Chicken and pesto pizzas recipe
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These simple pizzas come together in just 30 minutes for a fast midweek meal. Swapping a traditional tomato sauce for a pesto base puts a new spin on a classic pizza, and you can use up leftover cooked chicken from a roast for the topping.
See method- Serves 4
- Takes 30 mins
- 663 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 2 cooked chicken drumsticks
- 2 x 280g ready-rolled round pizza dough bases
- ½ x 130g tub fresh pesto
- 140g tub chargrilled artichokes, drained
- 12 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 20g wild rocket
- 20g Parmesan shavings (optional)
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 2785kJ 663.0kcal
- Fat
- 25g
- Saturates
- 5g
- Salt
- 3.7g
- Sugars
- 8g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 86.5gProtein 21.1gFibre 4.9g
Method
- Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Remove the meat from the drumsticks, discarding the skin and bones. Unroll the pizza bases on 2 baking trays. Spread the pesto over the bases, then arrange the chicken, artichokes and cherry tomatoes on top.
- Bake for 20-25 mins until the edges of the dough are golden. Scatter over the rocket and Parmesan, if using, and cut into slices to serve.
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