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#Pasta and Grains Chicken Pesto Pasta is a quick, easy and creamy pasta loaded with juicy chicken and tender asparagus! We love creamy Alfredo pastas like our Chicken Alfredo or Creamy Shrimp Pasta. Pesto pasta takes a cream sauce to the next level! Drain thoroughly (do not rinse) and dump onto a large, lipped cookie sheet.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have creamy pesto pasta with chicken, asparagus & brocolli using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Brocolli:
- Prepare 150 g pasta (dried weight),
- Get 2 chicken thighs, skins & bones removed, fat trimmed,
- Get Around 8 spears of asparagus, ends trimmed off, chopped,
- Make ready Some florets of brocolli, around 150g worth,
- Prepare 4 tbsp reduced fat pesto,
- Make ready 3 tbsp fat free quark or Greek yogurt,
- Make ready 1/2 reduced salt chicken stock cube, in 250ml boiled water,
- Prepare 1/2 tsp dried thyme,
- Prepare Salt and pepper to season
- Make ready Spray cooking oil
- Get To serve:
- Prepare Grated Parmigianino Reggiano cheese (optional)
If desired, top with freshly shaved parmesan cheese. Add the chopped chicken and asparagus to the bowl with the pasta. Add in the pesto, lemon juice and shredded romano or parmesan cheese. Season with salt and pepper and toss everything together until coated.
Steps to make Creamy Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Brocolli:
- Begin to cook the pasta according to packet instructions. Meanwhile heat a large high sided frying pan up over a medium heat. Add in some oil and once hot add in the chicken thigh, (cut it into small bite sized pieces). Brown off the chicken and season with pepper and add the dried thyme. Stir together. Add in the stock. Bring to a simmer.
- After simmering the chicken for around 3-4 minutes add in the chopped florets of brocolli and asparagus. Continue to simmer gently until the water begins to reduce down. Once the pasta is cooked drain it off and set aside.
- Once the water in the frying pan has reduced down by around 95%, (so there's not much left), add in the drained pasta and stir together gently. Remove from the heat.
- Add in the pesto and stir through. Then add in the quark/Greek yogurt and combine until a creamy green sauce is created that coats all the ingredients.
- Season with a little more salt and pepper to taste, serve up and grate over some cheese. Enjoy! :)
Add in the pesto, lemon juice and shredded romano or parmesan cheese. Season with salt and pepper and toss everything together until coated. In a large skillet, saute chicken in oil until no longer pink. In the same skillet, saute asparagus until crisp-tender. Stir in the cream, pesto and pepper until blended.
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