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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Pesto Chicken & Pepper Wraps

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 5
  • 2/3 cup pesto sauce, you can use homemade or store-bought pesto sauce
  • 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 1/4 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts or 1 1/4 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 2 red bell peppers, stemmed,seeded,halved
  • 5 flour tortillas (8 inch)
  • 5 slices mozzarella cheese
  • 5 lettuce leaves
  • orange slice
  • red chile
  • green chili
  • fresh basil sprig

Recipe

  • 1 combine 1/4 cup pesto, vinegar, salt and black pepper in medium bowl.
  • 2 add chicken; toss to coat.
  • 3 cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
  • 4 remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade.
  • 5 grill chicken over medium-hot briquets about 4 minutes per side until chicken is no longer pink in center, turning once.
  • 6 grill bell peppers, skin sides down, about 8 minutes until skin is charred.
  • 7 place bell peppers in large resealable plastic food storage bag; seal.
  • 8 let stand 5 minutes; remove skin.
  • 9 cut chicken and bell peppers into thin strips.
  • 10 spread about 1 tablespoon of remaining pesto down center of each tortilla; top with chicken, bell peppers, cheese and lettuce.
  • 11 roll tortillas to enclose filling.
  • 12 garnish with orange slices, chiles and basil sprigs.

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