Chicken, Halloumi & homemade almond pesto bake (from my homegrown basil 🌿)

Name: Chicken, Halloumi & homemade almond pesto bake (from my homegrown basil 🌿)
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 chicken breasts; 1 block halloumi cheese; Salt and pepper; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 50 g fresh basil leaves; 3 garlic cloves; 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese; 80 g almonds; 1/4 teaspoon each: Salt and pepper; 1 cup olive oil

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

I’m growing basil and yesterday I decided to pick some of the leaves and make pesto. They were the biggest leaves ever 😍
This is an easy, healthy and tasty dish to enjoy for dinner. #freshingredients #homegrownbasil #easyrecipes

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Ingredients

4 servings

4chicken breasts
1 blockhalloumi cheese
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoonsolive oil
Pesto ingredients
50 gfresh basil leaves
3garlic cloves
1 tablespoonparmesan cheese
80 galmonds
1/4 teaspooneach: Salt and pepper
1 cupolive oil

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Steps

1

Before I start with the recipe please at my beautiful basil leaves 😍
2

Put all the pesto ingredients, except the oil, in a food processor and mix for almost 30 seconds
3

Add half the olive oil and mix for 10 seconds. Then move to a jar and pour the rest the olive oil on top of the pesto
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Rub the chicken breast with a bit of oil, salt and pepper and place in a baking tray
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Put 1 tablespoon of the pesto on each breast and top it with the halloumi cheese slices
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Place in the oven on 200 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove the excess of water from it then place again for another 20 minutes.
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You might want to add the halloumi cheese after baking the chicken for the first 20 minutes. But I enjoyed it like that crispy and tasty.