Arugula Pesto

Name: Arugula Pesto
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1¼ cups (300 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 cup olive oil (240 ml) Olive Oil; 1 cup chopped arugula (240 ml) Arugula; 1/4 cup chopped basil (60 ml) Basil; 1/4 cup chopped parsley (60 ml) Parsley; 1/4 cup grated Parmesan (60 ml) Parmesan; salt to taste Salt; pepper to taste Pepper

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Jimmy Bannos Jr recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Jimmy Bannos Jr.

FINISHING SAUCE · LEMON CHICKEN & PASTA

In the published recipe, this is the finishing sauce for lemon chicken. The same recipe pairs it with Lemon Honey Vinaigrette, the lemon honey vinaigrette.

Jimmy Bannos Jr.'s arugula pesto for lemon chicken & pasta.

On the jar

PESTO

Method: shake
Yield: about 1¼ cups
Ingredients: 7
Jar batch: 0.95× recipe

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Ratio

OLIVE OIL 240 ml

Ingredients

Olive Oil1 cup olive oil (240 ml)
Arugula1 cup chopped arugula (240 ml)
Basil1/4 cup chopped basil (60 ml)
Parsley1/4 cup chopped parsley (60 ml)
Parmesan1/4 cup grated Parmesan (60 ml)
Saltsalt to taste
Pepperpepper to taste

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): OLIVE OIL.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add PARM. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Add by count: ½ BUNCH ARUGULA, ¼ BUNCH BASIL.
Season to finish: PARSLEY (about 4½ Tbsp), SALT (to taste), PEPPER (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Arugula PestoNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: PESTO
Lemon Honey VinaigretteNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: CITRUS-HONEY
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Provenance

Jimmy Bannos Jr. works in Italian / Mediterranean Chicago at The Purple Pig; credentials include James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year 2014 (The Purple Pig).

Adapted from a Jimmy Bannos Jr. recipe (Jimmy Bannos Jr. / CBS The Dish (Purple Pig lemon chicken)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.95× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Jimmy Bannos Jr. / CBS The Dish (Purple Pig lemon chicken) (published as “Arugula Pesto”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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