Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, creamy pesto pasta with chicken, asparagus & brocolli. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook creamy pesto pasta with chicken, asparagus & brocolli using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Brocolli:
- Take 150 g pasta (dried weight),
- Get 2 chicken thighs, skins & bones removed, fat trimmed,
- Take Around 8 spears of asparagus, ends trimmed off, chopped,
- Prepare Some florets of brocolli, around 150g worth,
- Get 4 tbsp reduced fat pesto,
- Take 3 tbsp fat free quark or Greek yogurt,
- Take 1/2 reduced salt chicken stock cube, in 250ml boiled water,
- Make ready 1/2 tsp dried thyme,
- Get Salt and pepper to season
- Prepare Spray cooking oil
- Prepare To serve:
- Make ready Grated Parmigianino Reggiano cheese (optional)
This super lush and Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta is perfect for busy weeknights. This healthy chicken pesto pasta is easy to make thanks to convenience ingredients like rotisserie chicken and store-bought pesto. Add chicken and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Cook until the chicken is no longer pink, then remove from the pot and set aside.
Instructions 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! :)
Return the chicken to the pot. Stir in the pesto and Parmesan. Garnish with parsley and more Parmesan. Creamy Asparagus Pasta Recipe - A creamy, yet healthy veggie loaded protein-packed pasta with asparagus and peas, all tossed in a lightened-up This creamy asparagus pasta can be filed under the category of dinner bliss. Not too heavy, not too light, just total pasta perfection packed with protein.
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