Love Bites Chicken Pesto Courgetti

Spiralising is the most recent foodie fad that has taken over Love Bites Kitchen. I am truly obsessed with it! The art of spiralising is basically to cut/slice/dice vegetables into circular shapes, the most popular being noodles, and the most common vegetable being courgettes - and then more commonly referred to 'courgetti'. To elaborate more on the utensil and more recipes, Food for Thought will follow with a dedicated post in the next few weeks, but for now this tasty dish was my third spiralling attempt and I really nailed it! So here you have it -  the first of many Love Bites Courgetti recipes:

INGREDIENTS

• 2-3 Courgettes
• x2 Chicken escalopes
• 1 Cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 Handful of thin asparagus stalks, cut into thirds
• 2/3 Punnet of store brought pesto (or your own if you have time)
• A handful of rocket per person
• Salt and pepper to garnish

METHOD

• Bring a pot of water to the boil
• Place the courgettes into the middle of the sprialiser and continue to turn the machine creating courgetti - see images below, continue to do this to all courgettes

• Rub 1tbspn of pesto into the chicken
• Fry the chicken for 2-3 minutes each side until cooked through, after a minute add the asparagus and tomatoes, once the chicken is cooked, set aside and turn off the heat on the vegetables
• Place the courgettes into the boiling water and cook for 1-1.5 minutes (Be careful to not overcook as it will fall apart)
• Drain well and stir through the rest of the pesto and the rocket
• Slice the chicken into 1cm sized slices
• Gently stir through the chicken, asparagus and tomatoes into the courgette
• Garnish with salt and pepper and grated parmesan