Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, chicken pesto "pasta". One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Pesto "Pasta" is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chicken Pesto "Pasta" is something which I have loved my whole life.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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":
- Get Pesto
- Prepare 1 cup Almonds
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup Fresh Basil
- Prepare 1/2 cup Olive oil
- Make ready 3 clove Fresh Garlic
- Take 1/2 Juiced Lemon
- Prepare 1 Salt and Pepper
- Prepare Pasta
- Take 1 lb Organic Chicken Thighs or Breasts
- Take 2 Zucchini
- Prepare 1 Yellow Squash
- Take 1 Tarragon
A lightly spiced chicken pasta, made by tossing together chicken, pasta, hot chilli paste, basil pesto, Parmesan cheese and coriander. Adjust the spiciness of the dish by either reducing or increasing the amount of chilli paste used. This is a quick and easy dish of chicken and pasta tossed in a creamy pesto and Parmesan. Return the pasta, beans and spinach to the pan, pour in the pesto from the processor and stir together, loosening with splashes of cooking water until silky.
Steps 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 is a quick and easy dish of chicken and pasta tossed in a creamy pesto and Parmesan. Return the pasta, beans and spinach to the pan, pour in the pesto from the processor and stir together, loosening with splashes of cooking water until silky. Slice the chicken breasts in half and serve with the tomatoes and chilli spooned over the top. Finely grate a little extra Parmesan over the pasta, then sprinkle everything with basil leaves. A deliciously rich chicken pasta dish.
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