Pesto Chicken With Butter Beans

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cooled roast whole chicken, skin and bones removed (about 2 1/2 cups meat)
• 4 tablespoons pesto sauce (to taste)
• 4 tablespoons mayonnaise (to taste)
• 4 tablespoons lemon juice (to taste)
• 400 g butter beans, drained and rinsed
• salt and pepper, to taste
• ciabatta or pita bread or baked potato, to serve

Recipe

• 1 shred chicken and place in a bowl.
• 2 add pesto, mayonnaise and lemon juice, toss to thoroughly combine.
• 3 fold through butter beans gently so they don’t break up too much.
• 4 season with salt and pepper as desired.
• 5 adjust the amount of lemon and mayonnaise to achieve the desired consistency.
• 6 serve on toasted ciabatta fingers as an appetiser, on a piece of toast or bread as a light meal, stuffed in a pita with tomato and lettuce, in a baked potato -- or if you can think of another way, let me know!