The Pesto Trilogy

It's been almost a year since I created a food blog post. Reason? I've been too busy eating stuff and Instagram-ing about the food I eat to spare time for my blog. So, finally, here you have three quick fixes using pre-made pesto sauce.

1) Chicken Pesto Burgers: 

For the patty:
Mix minced chicken with chopped onions, green chillies, salt and pepper. Shape the mixture into patties and coat the patties lightly in plain flour. Shallow fry the patties in olive oil. Lightly sauté some cloud ear fungus or any big mushroom which was seasoned with salt and pepper.

For the dressing:
Mix the premade pesto sauce with coriander paste and a drizzle of olive oil.

For the burger:
Slice the buns into half. Add the mushrooms/ cloud ear fungi to one side of the bun. Top it up with the chicken patty, sliced tomatoes and the pesto dressing. Cover the buns with their halves. Devour them like there's no one looking. 

2) Fried Pesto fish:

Marinate some white fish fillet with pesto sauce, salt and pepper. Shallow fry in medium heat. Add some pesto sauce on top of fried fish for garnish. Serve with rice or bread and a side of your choice.

3) Classic Pesto pasta:

Boil pasta till al dente along with some salt. Mix chopped green chillies, onion and tomato with the pasta along with a small amount of olive oil and the pesto sauce. Serve hot or cold, your choice.

Hope you can identify which is which in the picture and try it out if you like this tiny post! :) To make pesto sauce at home, follow this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/23134/pesto-sauce/