Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Spaghetti al Pesto with Chicken

Spaghetti al Pesto with Chicken. Blend until combined, then add most of the toasted pine nuts. Easy and delicious bowtie pasta with chicken, sun-dried tomatoes and pesto sauce. Using homemade pesto will taste even better, but it adds to prep time.

Pesto - Use homemade or store-bought for easy prep. How to make chicken and pesto pasta. Add the pasta to boiling water and cook according to the instructions on the package. You can have Spaghetti al Pesto with Chicken using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Spaghetti al Pesto with Chicken

Prepare of spaghetti.
Prepare 100 grams of basil.
You need 120 ml of olive oil.
Prepare 4 clove of garlic.
Prepare 1/2 tbsp of salt.
You need 2 tbsp of parmesan/pecorino cheese.
Prepare 50 grams of pine nuts.
Prepare 1/4 kg of spaghetti or any kind of pasta.
Prepare of Chicken topping.
You need 4 of chicken breast fillet.
You need 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
It's 1 tbsp of salt and pepper.
You need 1 tbsp of thyme.
You need 1 tbsp of Rosemary.

Meanwhile, grate the garlic, and finely dice the chicken. Heat some cooking spray or vegetable oil in a frying pan, then add the chicken. Stir the spinach into the pasta pan, then drain, reserving a cupful of the starchy cooking water. Return the pasta, beans and spinach to the pan, pour in the pesto from the processor and stir together, loosening with splashes of cooking water until silky.

Spaghetti al Pesto with Chicken instructions

Cook pasta per package instructions.
Season the chicken both sides in the following order: lemon juice, salt and pepper, thyme, rosemary. Let sit for 20 mins.
For the pesto sauce, put the ingredients in blender in the following order: Basil, garlic, salt, cheese, oil. blend until desired texture. add the nuts and blend for a few seconds, make sure that the nuts are not fully crushed.
Rub a bit of pesto sauce on the chicken.
Sear the chicken, on medium heat. 4 mins per side..
serve pasta, top with Parmesan cheese. cut the chicken to desired size per serving..

Slice the chicken breasts in half and serve with the tomatoes and chilli spooned over the top. How to Make Chicken Pesto Pasta. In the container of blender or food processor, pulse walnuts, garlic, basil, arugula, parsley, Parmesan, lemon zest, salt, and red pepper flakes until finely chopped. For this chicken pesto pasta, I like spaghetti or even a tagliolini (like spaghetti but flat) but you can use any shape you like. Shapes like spirals and penne also work really well with this but go ahead and use your favourite or what you have on hand.