This lightened-up pasta dish uses hearts of palm noodles instead of traditional pasta and gets topped with crispy baked herb chicken bites for irresistible texture!
½lb.boneless skinless chicken breastsliced into bit sized pieces
1largeegg
½cupgluten-free breadcrumbs
1teaspoondried basil
½teaspoondried oregano
1teaspoonpaprika
1teaspoonsea salt
¼teaspooncracked black pepper
¼teaspoongarlic powder
For Pesto Palmini Noodles
2 15ozcans Palmini noodlesdrained
½cupolive oil
3tablespoongrated Parmesan cheese
1 ½cupsfresh basil leaves
½teaspoonminced garlic
¼teaspoonsea salt
For Caprese Salad
3cupshalved cherry tomatoes
½cuphalved mozzarella balls
1tablespoonchopped basil
2teaspoonred wine vinegar
1teaspoonolive oil
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk egg in a shallow bowl and combine breadcrumbs and seasonings in a separate shallow bowl. Add 5-6 chicken bites to egg mixture at a time. Shake off excess egg and place chicken into breadcrumb mixture, coating all sides. Place onto baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes.
While chicken bakes, combine olive oil, parmesan cheese, basil, garlic and sea salt to a food process and pause until thoroughly combined. Add drained palmini noodles to a medium skillet over medium heat and for pesto sauce on top. Use tongs to toss noodles to coat. Heat for 4-5 minutes to warm noodles through.
Stir together ingredients for caprese salad in a medium mixing bowl. Divide between 4 small compartments of teal MPOF containers. Divide pesto noodles between large compartments and top with 5-6 chicken bites.