Chicken Melts

5 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 small boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 ounces cheddar cheese
  • 4 cherry tomatoes
  • 2 teaspoons pesto sauce

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat the grill to high.
  2. 2
    Put the chicken breasts between two plastic food bags and use a meat mallet or rolling pin to bang it to about 1/2 inch thick.
  3. 3
    Heat the oil in a medium nonstick frying pan.
  4. 4
    Add the chicken and cook for 2 minutes on each side until golden.
  5. 5
    While the chicken cooks, grate the cheese, quarter the tomatoes and mix together.
  6. 6
    Take the chicken from the pan and wipe out the oil with paper towels.
  7. 7
    (otherwise it will spit under the grill).
  8. 8
    Return the chicken to the pan, and spread each with a teaspoon of pesto, then pile the cheese and tomatoes on top.
  9. 9
    Put under the hot grill for a minute or so (protect the pan handle with tin foil), until the cheese is bubbly.

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