Chicken filet stuffed with carrot cashew pesto with beans

AUTHOR
Zackary Austin
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 8 TABLESPOONS Sunflower oil
  • 50 g Cashew nuts
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1 Pot of thyme
  • 5 Stem(s) Basil
  • 1/4 TEASPOON ground cumin
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 200 g Carrots
  • 1 TABLESPOON Sugar
  • 800 g green beans
  • 1 small onion
  • 4 Chicken fillets (approx. 150 g each)
  • 50 g Ricotta cream cheese
  • 1 TABLESPOON Butter
  • 7-10 Tbsp wooden skewers

Directions

  1. 1

    For the pesto, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan and roast the cashew nuts for about 5 minutes, turning them over. Peel garlic. Wash the herbs, shake dry and, except for something to garnish, pluck leaves from the stalks.

  2. 2

    Mix herbs, cashew nuts, garlic and 5 tablespoons of oil in the universal chopper to a paste. Season to taste with cumin, salt and pepper. Peel, wash and dice the carrots.

  3. 3

    Cook in boiling salted water with sugar for about 5 minutes. Wash and clean the beans and cook in boiling salted water for 10-15 minutes. Peel onion and cut into fine cubes. Wash the meat, dab dry and season with salt and pepper.

  4. 4

    Cut a pocket into each of the fillets. Drain the carrots. Mix cheese, carrots and prepared pesto, fill the fillets with it and put them on wooden skewers. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Fry the meat for about 10 minutes while turning.

  5. 5

    Melt butter in a pot. Sauté diced onions for about 3 minutes until translucent. Drain the beans, add to the onions, fry briefly and season with salt and pepper. Arrange meat and beans and garnish with remaining herbs.

  6. 6

    Roasted baguette bread tastes good with it.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
490 kcal
CARBS
16 g
FATS
29 g
PROTEINS
42 g

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousFood Combining