Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, creamy pesto chicken & pasta quick hack. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Season chicken with salt and pepper, and rub chicken with the basil pesto. Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet. All the flavors of Italian pesto (fresh basil, pine nuts, Parmesan, and garlic) in a simple creamy sauce.
Creamy Pesto Chicken & Pasta Quick Hack is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Creamy Pesto Chicken & Pasta Quick Hack is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have creamy pesto chicken & pasta quick hack using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pesto Chicken & Pasta Quick Hack:
- Prepare Your favorite Chicken part/s
- Take Bottled or ready-made Pesto sauce
- Make ready 3-4 garlic cloves, smashed
- Take 1/2 red onion, sliced coarsely
- Get 1 large or 2 small dry bay/laurel leaves
- Take 1 c or more water
- Take 1/2 cube chicken bullion or broth cube
- Get Cooked pasta
- Prepare 150 ml all purpose cream (nestle or other)
- Get pinch peppercorns (huge pinch)
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Take Sprinkle of Parmesan (optional)
It's made with a cashew butter cream sauce so it's completely dairy-free. It's so rich and creamy that you'd never guess this is a healthy recipe! If you love old-fashioned comfort food AND want to eat healthy, then this recipe is for you. What makes this creamy pesto chicken so special This One Pot Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta was inspired by those little packets of powdered pasta sauce mix I always see in the grocery store.
Instructions to make Creamy Pesto Chicken & Pasta Quick Hack:
- In a pot heat your water and add the bay leaves, garlic, onions, peppercorns and 1/4 of a chicken bullion cube. Add your chicken (salted lightly), thawed or 1/2 frozen. How much chicken? Depends how many are eating. How much water? Enough to submerge the chicken. Cover, turn, check until chicken is cooked (about 15-20 mins for 2 pcs of quarter chicken). Set aside when cooked.
- Meanwhile while boiling chicken, cook your pasta according to package instructions. Don't forget to add salt and oil or butter in the water. Set aside when cooked.
- Pesto sauce- to make it quick and easy, buy a pre-made or ready made pesto sauce from the supermarket. Normally they are in small bottles good for 2-3 servings. You can use the whole thing depending on how many are eating. If there's excess oil in the bottle, separate and pour it in a container (if u want to use it later on), no need to strain or to be exact. We need to remove the excess oil since this is a creamy sauce.
- In very low heat, pour the oil-drained pesto in a pan. Add your nestle or all purpose cream and 1/4 of the remaining chicken bullion cube. Stir in the flavors. Add a few tablespoons of the chicken broth from the boiled chicken to enhance the flavor, but not too much to make it soupy. To thicken, you can add more cream. Taste and season accordingly.
- Plating- plate your chicken and pasta then scoop your pesto sauce on top. OR toss it in a big bowl but ensure that your pasta is well drained as the excess water will make it soupy. Sprinkle on Parmesan cheese (the Kraft kind or cheese block kind). Enjoy!
- Note: the chicken broth tastes good too, you can serve it as a side soup with a sprinkle of scallions. Or freeze and use it for a chicken noodle soup dish.
While those little packets are probably great for camping, stocking a bomb shelter, or keeping in your emergency hurricane supplies, I think regular weeknights call for something better. Maybe a pint of ice cream, but my Creamy Skillet Pesto Chicken is a close second! This Chicken Pesto Pasta is loaded with juicy tender chicken smothered in a delicious Creamy Pesto Parmesan Sauce. This easy Chicken Pesto Pasta is guaranteed to become a family favorite! Add the chicken and cook until well browned, stirring often.
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