Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, chicken pesto "pasta". It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Easy and delicious pasta with chicken. Serve with crusty bread and salad for a quick dinner. Chicken Pesto Pasta is chicken and penne in a basil pesto sauce. This is one of those recipes that's great for a busy weeknight.
Chicken Pesto "Pasta" is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Chicken Pesto "Pasta" is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken pesto "pasta" using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Pesto "Pasta":
- Take Pesto
- Prepare 1 cup Almonds
- Take 1 1/2 cup Fresh Basil
- Prepare 1/2 cup Olive oil
- Prepare 3 clove Fresh Garlic
- Prepare 1/2 Juiced Lemon
- Get 1 Salt and Pepper
- Get Pasta
- Take 1 lb Organic Chicken Thighs or Breasts
- Take 2 Zucchini
- Take 1 Yellow Squash
- Make ready 1 Tarragon
Creamy homemade pesto sauce, garlic and juicy chicken breasts are served over pasta. Chicken Pesto Pasta is a healthy and easy chicken pasta dish that you can cook for dinner. This dish makes use of Penne pasta along with basil pesto and grilled chicken. Here's what you need: canola oil, chicken breasts, garlic, kosher salt, black pepper, heavy cream, grated parmesan cheese, pesto, penne pasta, cherry tomato, parmesan cheese, fresh basil.
Instructions to make Chicken Pesto "Pasta":
- Cook the chicken however you would like. Boil it, grill it, pan cook it. Whatever you like best. I cooked mine in a pan with some olive oil.
- Thinly slice your zucchini and squash length wise into thin strips with a mandoline. Then use a knife to cut them into noodles. Kind of like fettuccine noodle size.
- Now to make your pesto use a food processor. Add all your pesto ingredients to your food process and mix away! Taste it to see if you need more salt and pepper or even more lemon, olive oil, or basil in it. Your pesto, your flavor.
- Add a tablespoon or two of olive oil to a large pot or skillet. Then add in your zucchini and squash along with your pesto and mix well. Let that cook down a bit, stirring occasionally, while you cut up your chicken into bite size cubes.
- Throw in the chicken and mix everything together. Let simmer on low for 5 minutes or so or until the zucchini and squash are tender and ?al dente? or however you like your pasta. Serve with a bit of tarragon on top.
This dish makes use of Penne pasta along with basil pesto and grilled chicken. Here's what you need: canola oil, chicken breasts, garlic, kosher salt, black pepper, heavy cream, grated parmesan cheese, pesto, penne pasta, cherry tomato, parmesan cheese, fresh basil. This chicken pesto pasta salad is quick, easy, and a great way to use up leftover chicken. To make this pesto pasta salad really simple, I used rotisserie chicken. You can use any pre-cooked chicken.
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