Pasta with Pesto & Chicken
Pasta with Pesto & Chicken is a creamy, delicious, and bright pasta perfect for busy weeknights!
Ingredients
Make Basil Pesto using instructions in link in post.
To make pasta and chicken:
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 lb pasta (spaghetti, ziti, penne, or bowtie)
- Basil Pesto
- Grated Parmesan cheese
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Make Basil Pesto according to directions in link in post above.
- Preheat oven to 350. Place chicken breasts in baking dish, drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper and cook for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is done. Once it is cooked, cut into small chunks.
- Cook pasta according to package. When it is done, drain it and add it back to the pot.
- Add as much chicken as you like to the pasta.
- Using a large spoon, add spoonfuls of pesto until all pasta and chicken is coated.
- Spoon pasta into bowls and top with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
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