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Creamy Pesto Chicken And Broccoli Brown Rice

Everything's ready to go, so start by sizzling chicken and sun-dried tomatoes, before adding spinach and a creamy pesto sauce. Serve over broccoli and brown rice, top with cheese, et voilà! Dinner is served.

10 mins
558kcal
Fusion
Creamy Pesto Chicken And Broccoli Brown Rice
4.5

Ingredients for 2 people

Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredient Cooking for 4? Double each ingredient

5g basil
5g basil
125g cherry tomatoes
125g cherry tomatoes
50g soft cheese
50g soft cheese
30g sun-dried tomatoes
30g sun-dried tomatoes
30g grated Italian hard cheese
30g grated Italian hard cheese
300g broccoli brown rice
300g broccoli brown rice
250g British diced chicken breast
250g British diced chicken breast
80g spinach
80g spinach
45g classic basil nut pesto
45g classic basil nut pesto

You'll also need

Olive oil, Pepper, Salt (or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.

1.

Boil half a kettle

Heat a large, wide-based pan (preferably non-stick) with a drizzle of olive oil over a medium-high heat

Once hot, add the diced chicken breast, cherry tomatoes and sun-dried tomatoes with a pinch of salt and cook for 4 min until the chicken has started to brown

Step 1
2.

Meanwhile, add the broccoli brown rice to a large, heatproof bowl and put the bowl in the microwave for 2-3 min or until piping hot

Step 2
3.

Once the chicken has started to brown, add the pesto, soft cheese and 60ml [120ml] boiled water and cook for 3 min further

Step 3
4.

Wash, then add the spinach to the pan with half of the grated Italian hard cheese (save the rest for garnish!) and a generous grind of pepper

Cook for 1-2 min further until the spinach has wilted and the chicken is cooked through (no pink meat!) – this is your creamy pesto chicken

Step 4
5.

Serve the creamy pesto chicken over the warmed broccoli brown rice

Sprinkle over the remaining grated Italian hard cheese and tear over the basil leaves

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
558kcal
Energy
24.6g
Fat
42.3g
Carbohydrate
5.3g
Fibre
44g
Protein
1.5g
Salt

The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.

Allergens

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In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.

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