The easiest Chicken Pesto Pasta made with a lemony green pesto made with fresh herbs, cheese and garlic and grilled chicken breasts.
Toss with your favorite short noodles for a super quick and delicious weeknight meal!
Creamy chicken and broccoli pasta with the addition of pesto takes this humble dish to a whole new level.
Ingredients of Easy Chicken Pesto Pasta
- It's 225 g of Pasta (choice of your own) cooked.
- You need 1 head of garlic minced.
- It's 1/2 cup of olive oli.
- It's 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
- You need to taste of salt and pepper.
- It's 1/2 kg of chicken breast sliced.
- You need of extra oil for basting chicken.
Easy Chicken Pesto Pasta step by step
- Set aside cooked pasta. Make pesto sauce. Mine is homemade. Mix fresh basil, grind garlic and peanut. Add olive oil salt and pepper. Blend together..
- Marinate chicken breast with salt and pepper. Add oil then grill chicken. Set aside..
- In a pan, put olive oil, saute' garlic then add pesto sauce simmer a bit then put the pasta and chicken. Mix evenly add lemon juice. Salt and pepper to taste. Voila!!.
- Top with fried garlic and parmesan cheese..
Add in cream, pesto, parmesan cheese and chicken broth. Heat for a few minutes, until reduced a little bit. Once the broth comes to a full boil, give the pasta a quick stir, replace the lid, and turn the heat down to medium-low. Chicken Pesto Pasta is chicken and penne in a basil pesto sauce. Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling salted water according to packet directions.
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