Pesto Chicken Roll-Ups

8 ingredients
12 steps

Ingredients

  • Filling
  • 1/4 cup pesto sauce
  • 1/2 cup cheese, grated or 1/2 cup crumbled such as mozzarella cheese, Provelone, Gouda
  • 1/4 cup black olives, chopped (optional)
  • Crust
  • cornmeal or panko breadcrumbs, spread out in a small plate
  • Meat
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat over to 350°F.
  2. 2
    Grease a standard 9 by 13 glass backing pan (or whatever you find as equivalent).
  3. 3
    Pound chicken breasts to about 1/4 inch thick. Pounding between sheets of plastic wrap keeps the bits off your walls :-).
  4. 4
    Divide filling ingredients into quarters.
  5. 5
    Spread one quarter of the pesto on inside, rougher surface of a chicken breast.
  6. 6
    Evenly sprinkle one quarter of the olives and cheese onto the pesto covered chicken breast.
  7. 7
    Roll up the chicken breast and then roll in the corn meal to coat.
  8. 8
    Place roll-up in the greased glass baking pan, seam down.
  9. 9
    Do the same to the other 3 breasts.
  10. 10
    Optionally spray tops with non-stick spray to attain browner crusts.
  11. 11
    Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until center of each breast is done.
  12. 12
    Can serve as is immediately, or with a cheese sauce.

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