Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, creamy chicken pesto pasta. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Stir and cook the mixture over medium until the cream cheese. Add chicken and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Cook until the chicken is no longer pink, then remove from the pot and set aside.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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:
- Take 1 cup Basil
- Prepare 2 tbsp Pine nuts
- Get 1 clove Finely chopped garlic
- Make ready 1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
- Make ready 1/3 cup Olive oil
- Get 1 pinch Salt and pepper
- Make ready 1 Chicken Breast
- Take 1/3 cup Heavy cream
- Make ready 1/2 lb Pasta of choice
I like making the creamy pesto sauce with this flavorful homemade basil pesto recipe however, on busy days when I'm short on time. This creamy chicken and pesto pasta is one of those easy weeknight meals that tastes amazing yet doesn't take a ton of time to pull together. It's made with a store-bought pesto, cream, and parmesan cheese which makes it so quick and flavorful! Add pasta and pesto to the skillet.
Instructions to make Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta:
- 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.
- Add pasta in generous amount of salted boiling water and cook until al dente according to the package directions.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Stir in cream, and cook until the sauce is thickened. Adjust salt and freshly ground pepper to taste, and serve with freshly grated Parmesan. This creamy chicken pesto pasta recipe is comforting, delicious, and super easy. It's fast even if you make your own pesto from scratch! Homemade pesto is one of those classic foods that never really go out of style.
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