Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta
Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, creamy chicken pesto pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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

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

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