Spaghetti Squash with pesto and chicken Give pesto pasta a healthy makeover with this easy recipe that combines low-carb spaghetti squash with high-protein chicken breast. Top this powerhouse combo with homemade basil pesto that gets a creamy upgrade from ripe avocados to complete a mouthwatering chicken dinner. Toss the green beans into the pan and sauté until they've started to soften.

Ingredients of Spaghetti Squash with pesto and chicken

  1. You need of Spaghetti Squash.
  2. Prepare 1 of medium Spaghetti Squash.
  3. Prepare 2 tbsp of Olive Oil.
  4. It's 1/2 lb of Cooked cubed chicken.
  5. It's 1 of medium Red pepper sliced.
  6. It's 4 tbsp of Pesto sauce.
  7. You need 2 tbsp of Pesto paste.
  8. Prepare 1 pinch of salt to taste.
  9. You need 1 pinch of pepper to taste.
  10. Prepare 4 tbsp of Parmesan cheese.

Spaghetti Squash with pesto and chicken instructions

  1. Cut squash in half. Clean the seeds from the center. Brush with olive oil, salt and pepper slightly. Place on foil lined cookie sheet. Skin side up. Bake 50-60 min @ 350°F..
  2. Cut chicken into stips, season with salt and pepper, cook on stove top till done. (15 min). Cut into cubes when done..
  3. Cut red pepper into strips and saute untill done - tender..
  4. When squash is done shred with fork and scoop from shell into baking pan. (9 x 9 or 9x13)..
  5. Mix the Pesto sauce and pesto paste together. (I used the Market Side Cooking sauce - Basil pesto and Gourment Garden Basil paste in the fresh vegtable section from Wal-Mart) Add to the squash in baking pan. Add the chicken and red pepper to the squash. Mix all together. Top with parmesan cheese. Bake @ 350 for 30 min. Cool 5 min - Enjoy!.

To stuff the squash you can simply pile on your pesto chicken and veggies or fluff the squash first with a fork before stirring in all you yummy mix-ins so there's yummy squash in every bite! Top with the rest of your grated cheese and cover the baking dish in foil, leaving a little room at the top [like a tent!] so the cheese doesn't stick. Chicken stuffed spaghetti squash is taken to a whole new level in this easy recipe. Skip the pasta and make these Chicken Pesto Spaghetti Squash Bowls and you get all the flavor with a low carb meal! This Chicken Pesto Spaghetti Squash is an oven baked spaghetti squash recipe that is bursting with flavor.

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