Chicken pesto pasta salad
Chicken pesto pasta salad

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chicken pesto pasta salad. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy and delicious pasta with chicken. Serve with crusty bread and salad for a quick dinner. Use as much or as little pesto sauce as you like.

Chicken pesto pasta salad is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chicken pesto pasta salad is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chicken pesto pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:
  1. Get 3 cup mixed salad leaves
  2. Prepare 1/2 a large cucumber
  3. Take 1 medium sliced onion
  4. Prepare 2 large chicken breasts
  5. Make ready 250 grams cooked pasta of your choice
  6. Make ready 1 salt, pepper, thyme, paprika/chilli powder, chicken spice or any spices of your choice to season the chicken
  7. Take 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
  8. Take 1 tsp crushed garlic
  9. Get 1 bit of oil to toss pasta, and a few tbsp of butter to cook chicken
  10. Take 6 tbsp pesto

This makes a large batch, and my husband ate ALL OF IT over a few days. Cook the pasta following pack instructions. Meanwhile, mix the red pepper with the cherry tomatoes and chicken. Mix the pesto and crème fraîche.

Instructions to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:
  1. Mix salad ingredients together in a large serving bowl
  2. Season chicken filets with spices, garlic and lemon juice. Grill in some butter until cooked.
  3. Toss cooked pasta with some oil, and then mix in about 6 tbsp of pesto.
  4. Slice cooked chicken in half lengthways, and then slice again into thin slices
  5. Mix chicken and pasta together
  6. Lastly, mix together chicken and pasta, together with salad. You can add extra seasonings, salad oil, dressings, feta, olives or any garnishing of your choice. Serve warm or cold.

Drain the pasta, then stir it through. Toss through the veg and chicken and eat immediately, or pack into a container for lunch. Super easy pasta salad- wonderful for any thing from a brunch to a summer dinner. My husbands co-worker brought this to share for an event and he begged for the recipe. The only particular is that the pasta salad will taste best if you use the pesto in a plastic container in the refrigerated section.

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