Grilled Chicken Pesto Sandwich

Ingredients list for Grilled Chicken Pesto Sandwich

• 4 Boneless chicken breasts
• 1 loaf Large bunch Italian bread
• to taste Salt
• to taste Crushed black peppercorns
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon Red chilli flakes
• 1 tablespoon Oil
• 2 medium Tomatoes
• For Pesto sauce
• 1 cup Basil leaves
• 7-8 Garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup Pinenuts (chilgoze)
• to taste Salt
• 3-4 tablespoons Olive oil
• 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese powder

Method

1. Cut Italian bread into 4 big pieces, slit without cutting through.
2. Make incisions on chicken breasts, sprinkle salt, crushed peppercorns, lemon juice and red chilli flakes and rub well over them.
3. Heat oil in a non-stick grill pan, place chicken on it and cook till the chicken is done and grill marks appear on both the sides.
4. To make pesto, grind together basil leaves, garlic, pinenuts, salt, parmesan cheese powder and olive oil till smooth.
5. Spread 1 tbsp pesto on each grilled chicken breast in the pan, flip and cook for 2-3 minutes. Remove the chicken breasts from the pan and keep them on a plate.
6. Place bread pieces on the grill pan and cook till the grill marks appear on both the sides.
7. Slice tomatoes.
8. Spread pesto in the slits of each bread piece, place tomato slices over it, sprinkle salt and crushed peppercorn and finally place a grilled chicken breast.
9. Place these sandwiches on a serving plate and serve.

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