Pan-grilled chicken breasts with parsley salad
Ingredients
8 chicken breasts
olive oil
salt and freshly ground pepper
For the basil dressing
1 handful of fresh basil
600ml/1 pint olive oil
150ml/¼ pint rice wine vinegar
1 shallot, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves crushed
salt and freshly ground pepper
For the parsley salad
4 handfuls Italian curly parsley, de-stalked
Worcestershire sauce
8 chopped sun-dried or blushed tomatoes
parmesan cheese, slivers of
Method
First make the basil dressing. Whiz the basil with the oil, vinegar, shallot, garlic and seasoning in a blender or food processor. Keep aside.
Brush the chicken breast with olive oil and cook on a pre-heated grill pan until just cooked through. The chicken should be golden on both sides and criss-crossed with markings from the grill pan. Season.
For the salad, toss the parsley in a little of the basil dressing, and sprinkle with a little Worcestershire sauce. Put a portion of parsley salad on each plate, sprinkle with a few pieces of sun-dried tomato and slivers of parmesan cheese.
Serve with rustic roast potatoes or buffalo chips.
Source: BBC FOODS
