September 6, 2022
Author: cochrancj
I am an American expat who loves to explore the world through the plate and is always curious to learn more.
Pesto Chicken Salad Wraps
These are some dang good wraps and I’d like to bathe in this dressing.
gluten-free
Pesto Chicken Salad Wraps
1 packet boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 Tbsp chicken breasts
Pre-cooked bacon (I used turkey bacon)
1 avocado
Fresh basil
2 wraps (mine happened to be gluten-free)
Nutritional yeast
Crisp lettuce
Dressing:
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp pesto
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp lemon juice
4 Tbsp Kewpie mayo
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Cut the chicken into strips and toss with 2 Tbsp pesto. Cook in your preferred method (I air fried mine for 10 minutes).
Mix your dressing ingredients together.
Slice the avocado, separate a few leaves lettuce, and get your bacon out and ready.
Zap your wrap for about 20 seconds in a slightly damp towel to steam.
To assemble, slather a generous amount of dressing on your wrap. Top with a couple leaves lettuce, bacon, a few strips chicken, and about a quarter of your avocado. Sprinkle with a little nutritional yeast and snipped basil. Wrap and enjoy.
Makes enough chicken for 4 servings
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Pesto Chicken Meatballs with Sundried Tomato & Corn Pasta
This is a great way to fake having access to fresh ears of Summer corn that is worth eating.
Who me, missing good – or even terribly edible – corn? Never. The perils of #expatlife. We certainly don’t have Silver Queen, and the ears of corn we do get are mealy and gross. Frozen it is.
gluten-free
Pesto Chicken Meatballs with Sundried Tomato & Corn Pasta
1 lb ground chicken
2 Tbsp pesto
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1 Tbsp water
2/3 c frozen corn
1 large zucchini, chopped
5 sundried tomatoes, chopped
4 slices precooked bacon, chopped (I used turkey bacon)
2 Tbsp pesto
Half a box of your favorite pasta (I used a chickpea pasta)
Nutritional yeast (optional)
Fresh basil (optional)
Combine 2 Tbsp pesto with the minced garlic, baking soda and ground chicken and form into ping pong ball sized meatballs. Cook in your preferred method (I air fried mine for 10 minutes).
Put your pasta water on to boil and cook pasta to al dente. Reserve a little pasta water to help build the sauce when draining.
Salt, pepper & oil
Sauté the corn and zucchini in a little oil spread in large pan over medium-high. Hit with salt and pepper and let go until browned in bits.
Add the sundried tomatoes and bacon and let go another minute or two.
Add 2 Tbsp pesto, the pasta, and enough pasta water to loosen the pesto up to form a sauce. Toss and serve with the meatballs, snipped basil, nutritional yeast and a few cracks black pepper.
Serves 3 – 4 for dinner
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