Roasty Red Pesto Chicken
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the juiciness of roast chicken + punchy pesto tingles tiny taste buds.
A great recipe for little teeth learning to chew.
Recipe from our The First Foods Book
Makes
18Prep
15Cook
40
Freeze
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Ingredients
- 1 x small potato (about 115 g/4 oz), peeled + cut into very small chunks
- 1 small leek, trimmed, cleaned and very thinly sliced
- 1 x tomato, sliced into rounds
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 x teaspoon olive oil
- 1 x teaspoon red pesto
- 1 x skinless chicken breast (about 125 g/4½ oz)
- Baby’s usual milk (optional)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6. Place a large sheet of aluminium foil in a baking dish + arrange the potato chunks in the middle in an even layer. Top with the leek+ tomato, then sprinkle over the oregano+ oil. Spoon the pesto over the chicken, then place on top of the tomato.
- Gather up the edges of the foil + seal to make a parcel. Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until the potato is tender + the chicken is cooked through. Carefully open the parcel, remove the chicken + chop into four pieces.
- Whiz the remaining contents of the parcel with the chicken in a food processor, or using a hand blender, until very finely chopped, adding a little milk if necessary.
- PERFECT PESTO...Homemade red pesto is super-easy! Toast 330g/31/2oz of pine nuts (or other type of nut or seed) in a dry nonstick frying pan. Remove from the pan and leave to cool. Heat 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil in the pan and fry 2 finely chopped garlic cloves for 1-2 minutes. blitz the toasted nuts or seeds in a mini food processor until very finely chopped. Add 6 chopped sun-dried tomatoes in oil (drained) to the food processor, then add the garlic, 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and 10ml/31/2oz water. Blitz again until smooth, then stir in 50g/13/ 4 oz finely grated Parmesan cheese. (For green pesto, replace the sun drived tomatoes with 50g/13/4 oz basil leaves.)
Swap this for that
Swap the chicken for salmon for a tasty fishy dish.
Yummy for babies
Chop up all the ingredients finely instead of blending if your little one is 10+ months.
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