Pasta With Chicken And Pesto Sauce - A Step By Step Recipe With A Photo

Here's a quick recipe for how to make pasta with chicken and pesto. You can easily cope with it in half an hour, when you come home from work. A great option for a hearty family dinner and lunch.

Cooking description:

Spaghetti with chicken pieces with aromatic and juicy pesto sauce, melted cheese and nuts on top. It's delicious and satisfying! Be sure to try this pasta variation.

Purpose: For lunch / For dinner

Main ingredient: Poultry / Chicken / Pasta

Dish: Hot dishes / Pasta

Cuisine geography: Italian / European

Ingredients:

• Spaghetti - 450 Grams
• Chicken Breast - 500 Grams
• Olive oil - 2-3 tbsp. spoons
• Tomato - 2 Pieces
• Zucchini - 1 Piece (young)
• Carrots - 1 Piece
• Basil (bunch) - 1 Piece
• Garlic - 2 Cloves
• Parmesan (grated) - 100 grams (or hard cheese)
• Walnuts - 2 Art. spoons
• Salt - To taste
• Pepper - To taste

Servings: 6

How to make Chicken Pesto Pasta

1. Prepare the required foods. Wash the vegetables, peel the garlic. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, chop the nuts. Rinse the basil with water, dry. 2. Cut the chicken into 2x2 cm pieces. Heat the olive oil in a skillet and spread the meat in one layer. Fry the pieces of meat over high heat on both sides until golden brown for 2 minutes. Then fry over low heat until tender for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the cooked meat from the pan. 3. At this time, put the spaghetti to boil, according to the instructions on the package. Cut the vegetables into small cubes, chop the garlic. 4. Fry the vegetables in the remaining oil. First, garlic and carrots - until golden brown. 5. Then - zucchini, add tomatoes and basil. Cover and simmer for a couple of minutes until vegetables are tender. 6. Return the meat to the pan,salt and pepper to taste, stir and heat for 1 minute.