Recipe of Speedy Chicken Pesto "Pasta"

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken pesto "pasta". One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute mushrooms and red pepper in oil until tender. Pesto is easy to make from scratch with just a handful of ingredients. Its fresh flavor is the highlight of this super-fast pasta dish, packed with cherry tomatoes and chicken.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken pesto "pasta" using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Pesto "Pasta":

1. Get Pesto
2. Prepare 1 cup Almonds
3. Make ready 1 1/2 cup Fresh Basil
4. Prepare 1/2 cup Olive oil
5. Take 3 clove Fresh Garlic
6. Prepare 1/2 Juiced Lemon
7. Take 1 Salt and Pepper
8. Take Pasta
9. Prepare 1 lb Organic Chicken Thighs or Breasts
10. Take 2 Zucchini
11. Get 1 Yellow Squash
12. Take 1 Tarragon

Toss in the pasta and cherry tomatoes, stirring until evenly coated. To the stockpot with the pasta, add the pesto/Greek yogurt mixture. Gently stir to coat the noodles in the pesto mixture. If the sauce is too thick, splash in some of the pasta water.

Steps to make Chicken Pesto "Pasta":

1. Cook the chicken however you would like. Boil it, grill it, pan cook it. Whatever you like best. I cooked mine in a pan with some olive oil.
2. Thinly slice your zucchini and squash length wise into thin strips with a mandoline. Then use a knife to cut them into noodles. Kind of like fettuccine noodle size.
3. Now to make your pesto use a food processor. Add all your pesto ingredients to your food process and mix away! Taste it to see if you need more salt and pepper or even more lemon, olive oil, or basil in it. Your pesto, your flavor.
4. Add a tablespoon or two of olive oil to a large pot or skillet. Then add in your zucchini and squash along with your pesto and mix well. Let that cook down a bit, stirring occasionally, while you cut up your chicken into bite size cubes.
5. Throw in the chicken and mix everything together. Let simmer on low for 5 minutes or so or until the zucchini and squash are tender and ?al dente? or however you like your pasta. Serve with a bit of tarragon on top.

Gently stir to coat the noodles in the pesto mixture. If the sauce is too thick, splash in some of the pasta water. It should be a little saucy. Add the cooked chicken, cherry tomatoes, and red pepper flakes. Pour half of the pasta into the prepared.

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