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Reminds me of fettuccine Alfredo 😋. A tangy buttermilk dressing ties together this pasta salad studded with asparagus, chicken, artichokes, and cherry tomatoes! This is my new favorite pasta salad.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook creamy pesto pasta with chicken, asparagus & brocolli using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Brocolli:
- Prepare 150 g pasta (dried weight),
- Take 2 chicken thighs, skins & bones removed, fat trimmed,
- Take Around 8 spears of asparagus, ends trimmed off, chopped,
- Make ready Some florets of brocolli, around 150g worth,
- Make ready 4 tbsp reduced fat pesto,
- Prepare 3 tbsp fat free quark or Greek yogurt,
- Prepare 1/2 reduced salt chicken stock cube, in 250ml boiled water,
- Prepare 1/2 tsp dried thyme,
- Get Salt and pepper to season
- Get Spray cooking oil
- Take To serve:
- Get Grated Parmigianino Reggiano cheese (optional)
Cook and stir until everything is melted and combined, and the chicken is cooked through. This super lush and Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta is perfect for busy weeknights. This healthy chicken pesto pasta is easy to make thanks to convenience ingredients like rotisserie chicken and store-bought pesto. The addition of fresh asparagus–which is cooked in the same pot as the pasta–brightens up the look and the flavors of this family-friendly and easy one-pot dinner.
Steps to make Creamy Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Brocolli:
- Begin to cook the pasta according to packet instructions. Meanwhile heat a large high sided frying pan up over a medium heat. Add in some oil and once hot add in the chicken thigh, (cut it into small bite sized pieces). Brown off the chicken and season with pepper and add the dried thyme. Stir together. Add in the stock. Bring to a simmer.
- After simmering the chicken for around 3-4 minutes add in the chopped florets of brocolli and asparagus. Continue to simmer gently until the water begins to reduce down. Once the pasta is cooked drain it off and set aside.
- Once the water in the frying pan has reduced down by around 95%, (so there's not much left), add in the drained pasta and stir together gently. Remove from the heat.
- Add in the pesto and stir through. Then add in the quark/Greek yogurt and combine until a creamy green sauce is created that coats all the ingredients.
- Season with a little more salt and pepper to taste, serve up and grate over some cheese. Enjoy! :)
Cook pasta according to package directions, rinse and drain. Steam or microwave asparagus until tender crisp. Combine cooked pasta and asparagus in a large bowl. Stir in chicken, tomatoes, onion and olives. Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Arugula.
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