Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, chicken pesto "pasta". One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Reviews for: Photos of Pesto Pasta with Chicken. Chicken Pesto Pasta is chicken and penne in a basil pesto sauce. This is one of those recipes that's great for a busy weeknight.

Chicken Pesto "Pasta" is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Chicken Pesto "Pasta" is something that I have loved my whole life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Pesto "Pasta":

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

Adding chicken and green beans to this easy chicken pasta recipe makes it a great weeknight supper. Chicken pesto pasta is my go-to pasta dish made with fresh homemade basil pesto and melted This could be the world's easiest chicken pesto pasta recipe ever created. Chicken Pesto Pasta is a healthy and easy chicken pasta dish that you can cook for dinner. This dish makes use of Penne pasta along with basil pesto and grilled chicken.

Instructions 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.

CHICKEN PESTO PASTA makes a great lunch or light dinner during the hot summer months! Use up that fresh basil and make homemade pesto or make dinner extra quick with jarred pesto! This chicken pesto pasta salad is quick, easy, and a great way to use up leftover chicken. To make this pesto pasta salad really simple, I used rotisserie chicken. You can use any pre-cooked chicken.

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