Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta
Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have creamy chicken pesto pasta using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta:
  1. Get 1 cup Basil
  2. Take 2 tbsp Pine nuts
  3. Take 1 clove Finely chopped garlic
  4. Get 1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
  5. Make ready 1/3 cup Olive oil
  6. Take 1 pinch Salt and pepper
  7. Get 1 Chicken Breast
  8. Prepare 1/3 cup Heavy cream
  9. Make ready 1/2 lb Pasta of choice

Season the chicken pieces and sear until golden brown. Add in cream, pesto, parmesan cheese and chicken broth. Heat for a few minutes, until reduced a little bit. How to Make Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta - Step by Step Photos.

Instructions to make Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta:
  1. Add basil leaves into a food processor and process until coarsely blended. Then add the pine nuts, chopped garlic, Parmesan cheese, olive oil, salt, and pepper and process until coarsely blended.
  2. Add pasta in generous amount of salted boiling water and cook until al dente according to the package directions.
  3. Meanwhile in a pan on medium heat with a little bit of olive oil cook chicken breasts. When the chicken is almost done cooking rub some pesto sauce on the chicken and put it into the oven at 350?F Fahrenheit (I used a toaster oven). Turning it over after couple minutes. Cook the chicken for 10-15 minutes or until crisp and golden.
  4. I'm another pan heat heavy cream on medium until simmering. Then add a little bit of Parmesan cheese and mix until the sauce thickens.
  5. Back to pasta. Drain and immediately add to the cream sauce. Save some pasta water to loosen up the pasta if needed. The. Add the pesto sauce and combine. Toast the pasta in the pan for 3 minutes or until well combined. Then add the chicken breast and serve.

Add the chicken pieces and sauté until the chicken is slightly browned on the outside. With chicken, pasta and a creamy pesto sauce, this is a pretty heavy meal. I like to serve it with a simple garden salad on the side. If I'm feeding a larger crowd, I'll whip up a loaf of garlic bread, too. Another option is to add some veggies to the pesto pasta.

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