Pesto Chicken Roll-ups

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup pesto sauce
• 1/2 cup cheese, grated or 1/2 cup crumbled such as mozzarella cheese, provelone, gouda
• 1/4 cup black olives, chopped (optional)
• cornmeal or panko breadcrumbs, spread out in a small plate
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Recipe

• 1 preheat over to 350°f.
• 2 grease a standard 9 by 13 glass backing pan (or whatever you find as equivalent).
• 3 pound chicken breasts to about 1/4 inch thick. pounding between sheets of plastic wrap keeps the bits off your walls :-).
• 4 divide filling ingredients into quarters.
• 5 spread one quarter of the pesto on inside, rougher surface of a chicken breast.
• 6 evenly sprinkle one quarter of the olives and cheese onto the pesto covered chicken breast.
• 7 roll up the chicken breast and then roll in the corn meal to coat.
• 8 place roll-up in the greased glass baking pan, seam down.
• 9 do the same to the other 3 breasts.
• 10 optionally spray tops with non-stick spray to attain browner crusts.
• 11 bake for 35-45 minutes, or until center of each breast is done.
• 12 can serve as is immediately, or with a cheese sauce.