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Pesto Chicken & Vege Sandwich

July 19, 2015 By cookingintherockies 7 Comments

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Pesto Grilled Chicken and Vege Sandwich

Brushing pesto on anything makes it taste better! Damn this is good.

I’m crazy for pesto. I put it on everything! One of my favorite things to do is to marinate chicken in it then put it on the grill. The Parmesan cheese kinda gets a little crunchy on the outside and the garlicky basil flavor has it all going on! Yum. This week I decided to make a crazy good sandwich with the chicken. Holy crap look at this thing. I had a baguette from my favorite french bakery (Pierre Michael) (I wish everyone could experience his food) some super fresh mozzarella cheese from my favorite market in Denver, Tony’s Meats, tons of veges on hand and voila a damn good sandwich was born! Don’t feel like making a sandwich? Try just having some grilled pesto chicken and veges. That’s what I have been doing with my leftovers the last few days. No sharing food from this post. It’s too good.

This week I was lucky enough to see Cirque Du Soleil’s performance of Kurios, Cabinet of Curiosities at the Pepsi Center downtown. Oh my, what an amazing show. I say amazing instead of spectacular because the show was so creative on so many fronts that is hard to explain. Don’t get me wrong the acrobatics are awe inspiring  but watching an invisible circus, a man pretending to be a cat (seriously, he had to have been a cat in his past life),  a theater of hands, where the performer tells a story with his hands that is projected on the side of a giant balloon and watching a man juggle 6 pins hanging upside down twenty feet in the air is all something that I could never imagine! Kudos for the folks who can think this stuff up. It was beyond anything that I can imagine! If Kurios comes to your town, I’d say see it. It’s not the “normal” Cirque Du Soleil extravaganza but it tells a real great story. I loved it. Wait to you see the guys on the trampoline…. you can’t even imagine how cool it is.

Have a good week y’all!


 

Pesto Chicken & Vege Sandwich
Cuisine: American
Author: Heather Blake
Ingredients
  • 4 cups basil leaves
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 2-3 garlic cloves
  • 1/4 cup almonds or pine nuts
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 2 boneless chicken breasts, cut in half (easier for grilling)
  • your favorite veges for grilling, I used tomatoes, portobello mushrooms, onion and peppers
  • your favorite bread
  • fresh mozzarella cheese
Instructions
  1. Put basil, cheese, garlic cloves, nuts, salt and pepper in a blender or food processor.
  2. Turn on high and slowly add olive oil until smooth.
  3. Marinate chicken in about one cup of pesto for 8-12 hours.
  4. Prepare your grill. Brush veges with pesto on all sides. Grill the chicken and veges until done.
  5. Place the mozzarella cheese on one half of your bread and on the other half brush with pesto. Place on grill until the cheese is melted.
  6. Slice the chicken. Assemble your sandwiches with the chicken and veges. Add more pesto if you wish to do so!
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Before the show they let us play on some of the props! Very cool!

Before the show they let us play on some of the props! Now that was fun…

Good looking men climbing on ropes is just cool!

Good looking men climbing on ropes is just cool!

Now this would be fun! The biggest trampoline that I have ever seen! The flying thing would be fun too!

Now this would be fun! The biggest trampoline that I have ever seen! The flying thing would be fun too!

In my wildest dreams, I could never imagine being able to do this...

In my wildest dreams, I could never imagine being able to do this…

Seriously, how do they bend like this? I'd break something!

Seriously, how do they bend like this? I’d break something!

Filed Under: Main Courses, Protein Dishes, Recipes Tagged With: Pesto, Pesto Grilled Chicken & Vege Sandwich

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Comments

  1. Karen (Back Road Journal) says

    July 21, 2015 at 10:37 AM

    That truly is a great looking sandwich!
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    • cookingintherockies says

      July 21, 2015 at 10:39 AM

      Thanks! A good way to use all the beautiful summer veges!

      Reply
  2. Chris says

    July 20, 2015 at 5:59 PM

    We do a spatchcocked chicken coated in pesto in a skillet. Divine! This sandwich looks every bit as good especially with that crispy bread!
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  3. Lea Ann (Cooking on the Ranch) says

    July 20, 2015 at 10:53 AM

    Wow – that show looks spectacular. I want to go to one of those these day. And I’m with you about that pesto. Good stuff. I’m going to try your grilled chicken – never done that.
    Lea Ann (Cooking on the Ranch) recently posted…Yucatan Roasted Chicken Breast and Fresh Roasted Hatch Chile SauceMy Profile

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    • cookingintherockies says

      July 20, 2015 at 10:54 AM

      Thanks! I need to have you over for dinner sometime!

      Reply
  4. Larry says

    July 19, 2015 at 1:37 PM

    That sandwich looks awesome.
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    • cookingintherockies says

      July 19, 2015 at 1:42 PM

      Thanks Larry! One of my favorite ways to use my plethora of pesto! 🙂 Hope you are well!

      Reply

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