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Zucchini Noodles with Pesto Chicken and Garlic Alfredo sauce step by step. Making the Pesto: •Add the leaves of kale, chopped if desired, into the blender or food processor. Zucchini Noodles with Pesto Chicken and Garlic Alfredo sauce instructions Making the Pesto: •Add the leaves of kale, chopped if desired, into the blender or food processor. Instead of an Alfredo Sauce, toss the chicken and Zucchini Noodles with prepared pesto for a quick and easy meal.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook zucchini noodles with pesto chicken and garlic alfredo sauce using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Zucchini Noodles with Pesto Chicken and Garlic Alfredo sauce:
- Take 2 stems of kale (use just the leaves)
- Take 2 leaves fresh cilantro
- Get 1/8 cup sunflower seeds
- Take 1/2 Tbs minced garlic
- Take 1 Tbs Salt
- Make ready 1 Tbs Black Pepper
- Get 2 Zucchini (spiralized)
- Make ready 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Take 1 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
- Take 6 chicken strips or 3 pc boneless breast
- Prepare 1/2 jar garlic alfredo sauce
Good for making meal sets for the week. Up the amount of ingredients for the larger meals. Bring sauce to a simmer over medium-high heat until thickened and smooth. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Steps to make Zucchini Noodles with Pesto Chicken and Garlic Alfredo sauce:
- Making the Pesto: - - •Add the leaves of kale, chopped if desired, into the blender or food processor. Add cilantro, 1/3 cup of parmesan cheese, pinch of salt, pinch of pepper, and 1/4 Tbs of minced garlic. Blend on low, it should still be coarse. - - •Add 1/8 cup Sunflower seeds, continue to blend. - - • Add 2/3 Tbs extra virgin olive oil periodically as it blends completely.(The last 1/3 Tbs is for the pan.)
- Chop chicken into cubes. - - • Add 1/3 Tbs of olive oil to the pan on medium heat. - - •Add the rest of your minced garlic to pan and simmer for 1 minute. - - •Add pesto, chicken and cook through. - - •Add salt and pepper to taste. - - • After the pesto chicken is cooked, set aside.
- Peal the 2 Zucchini or dont, and spiralize it. - - • 1/4 Tbs of minced garlic to medium heated pan and simmer for a few minutes. - - • Add Zucchini noodles and cooked chicken to medium heated pan with garlic and cook for 3 minutes. - - • Add 1/2 jar of garlic alfredo sauce to Zucchini noodles and simmer for 3 minutes. - - • Add 1/3 cup of parmesan cheese. Toss noodles and chicken. - - • Salt and pepper to taste - - • Total cook time for noodles in sauce should be 5-7 minutes total.
- Finish dish with the rest of parmesan cheese. Plate and enjoy!
Bring sauce to a simmer over medium-high heat until thickened and smooth. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper to taste. Add zucchini to skillet and gently toss noodles until coated in sauce. Zucchini Noodles with Pesto Chicken and Garlic Alfredo sauce. Once the spiralized zucchini has time to soak up the herby pesto sauce, this chicken and pesto pasta makes particularly good Maybe add some garlic salt but so easy.
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