together as a family. It’s also extremely kid-friendly because of it’s nutritional balance — the greens, nuts and cheese provide plenty of protein and are packed with vitamin A and magnesium to boot.
You will be amazed at how versatile this pesto is. I normally make a big batch and keep it in the freezer so I have it on hand year-round to use as a spread on sandwiches, toss with pasta, put on fish or shrimp or dip chicken in it and roll in bread crumbs like these delicious Chicken Pesto Tenders!
Chicken Pesto Tenders (Serves 4)
1/2 Cup Bread Crumbs
1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese, grated
1/2 Tsp Salt
1-1 1/4 Lb. Chicken Tenders, cleaned and rinsed
1/4 Cup Pesto (recipe follows)
1. Preheat broiler.
2. Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl.
3. In another bowl, combine chicken tenders and pesto and toss to evenly coat.
4. Bread each tender with the bread crumb/parmesan mixture and place on a cooking rack with a foil-lined cookie sheet under it.
5. Broil for 2 minutes on one side, turn tenders over and broil another 2 minutes then take them out.
6. Cool and serve.
Pesto (Makes About 1 Cup)
2 Cups Fresh Basil
1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese, grated
1/4 Cup Pine Nuts
1 Garlic Clove
1/2 Tsp Salt
1/4 Cup Olive Oil
1. Place all ingredients in a food processor and puree until smooth.
2. Serve.
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Thanks for the idea! My grandfather always freezes his pesto that he makes for us in ice cube trays. Each cube is a serving size and can easily be defrosted when needed.
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Do you use fresh grated parmesan cheese (string like) or the the kind in a container that you sprinkle on pasta?
I used the fine grated kind – that looks like crumbs
Is the cook time for raw chicken? I can’t imagine 4 minutes is enough??? Pls let me know…was hoping to make these tonight.
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