Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, pesto pasta with grilled chicken and broccoli. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Cut the fresh broccoli buds into small florets, leaving as short a stem as possible; set aside. Add the pasta noodles and cook according to the package directions or until al dente. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the noodles to a colander to drain and reserve the pasta cooking water in the pasta cooking pot.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pesto pasta with grilled chicken and broccoli using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken and Broccoli:
- Take 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper
- Take 16 oz farfalle (bowtie) pasta
- Take 1 cup basil pesto
- Take 1 cup cherry tomatoes halves
- Prepare 1/4 cup fresh basil chopped
- Make ready Parmesan cheese
- Get 1 cup steamed broccoli, chipped
In this Chicken Pesto Pasta recipe, nutritious broccoli and fragrant basil team up to produce a flavorful, healthy pesto that makes this chicken and pasta recipe a winner! While pasta cooks, heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Place the broccoli florets in a colander and drain the pasta over it. Place the pasta and broccoli back into the large pot.
Steps to make Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken and Broccoli:
- Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper. - Grill the chicken until completely cooked. Transfer chicken to a cutting board and slice into strips.
- Boil the pasta until al dente according to the package instructions. Rinse and drain pasta and set aside. (I usually pour a little milk over the drained pasta to prevent the pasta from sticking together)
- Steam chopped broccoli and add it to the chicken and pesto mix
- Using a large bowl, mix together the pesto, pasta and chicken. Stir until well combined and place in the refrigerator until chilled.
- Stir in the cherry tomatoes and fresh basil immediately before serving. - Finish with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Add the chicken mixture, pesto and parmesan cheese. Meanwhile, blanch broccoli florets in a medium size saucepan, remove with slotted spoon. Add the chopped tomatoes and set aside. In a large bowl toss cooked pasta with blanched broccoli, cooked chicken and garlic/tomato mixture. A mixture of pasta, broccoli, pesto, tomatoes and cheese that is practically a meal in itself, especially with the cooked chicken.
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