For grilled chicken pesto pasta, season chicken with oil, lemon and seasonings (salt plus herbs/ spice-blend of your choice). You can make Chicken Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken. I only recommend to heat the chicken in sauce to make sauce more flavorful or use 1/4 cup of chicken stock. You can also use Rotisserie Chicken to save some time. I like to cook small diced chicken thighs in saute pan and then build sauce in same pan to add flavor in Pesto Sauce without Chicken Stock.
So, you can use any of these veggies in Pesto Pasta:Ĭhicken for Pesto Pasta can be cooked various ways. Trust me, I know because I have a picky eater at home who devoured whole bowl of pasta - zucchini tomato included. With sauce, these tastes crunchy and so good! Even picky eaters love'em. In my humble opinion, all of these veggies - tomatoes, zucchini, and broccoli benefit from the fragrant and creamy pesto sauce. When I'm out of broccoli, I love adding zucchini, summer squash and green peas for substantial serving of veggies in the pasta. We often eat chicken pesto pasta with tomatoes and broccoli. Ready to serve.īesides Pesto Sauce, two quintessential ingredients of Chicken Pesto Pasta are: Veggies and Chicken. When ready to eat, cook pasta, saute chicken, add sauce and pasta. Tip: You can even make pesto sauce ahead of time and refrigerate. If you are making only Pesto Sauce, I recommend using the Chicken Stock. The flavorful bits of chicken stuck on pan give delicious depth of flavor to the sauce without chicken stock. Chicken Stock - I skip chicken stock when making Chicken Pesto Pasta because I saute chicken with seasonings in the pan first, then make sauce in same pan.Making Pesto Pasta Sauce is easy and super quick. In-fact, the fragrance of fresh Pesto was my inspiration behind creating this chicken dinner. So, let's make some Chicken Pesto Pasta tonight!īasil Pesto (also know as Green Pesto) and cream sauce is the heart of this Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta. While pasta cooks, cook chicken and sauce in one pan. Once you have the Basil Pesto, rest of recipe comes together in minutes. The resulting Pesto Pasta is creamy, indulgent, and has knock-out pesto flavor. Flavor of cooking chicken and seasonings makes sauce bold and delicious. I give sauce more depth of flavor with herbs and by cooking chicken in same pan before making sauce.To lighten-up the pasta sauce, I replace heavy cream with half-and-half.Also sharing few of my trusted store-bought Basil Pesto brands.) Just three things make all the difference: Sauce is creamy yet lite with delicious flavor Pesto. My version of Chicken Pesto Pasta is special. I bet more flavorful than Pesto Pasta from your favorite Italian restaurant. Plus pasta is tasty, lite, and flavorful. Only 15 minutes of prep makes this recipe perfect for quick dinner. Chicken Pesto Pasta, a creamy chicken and pasta recipe with bow-tie pasta and succulent chicken cooked in lightened-up yet creamy Basil Pesto Sauce.
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