Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta
Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, creamy chicken pesto pasta. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first 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 Basil
  2. Make ready Pine nuts
  3. Take Finely chopped garlic
  4. Get Grated Parmesan Cheese
  5. Get Olive oil
  6. Take Salt and pepper
  7. Make ready Chicken Breast
  8. Get Heavy cream
  9. Take Pasta of choice

Creamy Pesto Chicken With Pasta / Pesto Chicken Recipe. Pesto pasta with chicken breast, mushroom and sundried tomatoes. This creamy pesto chicken pasta is pure comfort food. This is one of those simple pasta dishes that looks impressive, yet it's easy enough to make on busy weeknights.

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.

I like making the creamy pesto sauce with this flavorful homemade basil pesto recipe however, on busy days when I'm short on time. Add pasta and pesto to the skillet. 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.

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