Cooking - DIY Basil Paste + Easy Basil Chicken Recipe
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Basil Chicken (made with Basil Paste) |
The next morning my basil was looking a little blackish.
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Day old Basil |
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Store bought basil paste |
My basil looked bad, but still smelled GREAT so I cut the basil from the stems.
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Remove the stems |
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Thoroughly rinse the leaves |
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Into the blender they go |
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Not smooth enough yet |
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Basil Paste! |
My original plan was to freeze the paste into an ice cube tray, but I couldn't find my tray. So, I just put it into an air tight container.
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Homemade Bail Paste |
NOTE: The mixture was a soft paste when I made it. Once refrigerated it thickened into a much more solid (but not hard) paste.
Serving Suggestions:
Use Basil paste on warm pasta, on garlic bread, in place of red sauce when making pizza. You can also use it as a marinade for Basil Chicken!
A day or two later I decided to make
Easy Basil Chicken
My kids were away for the night so I made a small meal for 2
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Homemade Basil Chicken |
2 Tablespoons of Basil Paste
1 medium onion, chopped
Put the sliced chicken in a Ziploc bag. Add chopped onion and basil paste. Squeeze the bag closed until everything is well coated in basil paste.
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Chicken and Basil in a ziploc bag |
Add the chicken, onion and basil to a non stick pan. Cook over medium heat until the chicken is no longer pink and the onion is tender (about 10 minutes depending on the size of the chicken slices).
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Basil chicken with ratatouille |
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All done! |
Basil chicken makes a GREAT burrito! Roll warm basil chicken, rice and chopped mozzarella in a tortilla. It's the best way to use leftovers!
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1 comments
I've bought that paste before and hope to recreate it because I have basil plants and you can't refrigerate the leaves or they'll turn brown. Since that paste does fine in the fridge I hope to make it with my leaves to keep the basil plants from growing flowers or seeding (since those things would change the flavor and signal the end of the plant).
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