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Italian Chicken

Published on Wednesday 26th September 2007

Serves 6
Prep Time – 10 minutes
Cooking Time – approx 20 minutes
Calories – approx 350

So easy and so delicious for a midweek supper. Actually good enough to serve at a dinner party.

Ingredients

(Visit online farmer’s market Natoora for some of the best parma ham.)

• 6 Medium Skin Free Chicken Breasts
• Pesto Sauce
• Parmesan Cheese
• 6 Slices Parma Ham
• Sun Dried Tomatoes – cut into thin slices

Put a good dollop of pesto sauce on each chicken breast followed by a couple of slices of parmesan cheese. Top this with 2 or 3 slivers of sun dried tomato. Wrap each chicken breast in a slice of parma ham.

Place the chicken breasts in a baking dish and cook in a preheated oven (180C) for approximately 20 minutes or until the chicken is just cooked through.

For perfect presentation, slice each breast into 4 and serve topped with a basil leaf.

This dish is rich and tasty enough not to require a sauce. It also goes well with any leafy green vegetable and new potatoes or lightly buttered pasta.

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