Chicken Pesto Pasta with Sun Dried Tomatoes
Saif Al Deen Odeh
This quick and easy chicken pesto pasta is mixed with sundried tomatoes, ready-made pesto sauce and topped with parmesan cheese.
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian, Western
Servings 4 People
Calories 653 kcal
- 300 gram boneless chicken breast
- 500 gram spaghetti pasta noodle
- 1 Cup Pesto Sauce
- 3 cloves garlic
- ½ cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup Light or Heavy Cream (Optional)
- ½ tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon salt (for pasta noodle)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (for pasta noodle)
- Parmesan Cheese for Topping
- Salt and Black Pepper for Taste
Add Extra Virgin Olive oil and unsalted butter on the pan.
Once melted, add chopped garlic. Stir for less than a minute before adding the chopped sun dried tomatoes. Stir again
Add chopped red onion. Stir for a minute or till it turns translucent
Add chopped chicken breast. Mix to stir
Pour cheesy pesto sauce and cream. Stir to combine. Once done, set it aside.
In a separate cooking pot, pour water, and vegetable oil & salt
Once it started to boil, add the spaghetti noodle. Cover with the lid and let it simmer till it is soft and cooked
Drain the pasta water using the colander. Rinse the pasta noodle with cold water to stop the cooking process.
Transfer the pasta noodle on the chicken pesto sauce. Stir gently.
Serve a chicken pesto pasta on the plate. Topped it with shredded parmesan cheese. Serve it with garlic bread.
- If you don't have parmesan cheese, you can use pecorino romano cheese
- Instead of spaghetti noodle, you can penne pasta
Serving: 1gCalories: 653kcalCarbohydrates: 61gProtein: 36gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 77mgSodium: 550mgFiber: 8gSugar: 8g
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