Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, creamy chicken pesto pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This creamy chicken pesto pasta is a must have recipe for your easy dinner arsenal! It's a vibrant, comforting dream dressed in a creamy yet light aromatic basil pesto sauce spiked with nutty Parmesan and lemon juice (without any heavy cream!). Pasta: A short pasta with ridges is my preferred pasta when making Pesto Chicken Pasta. The ridges hold the creamy sauce better than most noodles.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook creamy chicken pesto pasta using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta:

1. Take 1 cup Basil
2. Make ready 2 tbsp Pine nuts
3. Make ready 1 clove Finely chopped garlic
4. Make ready 1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
5. Take 1/3 cup Olive oil
6. Get 1 pinch Salt and pepper
7. Prepare 1 Chicken Breast
8. Make ready 1/3 cup Heavy cream
9. Take 1/2 lb Pasta of choice

Use the same skillet to make the creamy pesto sauce. Cook pasta while sauce cooks, according to package directions. Add chicken, whipping cream, salt, and pepper (to taste). Add the chicken pieces and sauté until the chicken is slightly browned on the outside.

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.

Add chicken, whipping cream, salt, and pepper (to taste). Add the chicken pieces and sauté until the chicken is slightly browned on the outside. Season the chicken pieces with the salt and pepper. Sear the chicken until golden brown. Pour in whipping cream, pesto, parmesan cheese and chicken broth.

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