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Chicken Pesto with Pasta
A bowl full of flavour and comfort.
This dish holds a lot of memories for me. When my husband and I just started dating he invited me over for dinner one evening. He cooked me one of his two speciality dishes (the other being a roast – he makes a mean roast!). He was so proud of his efforts and I must say, it really tasted great! Until this day Chicken Pesto Pasta is still a regular dish in our household.
If I am short on time, especially during the week when we are both working and have limited time, I just use a small jar of ready-made pesto, otherwise I like to make my own: Homegrown Garden Pesto.
Chicken Pesto with Pasta
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 190g pesto (1 small jar)
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 200g dry spaghetti, cooked according to the instructions
- 1 cup of reserved pasta water
Directions
- Chop the chicken and mince the garlic.
- Pour the pesto oil (from the top of the jar) into a heavy bottomed saucepan and sauté the chicken and garlic.
- Add in one tablespoon of the pine nut kernels and keep stirring until the chicken is cooked through.
- Add the pesto to the cooked chicken along with the pasta. Stir through using a pair of thongs.
- Add some of the reserved pasta water to loosen the sauce if needed. Cook for a further minute until glossy and all ingredients are coated in the pesto.
- Serve in bowls, garnished with the remaining pine nuts and the sesame seeds.
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