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Crispy Chicken

with Homemade Pesto Pea and Potato
Recipe Development Team
Recipe Development TeamUpdated on November 04, 2025
Calories
628 kcal
Protein
41.5g protein
Total
25 minutes
Difficulty
Medium
Allergens:
  • Milk
  • Egg
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
serving amount

350 grams

Salad Potatoes

2 unit(s)

British Chicken Breasts

25 grams

Pine Nuts

16 grams

Plain Flour

100 grams

Peas

½ unit(s)

Lemon

12 grams

Basil

40 grams

Grated Hard Italian Style Cheese

(Contains: Milk, Egg)

Not included in your delivery

4 tbsp

Olive Oil

Energy (kJ)2626 kJ
Energy (kcal)628 kcal
Fat26.8 g
of which saturates7.5 g
Carbohydrate35.3 g
of which sugars2.6 g
Dietary Fibre4.3 g
Protein41.5 g
Salt0.6 g
Potassium775.3 mg
Calcium12.3 mg
Iron0.6 mg
Always refer to the product label for the most accurate ingredient and allergen information.

Instructions

1

Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil with a pinch of salt. Quarter the new potatoes. Finely chop the basil (leaves and stalks!). Zest the lemon. Pop the chicken breasts on a board between two sheets of clingfilm. Bash each chicken breast with the bottom of a frying pan or a rolling pin until 1cm thick all over.

2

Add the potatoes to the boiling water and boil until tender, 10-12 mins. Add the peas and cook for another 5 mins. Tip: Your potatoes a re cooked when you can easily slip a knife through them.

3

Meanwhile, pop the flour and lemon zest in a shallow bowl and season with a pinch of salt and black pepper. Add the bashed chicken to your flour and make sure it is nicely coated all over. Heat a large frying pan over medium high heat and add the pine nuts (no oil). Toast them until golden, stirring to ensure they don't burn, 2-3 mins. Once golden, remove them from your pan.

4

Pop your frying pan back on medium high heat and add a good glug of oil. Lay in your chicken and cook until golden on both sides and cooked through, about 5 mins on each side. Tip: The chicken is cooked when no longer pink in the middle.Once cooked, transfer the chicken to a board to rest for a couple of mins. Tip: Resting makes the chicken juicier!

5

While the chicken cooks, roughly chop three quarters of the pine nuts, pop them in a bowl. Add the basil, hard italian cheese and oil (amount specified in the ingredient list). Season with black pepper and stir together. Once the potatoes and peas are cooked, drain them and pop them back in their pan. Crush the potatoes slightly with a fork and then stir in the pesto. Taste and add salt and pepper if you feel it needs it.

6

Spoon the potato mixture onto plates. Slice the chicken into 2cm wide slices and lay on top of your potato mixture. Sprinkle over the remaining pine nuts and serve with a slice of lemon!

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