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Steamed Pesto Chicken Rolls with Whole Wheat Pasta

Introduce

Chef :

Lance Wilson

Steamed Pesto Chicken Rolls with Whole Wheat Pasta

Pseudo healthy but full of flavor. Reheats well for lunches at work

Ingredient

can artichoke hearts, quartered

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Start by placing a medium pot of salted water to boil for the pasta and a pot with steamer insert and an inch of water to boil for the chicken

* Step 2

Assemble ingredients

* Step 3

Butterfly the chicken. Begin by placing each breast down on a cutting board. Lay your hand on top of the breast and insert a knife between the breast cutting the breast in half.

* Step 4

The breast should unfold.

* Step 5

Separate the butterflied breast. Repeat for the other breast.

* Step 6

Place a layer of plastic wrap over a chicken breast to prevent splatter.

* Step 7

Using a meat mallet or rolling pin pound the breasts gently until uniformly 1/4 inch thick.

* Step 8

Season liberally with salt and pepper (and MSG if you feel like it). Remember this will be steamed so you won't build flavor by cooking, thus you need to season well.

* Step 9

Tear off 4 sheets of aluminum foil and stack.

* Step 10

Spray foil with pam. Place a chicken on the foil. Layer two pieces of prosciutto on the chicken

* Step 11

Spread 1 Tbsp pesto on the chicken

* Step 12

Roll the chicken up

* Step 13

Roll the foil over the chicken into a tube

* Step 14

Tighten the tube by twisting the foil ends in opposite directions to form a cyliner

* Step 15

Repeat with remaining chicken

* Step 16

Combine the olives, artichoke, tomatoes, lemon juice, basil, parsley, butter and oil in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper

* Step 17

Place the chicken in the steamer.

* Step 18

Pour the noodles in the pot of water.

* Step 19

Boil and steam for 10 min.

* Step 20

Reserve 1/3 cups of noodle water. Drain noodles.

* Step 21

Return noodles to the pot, add the reserved pasta water, and the artichoke mixture. Stir to melt the butter. Taste for seasoning. No seriously...taste it. It likely needs salt. Whole wheat pasta is dry and there's no sauce. Give it a sprinkle. If it's dry... a little more oil.