Creamy Red Pesto Chicken

Ingredients

• 2 chicken fillets
• 9 ounces cherry tomatoes
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 tbsp oil from sun-dried tomatoes
• 4 garlic cloves (minced)
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• salt (to taste)
• black pepper (to taste)
• ½ tsp sweet paprika
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes (more or less to taste)
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• ½ cup cream 20% fat (or half-and-half)
• ½ cup chicken broth
• 20 basil leaves
• grated Parmesan (for serving (optional))
• toasted sunflower seeds (for serving)
• 1 1/2 ounces toasted sunflower seeds (or toasted pine nuts)
• 10 sun-dried tomatoes
• 3 tbsp oil from sun-dried tomatoes
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 ounce grated Parmesan
• 1 tbsp tomato paste