Chicken Pesto "Pasta" Home made and Easy Way of preparing your Pesto Pasta. Check these other Recipe Videos: How to Cook. Everybody loves this chicken pesto pasta recipe.

Ingredients of Chicken Pesto "Pasta"

  1. It's of Pesto.
  2. It's 1 cup of Almonds.
  3. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of Fresh Basil.
  4. It's 1/2 cup of Olive oil.
  5. You need 3 clove of Fresh Garlic.
  6. You need 1/2 of Juiced Lemon.
  7. Prepare 1 of Salt and Pepper.
  8. You need of Pasta.
  9. You need 1 lb of Organic Chicken Thighs or Breasts.
  10. It's 2 of Zucchini.
  11. Prepare 1 of Yellow Squash.
  12. It's 1 of Tarragon.

Chicken Pesto "Pasta" step by step

  1. 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..
  2. 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..
  3. 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..
  4. 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..
  5. 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..

CHICKEN PESTO PASTA makes a great lunch or light dinner during the hot summer months! Use up that fresh basil and make homemade pesto or make dinner extra quick with jarred pesto! Baked Chicken Alfredo Over Pesto PastaChelsea's Messy Chicken Pesto Pasta Meal PrepDamn Delicious. freshly ground black pepper, asparagus, whole. This chicken pesto pasta is one of my favorite recipes because it's so quick and easy, but it looks and tastes like I spent all day cooking it. And it has all of my favorite things in it!—Barbara Christensen of.

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