Spiralized Vegetable Noodles and Pesto
If you've never tried a spiralizer you don't know what you're missing! Use Fresh vegetable noodles and make your dishes extra special and extra delicious!
Servings: 8
Calories: 546kcal
Ingredients
- 2 zucchini
- 2 beets - peeled
- 2 turnips - peeled
Broccoli Rabe pesto
- 2 cups chopped broccoli rabe leaves and flowers no stems
- ¼ cup grated Romano Cheese
- ¼ cup toasted pine nuts or walnuts
- 2 cloves Garlic
- ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Pepper Greens Pesto
- 2 cups pepper greens no stems
- ¼ cup grated Romano Cheese
- ¼ cup toasted pine nuts or walnuts
- 2 cloves Garlic
- ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cups cooking oil or as needed
Vegetable Noodles
- olive oil as needed to saute
- seasonings as needed
Instructions
Pesto
- To toast your pine nuts get a sauté pan very hot , then turn off the heat, and add your pine nuts. Keep the pine nuts moving around so they toast without burning. Set aside to cool
- Add greens to food processor and pulse till fine
- add pine nuts to greens and pulse until its minced very well.
- Add garlic and grated Romano Cheese, pulse to combine
- Drizzle in the Olive Oil until it has a nice smooth consistency without looking oily
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
- mix four, sea salt and black pepper together
- beat eggs with buttermilk until smooth
- rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels
- dredge chicken in seasoned flour coating all the pieces well.
- dip floured chicken into buttermilk egg mixture, then back into flour. Repeat process until all the chicken has been breaded.
- Allow chicken to rest for 5 minutes before frying.
- Heat large skillet with one inch of cooking oil in pan. heat oil to 350 degrees
- add chicken pieces gently into cooking oil, being careful not to splash hot oil. make sure to have your fan on!
- allow chicken to cook on one side for about 5 minutes or until golden brown, turn over chicken and fry until both sides are golden brown.
- Remove chicken from skillet to paper towels or drying rack and allow to drain for 2 miutes.
- place chicken onto baking dish and into 350 degree oven and bake until an internal temperature of 165 degrees is reached (about 15 minutes)
Vegetable Noodles
- add vegetable noodles to a saute pan with a little olive oil to coat and saute for 3-4 minutes. Add pesto or seasonings and continue to saute for 2 minutes longer. Vegetables will be crisp and can be cooked longer if desired.
Nutrition
Calories: 546kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 852mg | Potassium: 763mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 735IU | Vitamin C: 21.4mg | Calcium: 158mg | Iron: 3.6mg